diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 716b1b3..be4f812 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .bazeliskrc
 .ijwb
 bazel-*
+MODULE.bazel.lock
diff --git a/distro/BUILD b/distro/BUILD
index 0ffa34a..19ffa20 100644
--- a/distro/BUILD
+++ b/distro/BUILD
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ py_test(
     ],
     deps = [
         "//pkg/releasing:release_utils",
-        "@bazel_tools//tools/python/runfiles",
+        "@rules_python//python/runfiles",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/distro/packaging_test.py b/distro/packaging_test.py
index 3e2a38c..38c34c8 100644
--- a/distro/packaging_test.py
+++ b/distro/packaging_test.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import re
 import subprocess
 import unittest
 
-from bazel_tools.tools.python.runfiles import runfiles
+from python.runfiles import runfiles
 from pkg.releasing import release_tools
 from distro import release_version
 
diff --git a/tests/BUILD b/tests/BUILD
index c22b12c..6e37f63 100644
--- a/tests/BUILD
+++ b/tests/BUILD
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ py_test(
     srcs_version = "PY3",
     deps = [
         "//pkg/private:archive",
-        "@bazel_tools//tools/python/runfiles",
+        "@rules_python//python/runfiles",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ py_test(
     ],
     python_version = "PY3",
     deps = [
-        "@bazel_tools//tools/python/runfiles",
+        "@rules_python//python/runfiles",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/tests/archive_test.py b/tests/archive_test.py
index 21ddd5e..4c604c6 100644
--- a/tests/archive_test.py
+++ b/tests/archive_test.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 import unittest
 
-from bazel_tools.tools.python.runfiles import runfiles
+from python.runfiles import runfiles
 from pkg.private import archive
 
 
diff --git a/tests/deb/BUILD b/tests/deb/BUILD
index 655b46b..48df2de 100644
--- a/tests/deb/BUILD
+++ b/tests/deb/BUILD
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ py_test(
     python_version = "PY3",
     deps = [
         "//pkg/private:archive",
-        "@bazel_tools//tools/python/runfiles",
+        "@rules_python//python/runfiles",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/tests/deb/pkg_deb_test.py b/tests/deb/pkg_deb_test.py
index 285a965..8a2e653 100644
--- a/tests/deb/pkg_deb_test.py
+++ b/tests/deb/pkg_deb_test.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import sys
 import tarfile
 import unittest
 
-from bazel_tools.tools.python.runfiles import runfiles
+from python.runfiles import runfiles
 from pkg.private import archive
 
 
diff --git a/tests/mappings/BUILD b/tests/mappings/BUILD
index eb97f9f..6431ed9 100644
--- a/tests/mappings/BUILD
+++ b/tests/mappings/BUILD
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ py_library(
     imports = ["../.."],
     srcs_version = "PY3",
     deps = [
-        "@bazel_tools//tools/python/runfiles",
+        "@rules_python//python/runfiles",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/tests/mappings/manifest_test_lib.py b/tests/mappings/manifest_test_lib.py
index f403304..cd79f26 100644
--- a/tests/mappings/manifest_test_lib.py
+++ b/tests/mappings/manifest_test_lib.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import json
 import unittest
 
-from bazel_tools.tools.python.runfiles import runfiles
+from python.runfiles import runfiles
 
 class ContentManifestTest(unittest.TestCase):
   """Test harness to see if we wrote the content manifest correctly."""
diff --git a/tests/stamp_test.py b/tests/stamp_test.py
index 7ba722b..3709a1b 100644
--- a/tests/stamp_test.py
+++ b/tests/stamp_test.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import time
 import unittest
 import zipfile
 
-from bazel_tools.tools.python.runfiles import runfiles
+from python.runfiles import runfiles
 
 # keep in sync with archive.py
 PORTABLE_MTIME = 946684800  # 2000-01-01 00:00:00.000 UTC
diff --git a/tests/tar/BUILD b/tests/tar/BUILD
index 93f2e47..986f755 100644
--- a/tests/tar/BUILD
+++ b/tests/tar/BUILD
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ py_test(
     srcs_version = "PY3",
     deps = [
         "//pkg/private/tar:tar_writer",
-        "@bazel_tools//tools/python/runfiles",
+        "@rules_python//python/runfiles",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ pkg_tar(
     name = "test-tar-strip_prefix-dot",
     srcs = [
         ":etc/nsswitch.conf",
-        "@bazel_tools//tools/python/runfiles",
+        "@rules_python//python/runfiles",
     ],
     strip_prefix = ".",
 )
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ py_test(
     python_version = "PY3",
     deps = [
         "//pkg/private/tar:tar_writer",
-        "@bazel_tools//tools/python/runfiles",
+        "@rules_python//python/runfiles",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ py_test(
     python_version = "PY3",
     srcs_version = "PY3",
     deps = [
-        "@bazel_tools//tools/python/runfiles",
+        "@rules_python//python/runfiles",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/tests/tar/is_compressed_test.py b/tests/tar/is_compressed_test.py
index 6ed7386..5e55a06 100644
--- a/tests/tar/is_compressed_test.py
+++ b/tests/tar/is_compressed_test.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 import unittest
 
-from bazel_tools.tools.python.runfiles import runfiles
+from python.runfiles import runfiles
 
 
 class IsCompressedTest(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/tests/tar/pkg_tar_test.py b/tests/tar/pkg_tar_test.py
index eb8a127..582d4df 100644
--- a/tests/tar/pkg_tar_test.py
+++ b/tests/tar/pkg_tar_test.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import tarfile
 import unittest
 
-from bazel_tools.tools.python.runfiles import runfiles
+from python.runfiles import runfiles
 from pkg.private.tar import tar_writer
 
 PORTABLE_MTIME = 946684800  # 2000-01-01 00:00:00.000 UTC
@@ -109,12 +109,11 @@ class PkgTarTest(unittest.TestCase):
         {'name': 'etc'},
         {'name': 'etc/nsswitch.conf'},
         {'name': 'external'},
-        {'name': 'external/bazel_tools'},
-        {'name': 'external/bazel_tools/tools'},
-        {'name': 'external/bazel_tools/tools/python'},
-        {'name': 'external/bazel_tools/tools/python/runfiles'},
+        {'name': 'external/rules_python'},
+        {'name': 'external/rules_python/python'},
+        {'name': 'external/rules_python/python/runfiles'},
         # This is brittle. In old bazel the next file would be
-        # external/bazel_tools/tools/python/runfiles/runfiles.py, but there
+        # external/rules_python/python/runfiles/runfiles.py, but there
         # is now _runfiles_constants.py, first. So this is too brittle.
         {'halt': None},
     ]
diff --git a/tests/tar/tar_writer_test.py b/tests/tar/tar_writer_test.py
index 39008ea..ad31b0c 100644
--- a/tests/tar/tar_writer_test.py
+++ b/tests/tar/tar_writer_test.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import os
 import tarfile
 import unittest
 
-from bazel_tools.tools.python.runfiles import runfiles
+from python.runfiles import runfiles
 from pkg.private.tar import tar_writer
 from tests.tar import compressor
 
diff --git a/tests/zip/BUILD b/tests/zip/BUILD
index 52b17f0..5cd764d 100644
--- a/tests/zip/BUILD
+++ b/tests/zip/BUILD
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ py_library(
     imports = ["../.."],
     srcs_version = "PY3",
     deps = [
-        "@bazel_tools//tools/python/runfiles",
+        "@rules_python//python/runfiles",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/tests/zip/zip_test.py b/tests/zip/zip_test.py
index e5955eb..6978dc5 100644
--- a/tests/zip/zip_test.py
+++ b/tests/zip/zip_test.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import sys
 import unittest
 import zipfile
 
-from bazel_tools.tools.python.runfiles import runfiles
+from python.runfiles import runfiles
 from tests.zip import zip_test_lib
 
 HELLO_CRC = 2069210904
diff --git a/tests/zip/zip_test_lib.py b/tests/zip/zip_test_lib.py
index a9d237c..ebb0b60 100644
--- a/tests/zip/zip_test_lib.py
+++ b/tests/zip/zip_test_lib.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import filecmp
 import unittest
 import zipfile
 
-from bazel_tools.tools.python.runfiles import runfiles
+from python.runfiles import runfiles
 
 
 # Unix dir bit and Windows dir bit. Magic from zip spec
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ class ZipTest(unittest.TestCase):
   def get_test_zip(self, zip_file):
     """Get the file path to a generated zip in the runfiles."""
 
-    return self.data_files.Rlocation(
-        "rules_pkg/tests/zip/" + zip_file
-    )
+    return self.data_files.Rlocation("rules_pkg/tests/zip/" + zip_file)
 
 
 class ZipContentsTestBase(ZipTest):