diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 190bfc335..5ae3ab058 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ register_toolchains("@build_bazel_rules_swift_local_config//:all")
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib_gazelle_plugin", version = "1.5.0", dev_dependency = True)
 bazel_dep(name = "gazelle", version = "0.46.0", dev_dependency = True, repo_name = "bazel_gazelle")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_go", version = "0.59.0", dev_dependency = True)  # TODO: Remove when transitives update past this version
-bazel_dep(name = "stardoc", version = "0.7.1", dev_dependency = True, repo_name = "io_bazel_stardoc")
+bazel_dep(name = "stardoc", version = "0.8.0", dev_dependency = True, repo_name = "io_bazel_stardoc")
 
 http_archive = use_repo_rule("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ http_archive(
 
 # TODO: In stardoc 0.7.1+, the `load` statements added to the docs are relative to the `alias` targets which is incorrect.
 # To keep the docs without confusing load statements we patch a partial revert of: https://github.com/bazelbuild/stardoc/pull/216
+# https://github.com/bazelbuild/stardoc/issues/297
 single_version_override(
     module_name = "stardoc",
     patch_strip = 1,