diff --git a/core/BUILD.bazel b/core/BUILD.bazel
index 60c36c3ad9..2bc2262450 100644
--- a/core/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/core/BUILD.bazel
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ java_library(
         "@com_google_errorprone_error_prone_annotations//jar",
         "@com_google_guava_guava//jar",
         "@com_google_instrumentation_instrumentation_api//jar",
+        "@io_opencensus_opencensus_api//jar",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/repositories.bzl b/repositories.bzl
index 7fce939fa7..de8a4f0008 100644
--- a/repositories.bzl
+++ b/repositories.bzl
@@ -244,6 +244,6 @@ def io_netty_tcnative_boringssl_static():
 def io_opencensus_api():
   native.maven_jar(
       name = "io_opencensus_opencensus_api",
-      artifact = "io.opencensus:opencensus-api:0.5.1",
-      sha1 = "cbd0a716a7d85ac34b83d86b13f0a6655e45c2ba",
+      artifact = "io.opencensus:opencensus-api:0.7.0",
+      sha1 = "bf69d604c0dfcf63356053828a90c3e332acd2b8",
   )