diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 14fd48d206969c..4d2cc2f2b5cdaa 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -96,16 +96,6 @@ dist_http_archive(
     patch_cmds_win = EXPORT_WORKSPACE_IN_BUILD_BAZEL_FILE_WIN,
 )
 
-dist_http_archive(
-    name = "rules_python",
-    patch_cmds = EXPORT_WORKSPACE_IN_BUILD_BAZEL_FILE,
-    patch_cmds_win = EXPORT_WORKSPACE_IN_BUILD_BAZEL_FILE_WIN,
-)
-
-load("@rules_python//python:repositories.bzl", "py_repositories")
-
-py_repositories()
-
 local_repository(
     name = "googleapis",
     path = "./third_party/googleapis/",
@@ -214,6 +204,16 @@ dist_http_archive(
     patch_cmds_win = EXPORT_WORKSPACE_IN_BUILD_FILE_WIN,
 )
 
+dist_http_archive(
+    name = "rules_python",
+    patch_cmds = EXPORT_WORKSPACE_IN_BUILD_BAZEL_FILE,
+    patch_cmds_win = EXPORT_WORKSPACE_IN_BUILD_BAZEL_FILE_WIN,
+)
+
+load("@rules_python//python:repositories.bzl", "py_repositories")
+
+py_repositories()
+
 dist_http_archive(
     name = "zstd-jni",
     build_file = "//third_party:zstd-jni/zstd-jni.BUILD",