diff --git a/bazel/grpc_deps.bzl b/bazel/grpc_deps.bzl
index fcc8077c035..a1ce6da108e 100644
--- a/bazel/grpc_deps.bzl
+++ b/bazel/grpc_deps.bzl
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """Load dependencies needed to compile and test the grpc library as a 3rd-party consumer."""
 
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:git.bzl", "git_repository")
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 load("@com_github_grpc_grpc//bazel:grpc_python_deps.bzl", "grpc_python_deps")
 
@@ -186,10 +185,13 @@ def grpc_deps():
         )
 
     if "bazel_skylib" not in native.existing_rules():
-        git_repository(
+        http_archive(
             name = "bazel_skylib",
-            remote = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib",
-            tag = "0.9.0",
+            urls = [
+                "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.0.2/bazel-skylib-1.0.2.tar.gz",
+                "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.0.2/bazel-skylib-1.0.2.tar.gz",
+            ],
+            sha256 = "97e70364e9249702246c0e9444bccdc4b847bed1eb03c5a3ece4f83dfe6abc44",
         )
 
     if "io_opencensus_cpp" not in native.existing_rules():
diff --git a/bazel/grpc_python_deps.bzl b/bazel/grpc_python_deps.bzl
index 2a439bdf226..8f00e560c4e 100644
--- a/bazel/grpc_python_deps.bzl
+++ b/bazel/grpc_python_deps.bzl
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """Load dependencies needed to compile and test the grpc python library as a 3rd-party consumer."""
 
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:git.bzl", "git_repository")
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 load("@com_github_grpc_grpc//third_party/py:python_configure.bzl", "python_configure")
 
@@ -41,13 +40,12 @@ def grpc_python_deps():
         )
 
     if "io_bazel_rules_python" not in native.existing_rules():
-        git_repository(
+        http_archive(
             name = "io_bazel_rules_python",
-            commit = "fdbb17a4118a1728d19e638a5291b4c4266ea5b8",
-            remote = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python.git",
+            url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/download/0.0.1/rules_python-0.0.1.tar.gz",
+            sha256 = "aa96a691d3a8177f3215b14b0edc9641787abaaa30363a080165d06ab65e1161",
         )
 
-
     if "rules_python" not in native.existing_rules():
         http_archive(
             name = "rules_python",