diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 4ad5e6b..123e24d 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module(
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_features", version = "1.19.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.7.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "0.0.10")
-bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "27.0")
+bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "27.0", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf")
 
 cc_configure = use_extension("//cc:extensions.bzl", "cc_configure_extension")
 use_repo(cc_configure, "local_config_cc", "local_config_cc_toolchains")
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 196b610..ce5112f 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ http_archive(
 )
 
 http_archive(
-    name = "protobuf",
+    name = "com_google_protobuf",
     sha256 = "da288bf1daa6c04d03a9051781caa52aceb9163586bff9aa6cfb12f69b9395aa",
     strip_prefix = "protobuf-27.0",
     url = "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v27.0/protobuf-27.0.tar.gz",
diff --git a/cc/defs.bzl b/cc/defs.bzl
index 404a63e..3c27174 100644
--- a/cc/defs.bzl
+++ b/cc/defs.bzl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 """Starlark rules for building C++ projects."""
 
-load("@protobuf//bazel:cc_proto_library.bzl", _cc_proto_library = "cc_proto_library")
+load("@com_google_protobuf//bazel:cc_proto_library.bzl", _cc_proto_library = "cc_proto_library")
 load("//cc:cc_binary.bzl", _cc_binary = "cc_binary")
 load("//cc:cc_import.bzl", _cc_import = "cc_import")
 load("//cc:cc_library.bzl", _cc_library = "cc_library")