diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 626e1f15f03..54c605b0a7c 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ bazel_dep(
 )
 bazel_dep(
     name = "rules_java",
-    version = "7.12.1",
+    version = "8.1.0",
 )
 bazel_dep(
     name = "rules_python",