diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 24c109b..c1f6deb 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module(
 )
 
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.7.1")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "7.12.2")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "8.5.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_jvm_external", version = "6.5")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_license", version = "1.0.0")