diff --git a/tests/MODULE.bazel b/tests/MODULE.bazel
index 88a2c536..43bf2369 100644
--- a/tests/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/tests/MODULE.bazel
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ bazel_dep(name = "rules_foreign_cc", version = "0.15.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "abseil-cpp", version = "20240722.0", repo_name = "com_google_absl")
 
 # TODO: Remove when protobuf is released with a version of rules_python that supports 8.x
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "1.1.0")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "1.5.1")
 
 # As a workaround for https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_foreign_cc/issues/1018.
 rules_foreign_cc_tools = use_extension("@rules_foreign_cc//foreign_cc:extensions.bzl", "tools")
diff --git a/tests/WORKSPACE b/tests/WORKSPACE
index 16bef205..6e77a9ce 100644
--- a/tests/WORKSPACE
+++ b/tests/WORKSPACE
@@ -279,9 +279,9 @@ rust_register_toolchains()
 
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_python",
-    sha256 = "9c6e26911a79fbf510a8f06d8eedb40f412023cf7fa6d1461def27116bff022c",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_python-1.1.0",
-    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/download/1.1.0/rules_python-1.1.0.tar.gz",
+    sha256 = "fa532d635f29c038a64c8062724af700c30cf6b31174dd4fac120bc561a1a560",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_python-1.5.1",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/download/1.5.1/rules_python-1.5.1.tar.gz",
 )
 
 load("@rules_python//python:repositories.bzl", "py_repositories")