diff --git a/tests/MODULE.bazel b/tests/MODULE.bazel
index 0053ee33..9ffecf0c 100644
--- a/tests/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/tests/MODULE.bazel
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ bazel_dep(name = "abseil-cpp", version = "20250814.1", repo_name = "com_google_a
 bazel_dep(name = "boringssl", version = "0.20251110.0")
 
 # TODO: Remove when protobuf is released with a version of rules_python that supports 8.x
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "1.6.3")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "1.7.0")
 
 go_sdk = use_extension("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:extensions.bzl", "go_sdk")
 go_sdk.download(
diff --git a/tests/WORKSPACE b/tests/WORKSPACE
index 7a4e5675..9bcdb537 100644
--- a/tests/WORKSPACE
+++ b/tests/WORKSPACE
@@ -313,9 +313,9 @@ rust_register_toolchains()
 
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_python",
-    sha256 = "2f5c284fbb4e86045c2632d3573fc006facbca5d1fa02976e89dc0cd5488b590",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_python-1.6.3",
-    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/download/1.6.3/rules_python-1.6.3.tar.gz",
+    sha256 = "f609f341d6e9090b981b3f45324d05a819fd7a5a56434f849c761971ce2c47da",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_python-1.7.0",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/download/1.7.0/rules_python-1.7.0.tar.gz",
 )
 
 load("@rules_python//python:repositories.bzl", "py_repositories")