diff --git a/rules_haskell_tests/MODULE.bazel b/rules_haskell_tests/MODULE.bazel
index 394a54343..66fcf3d95 100644
--- a/rules_haskell_tests/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/rules_haskell_tests/MODULE.bazel
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ use_repo(
 # Java dependencies for the //tests/java_classpath test
 bazel_dep(
     name = "rules_jvm_external",
-    version = "5.3",
+    version = "6.1",
 )
 
 maven = use_extension("@rules_jvm_external//:extensions.bzl", "maven")