diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md
index 31a5ee517..397cfadd8 100644
--- a/docs/install.md
+++ b/docs/install.md
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ This document covers the steps necessary to download, build, and deploy Nomulus.
 You will need the following programs installed on your local machine:
 
 *   A recent version of the [Java 8 JDK][java-jdk8].
-*   [Bazel build system](http://bazel.io/) (version [0.9.0][bazel-version] works
-    as of 2017-12-19).
+*   [Bazel build system](http://bazel.io/) (version [0.10.0][bazel-version]
+    works as of 2018-02-05).
 *   [Google App Engine SDK for Java][app-engine-sdk], and configure aliases to
     to the `gcloud` and `appcfg.sh` utilities (you'll use them a lot).
 *   [Git](https://git-scm.com/) version control system.
@@ -181,4 +181,4 @@ See the [first steps tutorial](./first-steps-tutorial.md) for more information.
 
 [app-engine-sdk]: https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/java/download
 [java-jdk8]: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads
-[bazel-version]: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/0.9.0/bazel-0.9.0-installer-linux-x86_64.sh
+[bazel-version]: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/0.10.0/bazel-0.10.0-installer-linux-x86_64.sh
diff --git a/java/google/registry/repositories.bzl b/java/google/registry/repositories.bzl
index 80ad16047..1c515f550 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/repositories.bzl
+++ b/java/google/registry/repositories.bzl
@@ -2480,8 +2480,8 @@ def _parse_bazel_version(bazel_version):
   # Split into (release, date) parts and only return the release
   # as a tuple of integers.
   parts = version.split("-", 1)
-  # Turn "release" into a tuple of strings
+  # Turn "release" into a tuple of ints.
   version_tuple = ()
   for number in parts[0].split("."):
-    version_tuple += (str(number),)
+    version_tuple += (int(number),)
   return version_tuple