diff --git a/.bazelversion b/.bazelversion
index eec6dacbd4823..deeb3d66ef077 100644
--- a/.bazelversion
+++ b/.bazelversion
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.8.1
+9.2.0
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index b04f6253f077a..df5d039f42798 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@
 module(
     name = "google_cloud_cpp",
     version = "3.11.0-rc",  # Updated by CMake
-    compatibility_level = 3,  # Updated by CMake
 )
 
 bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "1.1.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.9.2")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.2.17")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.2.20")
 bazel_dep(name = "abseil-cpp", version = "20260526.0")
 
 # For backwards compatibility with WORKSPACE.
@@ -32,7 +31,9 @@ bazel_dep(name = "abseil-cpp", version = "20260526.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "35.1", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf")
 bazel_dep(name = "boringssl", version = "0.20251124.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "nlohmann_json", version = "3.12.0.bcr.1")
-bazel_dep(name = "curl", version = "8.8.0.bcr.3")
+
+# curl 8.12.0.bcr.2 is the earliest version module that supports bazel 9
+bazel_dep(name = "curl", version = "8.12.0.bcr.2")
 bazel_dep(name = "opentelemetry-cpp", version = "1.24.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_proto", version = "7.1.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "2.3.4")
diff --git a/ci/showcase/BUILD.bazel.in b/ci/showcase/BUILD.bazel.in
index 16161e68c1b18..5e5d285673a73 100644
--- a/ci/showcase/BUILD.bazel.in
+++ b/ci/showcase/BUILD.bazel.in
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 load("@com_google_protobuf//bazel:cc_proto_library.bzl", "cc_proto_library")
 load("@com_google_protobuf//bazel:proto_library.bzl", "proto_library")
 load("@grpc//bazel:cc_grpc_library.bzl", "cc_grpc_library")
+load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library", "cc_test")
 
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:private"])