diff --git a/java/core/BUILD.bazel b/java/core/BUILD.bazel
index c57e0ae9c31c..2bc691e4eb78 100644
--- a/java/core/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/java/core/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 load("@bazel_skylib//rules:build_test.bzl", "build_test")
+load("@rules_java//java:java_library.bzl", "java_library")
 load("@rules_pkg//pkg:mappings.bzl", "pkg_files", "strip_prefix")
 load("//:protobuf.bzl", "internal_gen_well_known_protos_java")
 load("//:protobuf_version.bzl", "PROTOBUF_JAVA_VERSION")