diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/bazel-watcher/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/bazel-watcher/default.nix
index c75a053acb2..1a56933548f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/bazel-watcher/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/bazel-watcher/default.nix
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
 
 buildBazelPackage rec {
   name = "bazel-watcher-${version}";
-  version = "0.9.1";
+  version = "0.10.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "bazelbuild";
     repo = "bazel-watcher";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1gjbv67ydyb0mafpp59qr9n8f8vva2mwhgan6lxxl0i9yfx7qc6p";
+    sha256 = "17z4nqqsdrainbh8fmhf6sgrxwf7aknadmn94z1yqpxa7kb9x33v";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ go git python ];
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ buildBazelPackage rec {
       sed -e '/^FILE:@bazel_gazelle_go_repository_tools.*/d' -i $bazelOut/external/\@*.marker
     '';
 
-    sha256 = "0p6yarz4wlb6h33n4slkczkdkaa93zc9jx55h8wl9vv81ahp0md5";
+    sha256 = "1ck1rsg5msd77abs889nl2n2i3jlah4d4vjz5wbsb3jyhzn8n5ny";
   };
 
   buildAttrs = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 93b4a3fca9d..5b7553bb7ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8847,7 +8847,9 @@ in
 
   bazel-remote = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel-remote { };
 
-  bazel-watcher = callPackage ../development/tools/bazel-watcher { };
+  bazel-watcher = callPackage ../development/tools/bazel-watcher {
+    buildBazelPackage = buildBazelPackage.override { enableNixHacks = false; };
+  };
 
   bazelisk = callPackage ../development/tools/bazelisk { };