diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 5b7785c..55fdf38 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ module(
     version = "2.0.0",
 )
 
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "9.6.1")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "9.7.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_jvm_external", version = "7.1")
 
 maven = use_extension("@rules_jvm_external//:extensions.bzl", "maven")