diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index b5be83e..660c89e 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ windows_runtime(name = "bashtest_windows_runtime")
 register_toolchains("//bashtest/runtime:windows_toolchain")
 
 # Repository tooling and its tests do not add a runtime dependency for consumers.
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "2.4.5", dev_dependency = True)
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "2.4.6", dev_dependency = True)
 
 python = use_extension("@rules_python//python/extensions:python.bzl", "python", dev_dependency = True)
 python.defaults(python_version = "3.13")