diff --git a/src/main/starlark/core/repositories/setup.bzl b/src/main/starlark/core/repositories/setup.bzl
index 20e235803..1af34b59a 100644
--- a/src/main/starlark/core/repositories/setup.bzl
+++ b/src/main/starlark/core/repositories/setup.bzl
@@ -20,29 +20,9 @@ load("@build_bazel_rules_android//android:rules.bzl", "android_sdk_repository")
 load("//src/main/starlark/core/repositories:versions.bzl", "versions")
 load("@rules_pkg//:deps.bzl", "rules_pkg_dependencies")
 
-# Workaround for https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/commit/f371ed34ed7f1a8b83cc34ae96db277e0ba4fcb0
-load("@rules_proto//proto/private:dependencies.bzl", "maven_dependencies")
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:java.bzl", "java_import_external")
-
-CORRECTED_RULES_PROTO_SHAS = {
-    # bad -> good
-    "ad275e75ee79e6c6388198dcb9acf0db2edee64782e11b508f379c3a2a17d168": "51febfb24af6faa7eb729c880b8ba011cbab8ce55920656a450740b73d343ee2",
-    "0b16133638b1455bea3449c002c7769c75962007d55e9a39c0bed55128da7f70": "34dc0c5bc98416e95a28b3b18caf74816eaa083b2f9c5702b2300a3763970c7b",
-}
-
 def kt_configure():
     """Setup dependencies. Must be called AFTER kt_download_local_dev_dependencies() """
 
-    # workaround for https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/commit/f371ed34ed7f1a8b83cc34ae96db277e0ba4fcb0
-    for (name, arguments) in maven_dependencies.items():
-        java_import_external(
-            name = name,
-            **{
-                n: CORRECTED_RULES_PROTO_SHAS.get(str(a), a)
-                for n, a in arguments.items()
-            }
-        )
-
     maven_install(
         name = "kotlin_rules_maven",
         fetch_sources = True,
diff --git a/src/main/starlark/core/repositories/versions.bzl b/src/main/starlark/core/repositories/versions.bzl
index 0f21ef3d1..6fcdbfb42 100644
--- a/src/main/starlark/core/repositories/versions.bzl
+++ b/src/main/starlark/core/repositories/versions.bzl
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ versions = struct(
     RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_TAG = "4.4.2",
     RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_SHA = "735602f50813eb2ea93ca3f5e43b1959bd80b213b836a07a62a29d757670b77b",
     RULES_PROTO = version(
-        version = "5.3.0-21.5",
-        sha256 = "80d3a4ec17354cccc898bfe32118edd934f851b03029d63ef3fc7c8663a7415c",
+        version = "5.3.0-21.7",
+        sha256 = "dc3fb206a2cb3441b485eb1e423165b231235a1ea9b031b4433cf7bc1fa460dd",
         strip_prefix_template = "rules_proto-{version}",
         url_templates = [
             "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/refs/tags/{version}.tar.gz",