diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 408e9af373ffe..d61c17306630a 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ bazel_dep(name = "zlib", version = "1.3.1.bcr.5")
 bazel_dep(name = "c-ares", version = "1.19.1.bcr.1", repo_name = "com_github_cares_cares")
 
 # Pin this to fix a break in bazel/deps-cache.py
-bazel_dep(name = "protoc-gen-validate", version = "1.2.1", dev_dependency = True, repo_name = "com_envoyproxy_protoc_gen_validate")
+bazel_dep(name = "protoc-gen-validate", version = "1.2.1.bcr.1", dev_dependency = True, repo_name = "com_envoyproxy_protoc_gen_validate")
 
 python = use_extension("@rules_python//python/extensions:python.bzl", "python")
 python.toolchain(