diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index e3f24045..4b885e90 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ module(
 # When bumping, add a comment explaining what's required from the newer release.
 bazel_dep(name = "aspect_bazel_lib", version = "1.38.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.4.2")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "0.19.0")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "0.27.1")
diff --git a/e2e/smoke/MODULE.bazel b/e2e/smoke/MODULE.bazel
index 3279256c..3c02c0e6 100644
--- a/e2e/smoke/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/e2e/smoke/MODULE.bazel
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ local_path_override(
 )
 
 #---SNIP--- Below here is re-used in the snippet published on releases
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", dev_dependency = True, version = "0.22.0")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", dev_dependency = True, version = "0.27.1")
 
 python = use_extension("@rules_python//python/extensions:python.bzl", "python")
 python.toolchain(