diff --git a/modules/java/MODULE.bazel b/modules/java/MODULE.bazel
index 9c810a20..aabeacf6 100644
--- a/modules/java/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/modules/java/MODULE.bazel
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module(
 )
 
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "7.12.1")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_jvm_external", version = "6.2")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_jvm_external", version = "6.4")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_proto_grpc", version = "0.0.0.rpg.version.placeholder")
 
 download_plugins = use_extension("//:module_extensions.bzl", "download_plugins")