diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 79d2da3..51a8171 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ module(
     version = "2.0.0",
 )
 
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "7.3.1")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "8.16.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_jvm_external", version = "5.3")
 
 maven = use_extension("@rules_jvm_external//:extensions.bzl", "maven")
diff --git a/WORKSPACE.bazel b/WORKSPACE.bazel
index 5676ccf..c29405d 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE.bazel
+++ b/WORKSPACE.bazel
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_java",
-    sha256 = "4018e97c93f97680f1650ffd2a7530245b864ac543fd24fae8c02ba447cb2864",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/download/7.3.1/rules_java-7.3.1.tar.gz"],
+    sha256 = "1b30698d89dccd9dc01b1a4ad7e9e5c6e669cdf1918dbb050334e365b40a1b5e",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/download/8.16.1/rules_java-8.16.1.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 load(