diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 41cb1db..7cf11da 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     name = "maven",
     artifacts = [
         "antlr:antlr:2.7.7",
-        "org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper:3.4.14",
+        "org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper:3.5.8",
         "io.kubernetes:client-java:" + kubernetes_client_version,
         "com.esotericsoftware:kryo:3.0.3",
         "org.apache.avro:avro:1.7.4",
@@ -282,11 +282,8 @@
 http_archive(
     name = "org_apache_zookeeper",
     build_file = "@//:third_party/zookeeper/BUILD",
-    patch_args = ["-p2"],
-    patches = ["//third_party/zookeeper:pkgconfig.patch"],
-    sha256 = "b14f7a0fece8bd34c7fffa46039e563ac5367607c612517aa7bd37306afbd1cd",
-    strip_prefix = "zookeeper-3.4.14",
-    urls = ["https://archive.apache.org/dist/zookeeper/zookeeper-3.4.14/zookeeper-3.4.14.tar.gz"],
+    strip_prefix = "apache-zookeeper-3.5.8",
+    urls = ["https://archive.apache.org/dist/zookeeper/stable/apache-zookeeper-3.5.8.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 http_archive(
diff --git a/third_party/zookeeper/BUILD b/third_party/zookeeper/BUILD
index 00ec56d..f55b0e2 100644
--- a/third_party/zookeeper/BUILD
+++ b/third_party/zookeeper/BUILD
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@
             "export CFLAGS=-Wno-error",
             "mkdir -p $$TMP_DIR",
             "cp -R $$(pwd)/external/org_apache_zookeeper/* $$TMP_DIR",
-            "cd $$TMP_DIR/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c",
+            "cd $$TMP_DIR",
+	    "ant compile_jute",
+	    "cd $$TMP_DIR/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c",
             "autoreconf -if",
             "./configure --prefix=$$INSTALL_DIR --enable-shared=no",
             "make install",
diff --git a/third_party/zookeeper/pkgconfig.patch b/third_party/zookeeper/pkgconfig.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 472fe6c..0000000
--- a/third_party/zookeeper/pkgconfig.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur /tmp/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/configure.ac /tmp/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/configure.ac
---- /tmp/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/configure.ac	2019-03-06 16:50:47.000000000 +0000
-+++ /tmp/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/configure.ac	2020-04-04 23:44:40.442252000 +0000
-@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
-    CPPUNIT_INCLUDE=
-    CPPUNIT_LIBS=
- else
--   AM_PATH_CPPUNIT(1.10.2)
-+   PKG_CHECK_MODULES([CPPUNIT], [cppunit >= 1.10.2])
- fi
- 
- if test "$CALLER" = "ANT" ; then