diff --git a/modules/protobuf/27.0-rc2/MODULE.bazel b/modules/protobuf/27.0-rc2/MODULE.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9a7a3b393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/protobuf/27.0-rc2/MODULE.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# TODO: migrate all dependencies from WORKSPACE to MODULE.bazel
+# https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/issues/14313
+PROTOBUF_VERSION = "27.0-rc2"
+
+module(
+    name = "protobuf",
+    version = PROTOBUF_VERSION,
+    compatibility_level = 1,
+    repo_name = "com_google_protobuf",
+)
+
+# LOWER BOUND dependency versions.
+# Bzlmod follows MVS:
+# https://bazel.build/versions/6.0.0/build/bzlmod#version-resolution
+# Thus the highest version in their module graph is resolved.
+bazel_dep(name = "abseil-cpp", version = "20230802.0.bcr.1", repo_name = "com_google_absl")
+bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.4.1")
+bazel_dep(name = "jsoncpp", version = "1.9.5")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.0.9")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "5.3.5")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_jvm_external", version = "5.1")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_pkg", version = "0.7.0")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "0.10.2")
+bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "0.0.8")
+bazel_dep(name = "zlib", version = "1.2.11")
+
+# TODO: remove after toolchain types are moved to protobuf
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_proto", version = "4.0.0")
diff --git a/modules/protobuf/27.0-rc2/presubmit.yml b/modules/protobuf/27.0-rc2/presubmit.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91f5749449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/protobuf/27.0-rc2/presubmit.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+matrix:
+  platform: ["macos", "ubuntu2004", "windows"]
+  bazel: [6.x, 7.x]
+
+tasks:
+  verify_targets:
+    name: "Verify build targets"
+    platform: ${{ platform }}
+    bazel: ${{ bazel }}
+    build_flags:
+    - '--host_cxxopt=-std=c++14'
+    - '--cxxopt=-std=c++14'
+    build_targets:
+    - '@protobuf//:protobuf'
+    - '@protobuf//:protobuf_lite'
+    - '@protobuf//:protoc'
+    - '@protobuf//:test_messages_proto2_cc_proto'
+    - '@protobuf//:test_messages_proto3_cc_proto'
+
+bcr_test_module:
+  module_path: "examples"
+  matrix:
+    platform: ["macos", "ubuntu2004", "windows"]
+    bazel: [6.x, 7.x]
+  tasks:
+    run_test_module:
+      name: "Run test module"
+      platform: ${{ platform }}
+      bazel: ${{ bazel }}
+      build_flags:
+      - '--host_cxxopt=-std=c++14'
+      - '--cxxopt=-std=c++14'
+      build_targets:
+      - "//..."
diff --git a/modules/protobuf/27.0-rc2/source.json b/modules/protobuf/27.0-rc2/source.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee79a146c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/protobuf/27.0-rc2/source.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "integrity": "sha256-mqdQp9CnPiWLXGsXlHqHYEQk2k5yczEWMEW0B0ZDnBw=",
+    "strip_prefix": "protobuf-27.0-rc2",
+    "url": "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v27.0-rc2/protobuf-27.0-rc2.zip",
+    "patch_strip": 1
+}
diff --git a/modules/protobuf/metadata.json b/modules/protobuf/metadata.json
index 6c596f9bee..da32a2e9ae 100644
--- a/modules/protobuf/metadata.json
+++ b/modules/protobuf/metadata.json
@@ -1,25 +1,37 @@
 {
-  "homepage": "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf",
-  "maintainers": [
-    {
-      "email": "bcr-maintainers@bazel.build",
-      "name": "No Maintainer Specified"
+    "homepage": "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf",
+    "maintainers": [
+        {
+            "email": "sandyzhang@google.com",
+            "github": "zhangskz",
+            "name": "Sandy Zhang"
+        },
+        {
+            "email": "mkruskal@google.com",
+            "github": "mkruskal-google",
+            "name": "Mike Kruskal"
+        },
+        {
+            "email": "gberg@google.com",
+            "github": "googleberg",
+            "name": "Jerry Berg"
+        }
+    ],
+    "repository": [
+        "github:protocolbuffers/protobuf"
+    ],
+    "versions": [
+        "3.19.0",
+        "3.19.2",
+        "3.19.6",
+        "21.7",
+        "23.1",
+        "26.0",
+        "26.0.bcr.1",
+        "27.0-rc2"
+    ],
+    "yanked_versions": {
+        "3.19.0": "CVE-2022-3171 (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h4h5-3hr4-j3g2)",
+        "3.19.2": "CVE-2022-3171 (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h4h5-3hr4-j3g2)"
     }
-  ],
-  "repository": [
-    "github:protocolbuffers/protobuf"
-  ],
-  "versions": [
-    "3.19.0",
-    "3.19.2",
-    "3.19.6",
-    "21.7",
-    "23.1",
-    "26.0",
-    "26.0.bcr.1"
-  ],
-  "yanked_versions": {
-    "3.19.0": "CVE-2022-3171 (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h4h5-3hr4-j3g2)",
-    "3.19.2": "CVE-2022-3171 (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h4h5-3hr4-j3g2)"
-  }
 }