diff --git a/.bazelversion b/.bazelversion
index 815da58b7..ae9a76b92 100644
--- a/.bazelversion
+++ b/.bazelversion
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.4.1
+8.0.0
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index bcb74f7f9..823756225 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ module(
 
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.0.17")
 bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "0.0.10")
+bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.7.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "1.0.0")
 
 python = use_extension("@rules_python//python/extensions:python.bzl", "python")
diff --git a/local-remote-execution/overlays/lre-rs.nix b/local-remote-execution/overlays/lre-rs.nix
index 0fe1d3ce3..c0db11fac 100644
--- a/local-remote-execution/overlays/lre-rs.nix
+++ b/local-remote-execution/overlays/lre-rs.nix
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
       ${" "}           "lib/rustlib/${target}/codegen-backends/*.so",
       ${" "}           "lib/rustlib/${target}/bin/rust-lld",
       ${" "}           "lib/rustlib/${target}/lib/*.so",
-      ${" "}       ]),'';
+      ${" "}       ], allow_empty = True),'';
 
     # Generate stdlib select entry for a target
     mkStdlibSelectEntry = target:
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         ${" "}           "lib/rustlib/${target}/lib/*.a",''
       + (lib.optionalString (builtins.match ".*-musl" target != null)
         ''${"\n "}           "lib/rustlib/${target}/lib/self-contained/**",'')
-      + ''${"\n "}       ]),'';
+      + ''${"\n "}       ], allow_empty = True),'';
 
     selectEntries = builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" (map mkSelectEntry rustTargets);
     stdlibSelectEntries = builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" (map mkStdlibSelectEntry rustTargets);
diff --git a/local-remote-execution/rust/aarch64-darwin.BUILD.bazel b/local-remote-execution/rust/aarch64-darwin.BUILD.bazel
index 1564b9d1d..ac97014eb 100644
--- a/local-remote-execution/rust/aarch64-darwin.BUILD.bazel
+++ b/local-remote-execution/rust/aarch64-darwin.BUILD.bazel
@@ -45,42 +45,42 @@ filegroup(
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-apple-darwin/codegen-backends/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-apple-darwin/bin/rust-lld",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-apple-darwin/lib/*.so",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu": glob([
             "bin/*.so",
             "lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/codegen-backends/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/rust-lld",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.so",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:aarch64-unknown-linux-musl": glob([
             "bin/*.so",
             "lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/codegen-backends/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/bin/rust-lld",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.so",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:x86_64-apple-darwin": glob([
             "bin/*.so",
             "lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-apple-darwin/codegen-backends/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-apple-darwin/bin/rust-lld",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-apple-darwin/lib/*.so",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu": glob([
             "bin/*.so",
             "lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/codegen-backends/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/rust-lld",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.so",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:x86_64-unknown-linux-musl": glob([
             "bin/*.so",
             "lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codegen-backends/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin/rust-lld",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.so",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
     }),
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
@@ -92,34 +92,34 @@ rust_stdlib_filegroup(
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-apple-darwin/lib/*.rlib",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-apple-darwin/lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-apple-darwin/lib/*.a",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu": glob([
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.rlib",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.a",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:aarch64-unknown-linux-musl": glob([
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.rlib",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.a",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/self-contained/**",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:x86_64-apple-darwin": glob([
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-apple-darwin/lib/*.rlib",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-apple-darwin/lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-apple-darwin/lib/*.a",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu": glob([
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.rlib",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.a",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:x86_64-unknown-linux-musl": glob([
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.rlib",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.a",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/self-contained/**",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
     }),
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
diff --git a/local-remote-execution/rust/aarch64-linux.BUILD.bazel b/local-remote-execution/rust/aarch64-linux.BUILD.bazel
index 10a1945b4..54f9171d7 100644
--- a/local-remote-execution/rust/aarch64-linux.BUILD.bazel
+++ b/local-remote-execution/rust/aarch64-linux.BUILD.bazel
@@ -45,28 +45,28 @@ filegroup(
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/codegen-backends/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/rust-lld",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.so",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:aarch64-unknown-linux-musl": glob([
             "bin/*.so",
             "lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/codegen-backends/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/bin/rust-lld",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.so",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu": glob([
             "bin/*.so",
             "lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/codegen-backends/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/rust-lld",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.so",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:x86_64-unknown-linux-musl": glob([
             "bin/*.so",
             "lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codegen-backends/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin/rust-lld",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.so",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
     }),
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
@@ -78,24 +78,24 @@ rust_stdlib_filegroup(
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.rlib",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.a",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:aarch64-unknown-linux-musl": glob([
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.rlib",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.a",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/self-contained/**",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu": glob([
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.rlib",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.a",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:x86_64-unknown-linux-musl": glob([
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.rlib",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.a",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/self-contained/**",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
     }),
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
diff --git a/local-remote-execution/rust/x86_64-darwin.BUILD.bazel b/local-remote-execution/rust/x86_64-darwin.BUILD.bazel
index b65011808..fcff515c0 100644
--- a/local-remote-execution/rust/x86_64-darwin.BUILD.bazel
+++ b/local-remote-execution/rust/x86_64-darwin.BUILD.bazel
@@ -45,42 +45,42 @@ filegroup(
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-apple-darwin/codegen-backends/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-apple-darwin/bin/rust-lld",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-apple-darwin/lib/*.so",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu": glob([
             "bin/*.so",
             "lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/codegen-backends/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/rust-lld",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.so",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:aarch64-unknown-linux-musl": glob([
             "bin/*.so",
             "lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/codegen-backends/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/bin/rust-lld",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.so",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:x86_64-apple-darwin": glob([
             "bin/*.so",
             "lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-apple-darwin/codegen-backends/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-apple-darwin/bin/rust-lld",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-apple-darwin/lib/*.so",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu": glob([
             "bin/*.so",
             "lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/codegen-backends/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/rust-lld",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.so",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:x86_64-unknown-linux-musl": glob([
             "bin/*.so",
             "lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codegen-backends/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin/rust-lld",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.so",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
     }),
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
@@ -92,34 +92,34 @@ rust_stdlib_filegroup(
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-apple-darwin/lib/*.rlib",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-apple-darwin/lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-apple-darwin/lib/*.a",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu": glob([
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.rlib",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.a",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:aarch64-unknown-linux-musl": glob([
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.rlib",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.a",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/self-contained/**",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:x86_64-apple-darwin": glob([
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-apple-darwin/lib/*.rlib",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-apple-darwin/lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-apple-darwin/lib/*.a",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu": glob([
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.rlib",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.a",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:x86_64-unknown-linux-musl": glob([
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.rlib",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.a",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/self-contained/**",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
     }),
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
diff --git a/local-remote-execution/rust/x86_64-linux.BUILD.bazel b/local-remote-execution/rust/x86_64-linux.BUILD.bazel
index 93d68dfe9..9fdc08f2f 100644
--- a/local-remote-execution/rust/x86_64-linux.BUILD.bazel
+++ b/local-remote-execution/rust/x86_64-linux.BUILD.bazel
@@ -45,28 +45,28 @@ filegroup(
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/codegen-backends/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/rust-lld",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.so",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:aarch64-unknown-linux-musl": glob([
             "bin/*.so",
             "lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/codegen-backends/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/bin/rust-lld",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.so",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu": glob([
             "bin/*.so",
             "lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/codegen-backends/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/rust-lld",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.so",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:x86_64-unknown-linux-musl": glob([
             "bin/*.so",
             "lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/codegen-backends/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/bin/rust-lld",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.so",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
     }),
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
@@ -78,24 +78,24 @@ rust_stdlib_filegroup(
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.rlib",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.a",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:aarch64-unknown-linux-musl": glob([
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.rlib",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.a",
             "lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/self-contained/**",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu": glob([
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.rlib",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/*.a",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
         "@local-remote-execution//rust/triple:x86_64-unknown-linux-musl": glob([
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.rlib",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.so",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/*.a",
             "lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/self-contained/**",
-        ]),
+        ], allow_empty = True),
     }),
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
diff --git a/nativelink-proto/BUILD.bazel b/nativelink-proto/BUILD.bazel
index d8ab175d0..489c30f4b 100644
--- a/nativelink-proto/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/nativelink-proto/BUILD.bazel
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ genrule(
     cmd = select({
         platform: '''
         set -e
-        export PROTOC=$(execpath @@toolchains_protoc~~protoc~toolchains_protoc_hub.{}//:bin/protoc)
+        export PROTOC=$(execpath @@toolchains_protoc++protoc+toolchains_protoc_hub.{}//:bin/protoc)
 
         $(execpath :gen_protos_tool) $(SRCS) -o $(RULEDIR)
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ genrule(
         ":gen_protos_tool",
     ] + select({
         platform: [
-            "@@toolchains_protoc~~protoc~toolchains_protoc_hub.{}//:bin/protoc".format(platform),
+            "@@toolchains_protoc++protoc+toolchains_protoc_hub.{}//:bin/protoc".format(platform),
         ]
         for platform in PLATFORM_NAMES
     }),