Merge branch 'chore.bazel7x' into remove-cc-defs

Author: rickeylev

version.bzl

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # against.
 # This version should be updated together with the version of Bazel
 # in .bazelversion.
-BAZEL_VERSION = "7.1.0"
+BAZEL_VERSION = "7.x"
 
 # NOTE: Keep in sync with .bazelci/presubmit.yml
 # This is the minimum supported bazel version, that we have some tests for.