diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index f9f173d8f1..ef173bc83b 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.0.14")
 bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "0.0.4")
 
 # Those are loaded only when using py_proto_library
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_proto", version = "6.0.2")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_proto", version = "7.0.2")
 bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "29.0-rc2", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf")
 
 internal_deps = use_extension("//python/private:internal_deps.bzl", "internal_deps")
diff --git a/examples/bzlmod/MODULE.bazel b/examples/bzlmod/MODULE.bazel
index 2843575c31..397129a768 100644
--- a/examples/bzlmod/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/examples/bzlmod/MODULE.bazel
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ local_path_override(
 )
 
 # (py_proto_library specific) We are using rules_proto to define rules_proto targets to be consumed by py_proto_library.
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_proto", version = "6.0.0-rc1")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_proto", version = "6.0.2")
 
 # (py_proto_library specific) Add the protobuf library for well-known types (e.g. `Any`, `Timestamp`, etc)
 bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "27.0", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf")
diff --git a/internal_deps.bzl b/internal_deps.bzl
index ec0a8f0cf6..319bdf877c 100644
--- a/internal_deps.bzl
+++ b/internal_deps.bzl
@@ -234,13 +234,6 @@ def rules_python_internal_deps():
         sha256 = "0e124567fa85287874eff33a791c3bbdcc5343329a56faa828ef624380d4607c",
         url = "https://github.com/keith/rules_multirun/releases/download/0.9.0/rules_multirun.0.9.0.tar.gz",
     )
-    # Needed by rules_cc, triggered by @rules_java_builtins from Bazel
-    http_archive(
-        name = "protobuf",
-        sha256 = "da288bf1daa6c04d03a9051781caa52aceb9163586bff9aa6cfb12f69b9395aa",
-        strip_prefix = "protobuf-27.0",
-        url = "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v27.0/protobuf-27.0.tar.gz",
-    )
 
     # Needed by rules_cc, triggered by @rules_java_builtins from Bazel
     http_archive(
diff --git a/python/private/py_repositories.bzl b/python/private/py_repositories.bzl
index 8a5d0969ba..6283ad7cbc 100644
--- a/python/private/py_repositories.bzl
+++ b/python/private/py_repositories.bzl
@@ -60,14 +60,6 @@ def py_repositories():
         urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/releases/download/0.0.13/rules_cc-0.0.13.tar.gz"],
     )
 
-    # Needed by rules_cc, triggerred by @rules_java_prebuilt in Bazel by using @rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl
-    http_archive(
-        name = "protobuf",
-        sha256 = "da288bf1daa6c04d03a9051781caa52aceb9163586bff9aa6cfb12f69b9395aa",
-        strip_prefix = "protobuf-27.0",
-        url = "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v27.0/protobuf-27.0.tar.gz",
-    )
-
     # Needed by rules_cc, triggerred by @rules_java_prebuilt in Bazel by using @rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl
     http_archive(
         name = "protobuf",
diff --git a/tests/integration/py_cc_toolchain_registered/WORKSPACE b/tests/integration/py_cc_toolchain_registered/WORKSPACE
index de908549c0..140e28c344 100644
--- a/tests/integration/py_cc_toolchain_registered/WORKSPACE
+++ b/tests/integration/py_cc_toolchain_registered/WORKSPACE
@@ -1,8 +1,35 @@
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
+
 local_repository(
     name = "rules_python",
     path = "../../..",
 )
 
+http_archive(
+    name = "proto_bazel_features",
+    sha256 = "d7787da289a7fb497352211ad200ec9f698822a9e0757a4976fd9f713ff372b3",
+    strip_prefix = "bazel_features-1.9.1",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazel-contrib/bazel_features/releases/download/v1.9.1/bazel_features-v1.9.1.tar.gz",
+)
+
+http_archive(
+    name = "com_google_protobuf",
+    ##sha256 = "da288bf1daa6c04d03a9051781caa52aceb9163586bff9aa6cfb12f69b9395aa",
+    strip_prefix = "protobuf-29.0-rc2",
+    urls = [
+        "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v29.0-rc2/protobuf-29.0-rc2.tar.gz",
+    ],
+)
+
+http_archive(
+    name = "protobuf",
+    ##sha256 = "da288bf1daa6c04d03a9051781caa52aceb9163586bff9aa6cfb12f69b9395aa",
+    strip_prefix = "protobuf-29.0-rc2",
+    urls = [
+        "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v29.0-rc2/protobuf-29.0-rc2.tar.gz",
+    ],
+)
+
 load("@rules_python//python:repositories.bzl", "py_repositories", "python_register_toolchains")
 
 py_repositories()