diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 69677025e4..dfa0457f68 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ bazel_dep(name = "nlohmann_json", version = "3.12.0.bcr.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "1.0.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.2.17")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_pkg", version = "1.2.0")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "1.8.4")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "1.9.0-rc0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_proto", version = "7.1.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "zlib", version = "1.3.2")
 bazel_dep(name = "opentracing-cpp", version = "1.6.0")