diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 5fc4c7872c..6c70dcbfc9 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -81,14 +81,15 @@ load("@build_bazel_rules_karma//:package.bzl", "rules_karma_dependencies")
 rules_karma_dependencies()
 
 # Setup the rules_webtesting toolchain
-load("@io_bazel_rules_webtesting//web:repositories.bzl", "browser_repositories", "web_test_repositories")
+load("@io_bazel_rules_webtesting//web:repositories.bzl", "web_test_repositories")
 
 web_test_repositories()
 
-browser_repositories(
-    chromium = True,
-    firefox = True,
-)
+# Temporary work-around for https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28681
+# TODO(gregmagolan): go back to @io_bazel_rules_webtesting browser_repositories
+load("@angular//:browser_repositories.bzl", "browser_repositories")
+
+browser_repositories()
 
 # Setup the rules_typescript tooolchain
 load("@build_bazel_rules_typescript//:defs.bzl", "ts_setup_workspace")
diff --git a/browser_repositories.bzl b/browser_repositories.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..123c773800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/browser_repositories.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+# Copyright 2018 The Bazel Authors. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Pinned browser versions.
+
+This function is here temporarily to fix https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28681.
+It will be removed once the browser versions are fixed upstream and we can pull
+working versions from rules_webtesting browser_repositories().
+
+TODO(gregmagolan): remove this file once we have working browser versions from rules_webtesting.
+"""
+
+load("@io_bazel_rules_webtesting//web/internal:platform_http_file.bzl", "platform_http_file")
+
+def browser_repositories():
+    """Load pinned rules_webtesting browser versions."""
+
+    platform_http_file(
+        name = "org_chromium_chromium",
+        amd64_sha256 =
+            "6933d0afce6e17304b62029fbbd246cbe9e130eb0d90d7682d3765d3dbc8e1c8",
+        amd64_urls = [
+            "https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-snapshots/Linux_x64/561732/chrome-linux.zip",
+        ],
+        licenses = ["notice"],  # BSD 3-clause (maybe more?)
+        macos_sha256 =
+            "084884e91841a923d7b6e81101f0105bbc3b0026f9f6f7a3477f5b313ee89e32",
+        macos_urls = [
+            "https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-snapshots/Mac/561733/chrome-mac.zip",
+        ],
+        windows_sha256 =
+            "d1bb728118c12ea436d8ea07dba980789e7d860aa664dd1fad78bc20e8d9391c",
+        windows_urls = [
+            "https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-snapshots/Win_x64/540270/chrome-win32.zip",
+        ],
+    )
+
+    platform_http_file(
+        name = "org_chromium_chromedriver",
+        amd64_sha256 =
+            "71eafe087900dbca4bc0b354a1d172df48b31a4a502e21f7c7b156d7e76c95c7",
+        amd64_urls = [
+            "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/2.41/chromedriver_linux64.zip",
+        ],
+        licenses = ["reciprocal"],  # BSD 3-clause, ICU, MPL 1.1, libpng (BSD/MIT-like), Academic Free License v. 2.0, BSD 2-clause, MIT
+        macos_sha256 =
+            "fd32a27148f44796a55f5ce3397015c89ebd9f600d9dda2bcaca54575e2497ae",
+        macos_urls = [
+            "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/2.41/chromedriver_mac64.zip",
+        ],
+        windows_sha256 =
+            "a8fa028acebef7b931ef9cb093f02865f9f7495e49351f556e919f7be77f072e",
+        windows_urls = [
+            "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/2.38/chromedriver_win32.zip",
+        ],
+    )
+
+    platform_http_file(
+        name = "org_mozilla_firefox",
+        amd64_sha256 =
+            "3a729ddcb1e0f5d63933177a35177ac6172f12edbf9fbbbf45305f49333608de",
+        amd64_urls = [
+            "https://mirror.bazel.build/ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/61.0.2/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-61.0.2.tar.bz2",
+            "https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/61.0.2/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-61.0.2.tar.bz2",
+        ],
+        licenses = ["reciprocal"],  # MPL 2.0
+        macos_sha256 =
+            "bf23f659ae34832605dd0576affcca060d1077b7bf7395bc9874f62b84936dc5",
+        macos_urls = [
+            "https://mirror.bazel.build/ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/61.0.2/mac/en-US/Firefox%2061.0.2.dmg",
+            "https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/61.0.2/mac/en-US/Firefox%2061.0.2.dmg",
+        ],
+    )
+
+    platform_http_file(
+        name = "org_mozilla_geckodriver",
+        amd64_sha256 =
+            "c9ae92348cf00aa719be6337a608fae8304691a95668e8e338d92623ba9e0ec6",
+        amd64_urls = [
+            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/download/v0.21.0/geckodriver-v0.21.0-linux64.tar.gz",
+            "https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/download/v0.21.0/geckodriver-v0.21.0-linux64.tar.gz",
+        ],
+        licenses = ["reciprocal"],  # MPL 2.0
+        macos_sha256 =
+            "ce4a3e9d706db94e8760988de1ad562630412fa8cf898819572522be584f01ce",
+        macos_urls = [
+            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/download/v0.21.0/geckodriver-v0.21.0-macos.tar.gz",
+            "https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/download/v0.21.0/geckodriver-v0.21.0-macos.tar.gz",
+        ],
+    )
diff --git a/integration/bazel/WORKSPACE b/integration/bazel/WORKSPACE
index f1807100c0..366688099b 100644
--- a/integration/bazel/WORKSPACE
+++ b/integration/bazel/WORKSPACE
@@ -74,14 +74,15 @@ load("@build_bazel_rules_karma//:package.bzl", "rules_karma_dependencies")
 rules_karma_dependencies()
 
 # Setup the rules_webtesting toolchain
-load("@io_bazel_rules_webtesting//web:repositories.bzl", "browser_repositories", "web_test_repositories")
+load("@io_bazel_rules_webtesting//web:repositories.bzl", "web_test_repositories")
 
 web_test_repositories()
 
-browser_repositories(
-    chromium = True,
-    firefox = True,
-)
+# Temporary work-around for https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28681
+# TODO(gregmagolan): go back to @io_bazel_rules_webtesting browser_repositories
+load("@angular//:browser_repositories.bzl", "browser_repositories")
+
+browser_repositories()
 
 # Setup the rules_typescript tooolchain
 load("@build_bazel_rules_typescript//:defs.bzl", "ts_setup_workspace")