diff --git a/e2e/smoke/MODULE.bazel b/e2e/smoke/MODULE.bazel
index e4a0e50..2bb2876 100644
--- a/e2e/smoke/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/e2e/smoke/MODULE.bazel
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
-"Bazel dependencies"
-
-bazel_dep(name = "aspect_bazel_lib", version = "1.38.0", dev_dependency = True)
 bazel_dep(name = "aspect_rules_terser", version = "0.0.0", dev_dependency = True)
-bazel_dep(name = "aspect_rules_js", version = "1.31.0", dev_dependency = True)
-
 local_path_override(
     module_name = "aspect_rules_terser",
     path = "../..",
 )
 
-npm = use_extension("@aspect_rules_js//npm:extensions.bzl", "npm")
+bazel_dep(name = "aspect_bazel_lib", version = "1.38.0", dev_dependency = True)
+bazel_dep(name = "aspect_rules_js", version = "1.31.0", dev_dependency = True)
+
+npm = use_extension("@aspect_rules_js//npm:extensions.bzl", "npm", dev_dependency = True)
 npm.npm_translate_lock(
     name = "npm",
     pnpm_lock = "//:pnpm-lock.yaml",
diff --git a/terser/BUILD.bazel b/terser/BUILD.bazel
index ca1b122..bf1cf4e 100644
--- a/terser/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/terser/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 load("@bazel_skylib//:bzl_library.bzl", "bzl_library")
+load("//terser/private:is_bazel_7_or_greater.bzl", "is_bazel_7_or_greater")
 
 # For stardoc to reference the files
 exports_files(["defs.bzl"])
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ bzl_library(
     deps = [
         "@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl",
         "@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:utils.bzl",
-    ],
+    ] + (["@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:cache.bzl"] if is_bazel_7_or_greater() else []),
 )
 
 bzl_library(
@@ -21,5 +22,5 @@ bzl_library(
         "//terser/private:terser",
         "@aspect_bazel_lib//lib:copy_file",
         "@aspect_rules_js//js:defs",
-    ],
+    ] + (["@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:cache.bzl"] if is_bazel_7_or_greater() else []),
 )
diff --git a/terser/private/BUILD.bazel b/terser/private/BUILD.bazel
index 784b416..52bb8b1 100644
--- a/terser/private/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/terser/private/BUILD.bazel
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@ bzl_library(
         "@aspect_bazel_lib//lib:copy_to_bin",
         "@aspect_rules_js//js:libs",
         "@aspect_rules_js//js:providers",
-        "@rules_nodejs//nodejs:bzl",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/terser/private/is_bazel_7_or_greater.bzl b/terser/private/is_bazel_7_or_greater.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a9b740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terser/private/is_bazel_7_or_greater.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+"is_bazel_7_or_greater"
+
+def is_bazel_7_or_greater():
+    # Vendored in from https://github.com/aspect-build/bazel-lib/blob/adad7889c925c4f22a2f84568268f0a62e7c2fb0/lib/private/utils.bzl#L208
+    # so that rules_js remains compatible with aspect_bazel_lib >= 2.0.0 and < 2.2.0.
+    # TODO(2.0): remove this and switch to the upstream function and bump minimum aspect_bazel_lib version to 2.2.0
+    return "apple_binary" not in dir(native) and "cc_host_toolchain_alias" not in dir(native)