diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 58368a6..fb51ce1 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ bazel_dep(
     dev_dependency = True,
     repo_name = "io_bazel_stardoc",
 )
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "0.37.2", dev_dependency = True)
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "1.8.0", dev_dependency = True)
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_shell", version = "0.4.0", dev_dependency = True)
 
 python = use_extension(