diff --git a/bazel/repository_locations.bzl b/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
index be555de6a084..868bf981b32a 100644
--- a/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
@@ -1384,12 +1384,13 @@ REPOSITORY_LOCATIONS_SPEC = dict(
         project_name = "Bazel rust rules",
         project_desc = "Bazel rust rules (used by Wasm)",
         project_url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_rust",
-        version = "0.26.0",
-        sha256 = "9d04e658878d23f4b00163a72da3db03ddb451273eb347df7d7c50838d698f49",
-        urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_rust/releases/download/{version}/rules_rust-v{version}.tar.gz"],
+        version = "262b6a5ea17ec91b3c07e37e82af0eb15dd6ceef",
+        strip_prefix = "rules_rust-{version}",
+        sha256 = "e968b3d01c305282bd237bcdafe5e5141192e93eaefb22712e8bc4299e672b16",
+        urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_rust/archive/{version}.tar.gz"],
         use_category = ["dataplane_ext"],
         extensions = ["envoy.wasm.runtime.wasmtime"],
-        release_date = "2023-07-28",
+        release_date = "2023-08-11",
         cpe = "N/A",
         license = "Apache-2.0",
         license_url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_rust/blob/{version}/LICENSE.txt",