diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index baf3f6153..78c26d05a 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module(
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_features", version = "1.9.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.5.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "3.19.6", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_go", version = "0.47.0", repo_name = "io_bazel_rules_go")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_go", version = "0.50.1", repo_name = "io_bazel_rules_go")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_license", version = "1.0.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_proto", version = "4.0.0")
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b5f9506fd..cdb764900 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle
 
-go 1.21.1
+go 1.21
 
 require (
 	github.com/bazelbuild/buildtools v0.0.0-20240827154017-dd10159baa91