diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 94e8a192ae6de..e5fc2a9d96640 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module(
 
 bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "1.1.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.9.2")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.2.17")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.2.25")
 bazel_dep(name = "abseil-cpp", version = "20260526.0")
 
 # For backwards compatibility with WORKSPACE.
diff --git a/bazel/workspace0.bzl b/bazel/workspace0.bzl
index 7712233406bed..e151db7f5ece7 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/0.2.25/rules_cc-0.2.25.tar.gz",
         ],
-        sha256 = "0d3b4f984c4c2e1acfd1378e0148d35caf2ef1d9eb95b688f8e19ce0c41bdf5b",
-        strip_prefix = "rules_cc-0.1.4",
+        sha256 = "bd7124a844d0403b4b353bcea34d6c8b2ba88dc26881c26c9ee668da89b71846",
+        strip_prefix = "rules_cc-0.2.25",
     )
 
     maybe(
diff --git a/ci/bzlmod_tests/consumer-test/MODULE.bazel b/ci/bzlmod_tests/consumer-test/MODULE.bazel
index 84935de5fb2c5..b03147102fd3b 100644
--- a/ci/bzlmod_tests/consumer-test/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/ci/bzlmod_tests/consumer-test/MODULE.bazel
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ module(name = "bzlmod-consumer-test")
 
 bazel_dep(name = "google_cloud_cpp", version = "3.8.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "googletest", version = "1.15.2")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.1.1")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.2.25")