diff --git a/testing/test_deps/projects/MODULE.bazel b/testing/test_deps/projects/MODULE.bazel
index c22bbc63e8d..570e6c480a4 100644
--- a/testing/test_deps/projects/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/testing/test_deps/projects/MODULE.bazel
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module(
 
 bazel_dep(
     name = "rules_jvm_external",
-    version = "6.1",
+    version = "6.5",
 )
 
 maven = use_extension("@rules_jvm_external//:extensions.bzl", "maven")