diff --git a/tests/MODULE.bazel b/tests/MODULE.bazel
index 04401fdc..bf486486 100644
--- a/tests/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/tests/MODULE.bazel
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ local_path_override(
 
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.7.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "0.0.10")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.0.9")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.0.13")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_go", version = "0.50.1", repo_name = "io_bazel_rules_go")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_rust", version = "0.52.2")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_foreign_cc", version = "0.12.0")
@@ -179,3 +179,9 @@ llvm.toolchain(
     exec_arch = "amd64",
 )
 use_repo(llvm, "llvm_toolchain_linux_exec")
+
+git_override(
+    module_name = "rules_cc",
+    remote = "https://github.com/rrbutani/rules_cc",
+    commit = "55fc267d2f16fcb5ff39bc73bd7a920a72cd25a6",
+)
diff --git a/toolchain/deps.bzl b/toolchain/deps.bzl
index 5c372a45..3fd8d9b1 100644
--- a/toolchain/deps.bzl
+++ b/toolchain/deps.bzl
@@ -19,11 +19,23 @@ def bazel_toolchain_dependencies():
     if not native.existing_rule("rules_cc"):
         http_archive(
             name = "rules_cc",
-            urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/releases/download/0.0.9/rules_cc-0.0.9.tar.gz"],
-            sha256 = "2037875b9a4456dce4a79d112a8ae885bbc4aad968e6587dca6e64f3a0900cdf",
-            strip_prefix = "rules_cc-0.0.9",
+            urls = ["https://github.com/rrbutani/rules_cc/archive/55fc267d2f16fcb5ff39bc73bd7a920a72cd25a6.zip"],
+            sha256 = "9c265357201c6be302c6fb40cb22bb2f622412d2d9bc6d4293da4d5b010ce7c9",
+            strip_prefix = "rules_cc-55fc267d2f16fcb5ff39bc73bd7a920a72cd25a6",
         )
 
+        # Load protobuf if the user has not defined it; this is a dep needed by
+        # `rules_cc`: https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/blob/55fc267d2f16fcb5ff39bc73bd7a920a72cd25a6/WORKSPACE#L45-L50
+        if not native.existing_rule("protobuf"):
+            http_archive(
+                name = "protobuf",
+                sha256 = "da288bf1daa6c04d03a9051781caa52aceb9163586bff9aa6cfb12f69b9395aa",
+                strip_prefix = "protobuf-27.0",
+                url = "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v27.0/protobuf-27.0.tar.gz",
+            )
+
+
+
     # Load bazel_skylib if the user has not defined them.
     if not native.existing_rule("bazel_skylib"):
         http_archive(