diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 1e094b7f3b003..950fda0a38a73 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ bazel_dep(name = "rules_proto", version = "7.1.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_ruby", version = "0.28.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_rs", version = "0.0.96")
 
+# Remove patch when updating to rules_rs >= 0.0.108
+single_version_override(
+    module_name = "rules_rs",
+    patch_strip = 1,
+    patches = [
+        "//third_party/bazel:rules_rs_zlib_snapshot.patch",
+    ],
+)
+
 single_version_override(
     module_name = "rules_jvm_external",
     patch_strip = 1,
diff --git a/third_party/bazel/rules_rs_zlib_snapshot.patch b/third_party/bazel/rules_rs_zlib_snapshot.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6bd1b45a4ca58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/bazel/rules_rs_zlib_snapshot.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff --git a/rs/private/rustc_repository.bzl b/rs/private/rustc_repository.bzl
+--- a/rs/private/rustc_repository.bzl
++++ b/rs/private/rustc_repository.bzl
+@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ load(":rust_repository_utils.bzl", "RUST_REPOSITORY_COMMON_ATTR", "download_and_e
+ _LINUX_ZLIB = {
+     "aarch64": struct(
+         libdir = "usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu",
+         sha256 = "cbe3d39ec32d3cc27c021ae4af11e7c67bdf9d700d573207e0941d4038056278",
+-        url = "https://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/pool/main/z/zlib/zlib1g_1.3.dfsg-3.1ubuntu2.1_arm64.deb",
++        url = "https://snapshot.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/20260801T000000Z/pool/main/z/zlib/zlib1g_1.3.dfsg-3.1ubuntu2.1_arm64.deb",
+     ),
+     "x86_64": struct(
+         libdir = "usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu",
+         sha256 = "7074b6a2f6367a10d280c00a1cb02e74277709180bab4f2491a2f355ab2d6c20",
+-        url = "https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zlib/zlib1g_1.3.dfsg-3.1ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb",
++        url = "https://snapshot.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/20260801T000000Z/pool/main/z/zlib/zlib1g_1.3.dfsg-3.1ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb",
+     ),
+ }