diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 92a9f9a..56fc02b 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-build --action_env=BAZEL_CXXOPTS="-std=c++20"
+build --cxxopt="-std=c++20"
diff --git a/.bazelversion b/.bazelversion
index acd405b..37ad5c8 100644
--- a/.bazelversion
+++ b/.bazelversion
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.6.0
+9.0.1
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 0f414f8..a72e08a 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ bazel_dep(name = "apple_support", version = "2.3.0", repo_name = "build_bazel_ap
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.2.17")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "1.9.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "nlohmann_json", version = "3.12.0.bcr.1", repo_name = "json")
-bazel_dep(name = "googletest", version = "1.17.0")
+bazel_dep(name = "googletest", version = "1.17.0.bcr.2")
 bazel_dep(name = "argparse", version = "3.2.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_foreign_cc", version = "0.15.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "stb", version = "0.0.0-20251026-f1c79c0")