diff --git a/B/Bazel/build_tarballs.jl b/B/Bazel/build_tarballs.jl
index 4f5cabda8d5..15b8ffc104d 100644
--- a/B/Bazel/build_tarballs.jl
+++ b/B/Bazel/build_tarballs.jl
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 using BinaryBuilder
 
 name = "Bazel"
-version = v"8.3.1"
+version = v"7.7.0"
 sources = [
     ArchiveSource("https://github.com/adoptium/temurin21-binaries/releases/download/jdk-21.0.7%2B6/OpenJDK21U-jdk_x64_alpine-linux_hotspot_21.0.7_6.tar.gz", "79ecc4b213d21ae5c389bea13c6ed23ca4804a45b7b076983356c28105580013"),
-    ArchiveSource("https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/$(version)/bazel-$(version)-dist.zip", "79da863df05fa4de79a82c4f9d4e710766f040bc519fd8b184a4d4d51345d5ba"),
+    ArchiveSource("https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/$(version)/bazel-$(version)-dist.zip", "277946818c77fff70be442864cecc41faac862b6f2d0d37033e2da0b1fee7e0f"),
 
 ]
 
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ mkdir .tmp
 export TMPDIR=`pwd`/.tmp
 export TMP=$TMPDIR
 export TEMP=$TMPDIR
+export BAZEL_DEV_VERSION_OVERRIDE="7.7.0"
 
 # Set the default verbose mode in buildenv.sh so that we do not display command
 # output unless there is a failure.  We do this conditionally to offer the user