diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 332c8e7990b30..9cac5d3af85cd 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module(
 
 bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "1.0.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.8.2")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.1.4")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.2.9")
 bazel_dep(name = "abseil-cpp", version = "20240722.1", repo_name = "com_google_absl")
 bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "29.4", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf")
 bazel_dep(name = "boringssl", version = "0.0.0-20230215-5c22014")
diff --git a/bazel/workspace0.bzl b/bazel/workspace0.bzl
index 2e49fdb403efc..412e3788eb88a 100644
--- a/bazel/workspace0.bzl
+++ b/bazel/workspace0.bzl
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ def gl_cpp_workspace0(name = None):
         http_archive,
         name = "rules_cc",
         urls = [
-            "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/releases/download/0.1.4/rules_cc-0.1.4.tar.gz",
+            "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/releases/download/0.2.9/rules_cc-0.2.9.tar.gz",
         ],
-        sha256 = "0d3b4f984c4c2e1acfd1378e0148d35caf2ef1d9eb95b688f8e19ce0c41bdf5b",
-        strip_prefix = "rules_cc-0.1.4",
+        sha256 = "69ceb454b9b29e0aba7da81c72e96ecafd81d2044be883b46398b1c77ca7fff9",
+        strip_prefix = "rules_cc-0.2.9",
     )
 
     # protobuf requires this