diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 065ef45..7c5fd1f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ http_archive(
   url = "https://github.com/lucidsoftware/rules_play_routes/archive/{}.zip".format(rules_play_routes_version),
 )
 
-RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_TAG = "2.0.1"
+RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_TAG = "2.1"
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_jvm_external",
-    sha256 = "55e8d3951647ae3dffde22b4f7f8dee11b3f70f3f89424713debd7076197eaca",
+    sha256 = "515ee5265387b88e4547b34a57393d2bcb1101314bcc5360ec7a482792556f42",
     strip_prefix = "rules_jvm_external-{}".format(RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_TAG),
     type = "zip",
     url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_jvm_external/archive/{}.zip".format(RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_TAG),
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index fa718a4..85caee3 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ http_archive(
     url = "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/{}.zip".format(protobuf_version),
 )
 
-RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_TAG = "2.0.1"
+RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_TAG = "2.1"
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_jvm_external",
-    sha256 = "55e8d3951647ae3dffde22b4f7f8dee11b3f70f3f89424713debd7076197eaca",
+    sha256 = "515ee5265387b88e4547b34a57393d2bcb1101314bcc5360ec7a482792556f42",
     strip_prefix = "rules_jvm_external-{}".format(RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_TAG),
     type = "zip",
     url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_jvm_external/archive/{}.zip".format(RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_TAG),
diff --git a/workspace.bzl b/workspace.bzl
index de5fe5d..f235e5d 100644
--- a/workspace.bzl
+++ b/workspace.bzl
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ def play_routes_repositories():
         repositories = [
             "http://central.maven.org/maven2",
         ],
+        fetch_sources = True,
     )