diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index a7846cd6..4d7ec860 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module(name = "catch2")
 
-bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.5.0")
+bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.7.1")
diff --git a/WORKSPACE.bazel b/WORKSPACE.bazel
index 357e6f94..e48080a4 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE.bazel
+++ b/WORKSPACE.bazel
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 
 http_archive(
     name = "bazel_skylib",
-    sha256 = "cd55a062e763b9349921f0f5db8c3933288dc8ba4f76dd9416aac68acee3cb94",
+    sha256 = "bc283cdfcd526a52c3201279cda4bc298652efa898b10b4db0837dc51652756f",
     urls = [
-        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.5.0/bazel-skylib-1.5.0.tar.gz",
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.5.0/bazel-skylib-1.5.0.tar.gz",
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.7.1/bazel-skylib-1.7.1.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.7.1/bazel-skylib-1.7.1.tar.gz",
     ],
 )