diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 2479f270be..be5915f1fe 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "1.0.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "31.1", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf")
 bazel_dep(name = "re2", version = "2024-07-02.bcr.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "riegeli", version = "0.0.0-20250822-9f2744d")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.2.11")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.2.16")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_closure", version = "0.15.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_license", version = "1.0.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_proto", version = "7.1.0")
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel.lock b/MODULE.bazel.lock
index b657fe59eb..137bec52e6 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel.lock
+++ b/MODULE.bazel.lock
@@ -454,8 +454,8 @@
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_cc/0.1.2/MODULE.bazel": "557ddc3a96858ec0d465a87c0a931054d7dcfd6583af2c7ed3baf494407fd8d0",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_cc/0.1.4/MODULE.bazel": "bb03a452a7527ac25a7518fb86a946ef63df860b9657d8323a0c50f8504fb0b9",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_cc/0.2.0/MODULE.bazel": "b5c17f90458caae90d2ccd114c81970062946f49f355610ed89bebf954f5783c",
-    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_cc/0.2.11/MODULE.bazel": "e94f24f065bf2191dba2dace951814378b66a94bb3bcc48077492fe0508059b5",
-    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_cc/0.2.11/source.json": "4d555dc20c9c135b21b2e403cf0ce8393fb65711b2305979ce053df4ee3e78de",
+    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_cc/0.2.16/MODULE.bazel": "9242fa89f950c6ef7702801ab53922e99c69b02310c39fb6e62b2bd30df2a1d4",
+    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_cc/0.2.16/source.json": "d03d5cde49376d87e14ec14b666c56075e5e3926930327fd5d0484a1ff2ac1cc",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_cc/0.2.3/MODULE.bazel": "07d7f5a97bcf2fc97bcefbee82abf4372cb07451949c81f575de94b51ec4852a",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_closure/0.15.0/MODULE.bazel": "2346f8f2daefe805bb12d5a97218d33cd02fd10732eb2de8e94ca88b00efdd68",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_closure/0.15.0/source.json": "c477734278ed50eef6d698fbbb2ac0ef8583257a7c0b05ea55d145da4acadb4e",