diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 68097b3..4814143 100644
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -1611,7 +1611,7 @@
   # environment variables.
   environ_cp = dict(os.environ)
 
-  check_bazel_version('0.19.0', '0.22.0')
+  check_bazel_version('0.19.0', '0.23.0')
 
   reset_tf_configure_bazelrc()