diff --git a/bazel/repository_locations.bzl b/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
index 6961a1fe19ce..65f12cb1406b 100644
--- a/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
@@ -665,14 +665,14 @@ REPOSITORY_LOCATIONS_SPEC = dict(
         project_name = "V8",
         project_desc = "Google’s open source high-performance JavaScript and WebAssembly engine, written in C++",
         project_url = "https://v8.dev",
-        version = "8.8.278.8",
+        version = "8.9.255.6",
         # This archive was created using https://storage.googleapis.com/envoyproxy-wee8/wee8-archive.sh
         # and contains complete checkout of V8 with all dependencies necessary to build wee8.
-        sha256 = "0c5c7b534a619d3f6077dd3583b7976a2cfe7f8ea71ca1e2d81a9de1d40131f9",
+        sha256 = "34c41e1f62a68f94cc0715fa3dc02e8bdcd35b5ca45a038975d9aa6a3e2688b5",
         urls = ["https://storage.googleapis.com/envoyproxy-wee8/wee8-{version}.tar.gz"],
         use_category = ["dataplane_ext"],
         extensions = ["envoy.wasm.runtime.v8"],
-        release_date = "2020-12-04",
+        release_date = "2021-01-18",
         cpe = "cpe:2.3:a:google:v8:*",
     ),
     com_googlesource_quiche = dict(