diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index f9f173d8f..ef173bc83 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.lock b/examples/bzlmod/MODULE.bazel.lock
index ee745d56d..5a546c2f7 100644
--- a/examples/bzlmod/MODULE.bazel.lock
+++ b/examples/bzlmod/MODULE.bazel.lock
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/platforms/0.0.9/MODULE.bazel": "4a87a60c927b56ddd67db50c89acaa62f4ce2a1d2149ccb63ffd871d5ce29ebc",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/protobuf/21.7/MODULE.bazel": "a5a29bb89544f9b97edce05642fac225a808b5b7be74038ea3640fae2f8e66a7",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/protobuf/27.0/MODULE.bazel": "7873b60be88844a0a1d8f80b9d5d20cfbd8495a689b8763e76c6372998d3f64c",
+    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/protobuf/27.1/MODULE.bazel": "703a7b614728bb06647f965264967a8ef1c39e09e8f167b3ca0bb1fd80449c0d",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/protobuf/29.0-rc2/MODULE.bazel": "6241d35983510143049943fc0d57937937122baf1b287862f9dc8590fc4c37df",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/protobuf/29.0-rc2/source.json": "52101bfd37e38f0d159dee47b71ccbd1f22f7a32192cef5ef2533bb6212f410f",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/protobuf/3.19.0/MODULE.bazel": "6b5fbb433f760a99a22b18b6850ed5784ef0e9928a72668b66e4d7ccd47db9b0",
@@ -83,7 +84,8 @@
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_cc/0.0.10/MODULE.bazel": "ec1705118f7eaedd6e118508d3d26deba2a4e76476ada7e0e3965211be012002",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_cc/0.0.13/MODULE.bazel": "0e8529ed7b323dad0775ff924d2ae5af7640b23553dfcd4d34344c7e7a867191",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_cc/0.0.14/MODULE.bazel": "5e343a3aac88b8d7af3b1b6d2093b55c347b8eefc2e7d1442f7a02dc8fea48ac",
-    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_cc/0.0.14/source.json": "d22ad7e0f2c271a583b463b81cea83fd8afbf0012cad955c129b0e85662ec207",
+    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_cc/0.0.15/MODULE.bazel": "6704c35f7b4a72502ee81f61bf88706b54f06b3cbe5558ac17e2e14666cd5dcc",
+    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_cc/0.0.15/source.json": "48e606af0e02a716974a8b74fba6988d9f0c93af9177e28cf474bfc5fa26ab10",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_cc/0.0.2/MODULE.bazel": "6915987c90970493ab97393024c156ea8fb9f3bea953b2f3ec05c34f19b5695c",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_cc/0.0.6/MODULE.bazel": "abf360251023dfe3efcef65ab9d56beefa8394d4176dd29529750e1c57eaa33f",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_cc/0.0.8/MODULE.bazel": "964c85c82cfeb6f3855e6a07054fdb159aced38e99a5eecf7bce9d53990afa3e",
@@ -132,7 +134,8 @@
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_proto/5.3.0-21.7/MODULE.bazel": "e8dff86b0971688790ae75528fe1813f71809b5afd57facb44dad9e8eca631b7",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_proto/6.0.0-rc1/MODULE.bazel": "1e5b502e2e1a9e825eef74476a5a1ee524a92297085015a052510b09a1a09483",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_proto/6.0.2/MODULE.bazel": "ce916b775a62b90b61888052a416ccdda405212b6aaeb39522f7dc53431a5e73",
-    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_proto/6.0.2/source.json": "17a2e195f56cb28d6bbf763e49973d13890487c6945311ed141e196fb660426d",
+    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_proto/7.0.2/MODULE.bazel": "bf81793bd6d2ad89a37a40693e56c61b0ee30f7a7fdbaf3eabbf5f39de47dea2",
+    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_proto/7.0.2/source.json": "1e5e7260ae32ef4f2b52fd1d0de8d03b606a44c91b694d2f1afb1d3b28a48ce1",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_rust/0.54.1/MODULE.bazel": "388547bb0cd6a751437bb15c94c6725226f50100eec576e4354c3a8b48c754fb",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_rust/0.54.1/source.json": "9c5481b1abe4943457e6b2a475592d2e504b6b4355df603f24f64cde0a7f0f2d",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_shell/0.2.0/MODULE.bazel": "fda8a652ab3c7d8fee214de05e7a9916d8b28082234e8d2c0094505c5268ed3c",