diff --git a/modules/java/MODULE.bazel b/modules/java/MODULE.bazel
index d363dae3..21dbda7f 100644
--- a/modules/java/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/modules/java/MODULE.bazel
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module(
 )
 
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "8.3.2")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_jvm_external", version = "6.5")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_jvm_external", version = "6.6")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_proto_grpc", version = "0.0.0.rpg.version.placeholder")
 
 download_plugins = use_extension("//:module_extensions.bzl", "download_plugins")