diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/default.nix
index bad0023eef32..b20d75558d2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/default.nix
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  version = "0.27.0";
+  version = "0.28.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/${version}/bazel-${version}-dist.zip";
-    sha256 = "0yn662dzgfr8ls4avfl12k5sr4f210bab12wml18bh4sjlxhs263";
+    sha256 = "26ad8cdadd413b8432cf46d9fc3801e8db85d9922f85dd8a7f5a92fec876557f";
   };
 
   # Update with `eval $(nix-build -A bazel.updater)`,
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ let
     let
       srcs = (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./src-deps.json));
       toFetchurl = d: lib.attrsets.nameValuePair d.name (fetchurl {
-        name = d.name;
         urls = d.urls;
         sha256 = d.sha256;
         });
@@ -42,12 +41,13 @@ let
       srcs.io_bazel_skydoc
       srcs.bazel_skylib
       srcs.io_bazel_rules_sass
+      srcs.platforms
       (if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin
        then srcs.${"java_tools_javac11_darwin-v2.0.zip"}
        else srcs.${"java_tools_javac11_linux-v2.0.zip"})
       srcs.${"coverage_output_generator-v1.0.zip"}
       srcs.build_bazel_rules_nodejs
-      srcs.${"android_tools_pkg-0.4.tar.gz"}
+      srcs.${"android_tools_pkg-0.7.tar.gz"}
       ]);
 
   distDir = runCommand "bazel-deps" {} ''
@@ -332,6 +332,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       substituteInPlace tools/build_rules/test_rules.bzl \
         --replace /bin/bash ${customBash}/bin/bash
 
+      for i in $(find tools/cpp/ -type f)
+      do
+        substituteInPlace $i \
+          --replace /bin/bash ${customBash}/bin/bash
+      done
 
       # Fixup scripts that generate scripts. Not fixed up by patchShebangs below.
       substituteInPlace scripts/bootstrap/compile.sh \
@@ -339,8 +344,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
       # add nix environment vars to .bazelrc
       cat >> .bazelrc <<EOF
-      build --experimental_distdir=${distDir}
-      fetch --experimental_distdir=${distDir}
+      build --distdir=${distDir}
+      fetch --distdir=${distDir}
       build --copt="$(echo $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE | sed -e 's/ /" --copt="/g')"
       build --host_copt="$(echo $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE | sed -e 's/ /" --host_copt="/g')"
       build --linkopt="-Wl,$(echo $NIX_LDFLAGS | sed -e 's/ /" --linkopt="-Wl,/g')"
@@ -456,24 +461,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installCheckPhase = ''
     export TEST_TMPDIR=$(pwd)
 
-    tar xf ${srcDepsSet.io_bazel_skydoc} -C $TEST_TMPDIR
-    mv $(ls | grep skydoc-) io_bazel_skydoc
-
-    tar xf ${srcDepsSet.bazel_skylib} -C $TEST_TMPDIR
-    mv $(ls | grep bazel-skylib-) bazel_skylib
-
-    tar xf ${srcDepsSet.io_bazel_rules_sass} -C $TEST_TMPDIR
-    mv $(ls | grep rules_sass-) rules_sass
-
-    unzip ${srcDepsSet.build_bazel_rules_nodejs} -d $TEST_TMPDIR
-    mv rules_nodejs-0.16.2 build_bazel_rules_nodejs
-
     hello_test () {
-      $out/bin/bazel test \
-        --override_repository=io_bazel_skydoc=$TEST_TMPDIR/io_bazel_skydoc \
-        --override_repository=bazel_skylib=$TEST_TMPDIR/bazel_skylib \
-        --override_repository=io_bazel_rules_sass=$TEST_TMPDIR/rules_sass \
-        --override_repository=build_bazel_rules_nodejs=$TEST_TMPDIR/build_bazel_rules_nodejs \
+      $out/bin/bazel test --distdir=${distDir} \
         --test_output=errors \
         --java_toolchain='${javaToolchain}' \
         examples/cpp:hello-success_test \
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/src-deps.json b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/src-deps.json
index a0d07f1a68d4..fc3fe13f5809 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/src-deps.json
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/src-deps.json
@@ -7,12 +7,20 @@
             "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/archive/0.16.2.zip"
         ]
     },
-    "2d9566b21fbe405acf5f7bf77eda30df72a4744c.tar.gz": {
-        "name": "2d9566b21fbe405acf5f7bf77eda30df72a4744c.tar.gz",
-        "sha256": "4a1318fed4831697b83ce879b3ab70ae09592b167e5bda8edaff45132d1c3b3f",
+    "1ca560df1cf6e280f987af2f8d08a5edc7ac6b54.tar.gz": {
+        "name": "1ca560df1cf6e280f987af2f8d08a5edc7ac6b54.tar.gz",
+        "sha256": "3ca1b3d453a977aeda60dd335feb812771addfd0d0c61751b34b9681aa4d6534",
         "urls": [
-            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/skydoc/archive/2d9566b21fbe405acf5f7bf77eda30df72a4744c.tar.gz",
-            "https://github.com/bazelbuild/skydoc/archive/2d9566b21fbe405acf5f7bf77eda30df72a4744c.tar.gz"
+            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/skydoc/archive/1ca560df1cf6e280f987af2f8d08a5edc7ac6b54.tar.gz",
+            "https://github.com/bazelbuild/skydoc/archive/1ca560df1cf6e280f987af2f8d08a5edc7ac6b54.tar.gz"
+        ]
+    },
+    "441afe1bfdadd6236988e9cac159df6b5a9f5a98.zip": {
+        "name": "441afe1bfdadd6236988e9cac159df6b5a9f5a98.zip",
+        "sha256": "a07fe5e75964361885db725039c2ba673f0ee0313d971ae4f50c9b18cd28b0b5",
+        "urls": [
+            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/platforms/archive/441afe1bfdadd6236988e9cac159df6b5a9f5a98.zip",
+            "https://github.com/bazelbuild/platforms/archive/441afe1bfdadd6236988e9cac159df6b5a9f5a98.zip"
         ]
     },
     "8ccf4f1c351928b55d5dddf3672e3667f6978d60.tar.gz": {
@@ -23,11 +31,11 @@
             "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_sass/archive/8ccf4f1c351928b55d5dddf3672e3667f6978d60.tar.gz"
         ]
     },
-    "android_tools_pkg-0.4.tar.gz": {
-        "name": "android_tools_pkg-0.4.tar.gz",
-        "sha256": "331e7706f2bcae8a68057d8ddd3e3f1574bca26c67c65802fc4a8ac6164fa912",
+    "android_tools_pkg-0.7.tar.gz": {
+        "name": "android_tools_pkg-0.7.tar.gz",
+        "sha256": "a8e48f2fdee2c34b31f45bd47ce050a75ac774f19e0a1f6694fa49fc11d88718",
         "urls": [
-            "https://mirror.bazel.build/bazel_android_tools/android_tools_pkg-0.4.tar.gz"
+            "https://mirror.bazel.build/bazel_android_tools/android_tools_pkg-0.7.tar.gz"
         ]
     },
     "bazel_j2objc": {
@@ -41,11 +49,11 @@
     },
     "bazel_rbe_toolchains": {
         "name": "bazel_rbe_toolchains",
-        "sha256": "f575778fb1366718f5e1204200ecf35796c558998c15303945d351f0b42669e5",
-        "strip_prefix": "bazel_rbe_toolchains-f50471a57cd05a313a953fa54756db6e8fd93673",
+        "sha256": "e2b8644caa15235a488e831264e5dcb014e2cdf3b697319bc1e9d6b0fff0b4b9",
+        "strip_prefix": "bazel_rbe_toolchains-01529a65d21abdf71635ff0c2472043a567ecded",
         "urls": [
-            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/buchgr/bazel_rbe_toolchains/archive/f50471a57cd05a313a953fa54756db6e8fd93673.tar.gz",
-            "https://github.com/buchgr/bazel_rbe_toolchains/archive/f50471a57cd05a313a953fa54756db6e8fd93673.tar.gz"
+            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/buchgr/bazel_rbe_toolchains/archive/01529a65d21abdf71635ff0c2472043a567ecded.tar.gz",
+            "https://github.com/buchgr/bazel_rbe_toolchains/archive/01529a65d21abdf71635ff0c2472043a567ecded.tar.gz"
         ]
     },
     "bazel_skylib": {
@@ -127,11 +135,11 @@
     },
     "io_bazel_skydoc": {
         "name": "io_bazel_skydoc",
-        "sha256": "4a1318fed4831697b83ce879b3ab70ae09592b167e5bda8edaff45132d1c3b3f",
-        "strip_prefix": "skydoc-2d9566b21fbe405acf5f7bf77eda30df72a4744c",
+        "sha256": "3ca1b3d453a977aeda60dd335feb812771addfd0d0c61751b34b9681aa4d6534",
+        "strip_prefix": "skydoc-1ca560df1cf6e280f987af2f8d08a5edc7ac6b54",
         "urls": [
-            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/skydoc/archive/2d9566b21fbe405acf5f7bf77eda30df72a4744c.tar.gz",
-            "https://github.com/bazelbuild/skydoc/archive/2d9566b21fbe405acf5f7bf77eda30df72a4744c.tar.gz"
+            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/skydoc/archive/1ca560df1cf6e280f987af2f8d08a5edc7ac6b54.tar.gz",
+            "https://github.com/bazelbuild/skydoc/archive/1ca560df1cf6e280f987af2f8d08a5edc7ac6b54.tar.gz"
         ]
     },
     "java_tools_javac11_darwin-v2.0.zip": {
@@ -169,6 +177,13 @@
             "https://mirror.bazel.build/bazel_java_tools/jdk_langtools/langtools_jdk11.zip"
         ]
     },
+    "java_tools_langtools_javac12": {
+        "name": "java_tools_langtools_javac12",
+        "sha256": "99b107105165a91df82cd7cf82a8efb930d803fb7de1663cf7f780142104cd14",
+        "urls": [
+            "https://mirror.bazel.build/bazel_java_tools/jdk_langtools/langtools_jdk12.zip"
+        ]
+    },
     "java_tools_langtools_javac9": {
         "name": "java_tools_langtools_javac9",
         "sha256": "3b6bbc47256acf2f61883901e2d4e3f9b292f5fe154a6912b928805de24cb864",
@@ -235,11 +250,27 @@
         ]
     },
     "openjdk_linux_aarch64": {
+        "downloaded_file_path": "zulu-linux-aarch64.tar.gz",
         "name": "openjdk_linux_aarch64",
-        "sha256": "72e7843902b0395e2d30e1e9ad2a5f05f36a4bc62529828bcbc698d54aec6022",
+        "sha256": "23c37c0c3a8fdcbc68e96e70ff5c5c020c14db76deaae9b547849afda4586e5e",
         "urls": [
-            "https://mirror.bazel.build/openjdk.linaro.org/releases/jdk9-server-release-1708.tar.xz",
-            "http://openjdk.linaro.org/releases/jdk9-server-release-1708.tar.xz"
+            "https://mirror.bazel.build/openjdk/azul-zulu11.31.15-ca-jdk11.0.3/zulu11.31.15-ca-jdk11.0.3-linux_aarch64-allmodules-c82eb4878c7dc829455caeb915affe36c89df06f-1561630858.tar.gz"
+        ]
+    },
+    "openjdk_linux_aarch64_minimal": {
+        "downloaded_file_path": "zulu-linux-aarch64-minimal.tar.gz",
+        "name": "openjdk_linux_aarch64_minimal",
+        "sha256": "7af2583fe5ef0a781d4a9dca0c0160d42e7db1305ec1b66f98aa44c91cc875df",
+        "urls": [
+            "https://mirror.bazel.build/openjdk/azul-zulu11.31.15-ca-jdk11.0.3/zulu11.31.15-ca-jdk11.0.3-linux_aarch64-minimal-c82eb4878c7dc829455caeb915affe36c89df06f-1561630858.tar.gz"
+        ]
+    },
+    "openjdk_linux_aarch64_vanilla": {
+        "downloaded_file_path": "zulu-linux-aarch64-vanilla.tar.gz",
+        "name": "openjdk_linux_aarch64_vanilla",
+        "sha256": "3b0d91611b1bdc4d409afcf9eab4f0e7f4ae09f88fc01bd9f2b48954882ae69b",
+        "urls": [
+            "https://mirror.bazel.build/openjdk/azul-zulu11.31.15-ca-jdk11.0.3/zulu11.31.15-ca-jdk11.0.3-linux_aarch64.tar.gz"
         ]
     },
     "openjdk_linux_minimal": {
@@ -306,6 +337,15 @@
             "https://mirror.bazel.build/openjdk/azul-zulu11.29.3-ca-jdk11.0.2/zulu11.29.3-ca-jdk11.0.2-win_x64.zip"
         ]
     },
+    "platforms": {
+        "name": "platforms",
+        "sha256": "a07fe5e75964361885db725039c2ba673f0ee0313d971ae4f50c9b18cd28b0b5",
+        "strip_prefix": "platforms-441afe1bfdadd6236988e9cac159df6b5a9f5a98",
+        "urls": [
+            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/platforms/archive/441afe1bfdadd6236988e9cac159df6b5a9f5a98.zip",
+            "https://github.com/bazelbuild/platforms/archive/441afe1bfdadd6236988e9cac159df6b5a9f5a98.zip"
+        ]
+    },
     "zulu10.2+3-jdk10.0.1-linux_x64-allmodules.tar.gz": {
         "name": "zulu10.2+3-jdk10.0.1-linux_x64-allmodules.tar.gz",
         "sha256": "57fad3602e74c79587901d6966d3b54ef32cb811829a2552163185d5064fe9b5",
@@ -369,6 +409,13 @@
             "https://mirror.bazel.build/openjdk/azul-zulu11.29.3-ca-jdk11.0.2/zulu11.29.3-ca-jdk11.0.2-win_x64.zip"
         ]
     },
+    "zulu11.31.15-ca-jdk11.0.3-linux_aarch64.tar.gz": {
+        "name": "zulu11.31.15-ca-jdk11.0.3-linux_aarch64.tar.gz",
+        "sha256": "3b0d91611b1bdc4d409afcf9eab4f0e7f4ae09f88fc01bd9f2b48954882ae69b",
+        "urls": [
+            "https://mirror.bazel.build/openjdk/azul-zulu11.31.15-ca-jdk11.0.3/zulu11.31.15-ca-jdk11.0.3-linux_aarch64.tar.gz"
+        ]
+    },
     "zulu9.0.7.1-jdk9.0.7-linux_x64-allmodules.tar.gz": {
         "name": "zulu9.0.7.1-jdk9.0.7-linux_x64-allmodules.tar.gz",
         "sha256": "f27cb933de4f9e7fe9a703486cf44c84bc8e9f138be0c270c9e5716a32367e87",