diff --git a/.bazelversion b/.bazelversion
index edb4911..7e06d90 100644
--- a/.bazelversion
+++ b/.bazelversion
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-5.3.0
+5.3.1
 # The first line of this file is used by Bazelisk and Bazel to be sure
 # the right version of Bazel is used to build and test this repo.
 # This also defines which version is used on CI.
diff --git a/e2e/bzlmod/.bazelversion b/e2e/bzlmod/.bazelversion
index 03f488b..c7cb131 100644
--- a/e2e/bzlmod/.bazelversion
+++ b/e2e/bzlmod/.bazelversion
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.3.0
+5.3.1