diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 427043db6..7771cfddd 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ bazel_dep(name = "stardoc", version = "0.8.0", dev_dependency = True)
 rules_java_toolchains = use_extension("@rules_java//java:extensions.bzl", "toolchains")
 use_repo(rules_java_toolchains, "remote_java_tools")
 
-bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "33.4", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf")
+bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "34.1", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_jvm_external", version = "6.9")
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.8.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_robolectric", version = "4.14.1.2", repo_name = "robolectric")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6831ecbd3..7fd1fcb2e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ load("@rules_java//java:rules_java_deps.bzl", "rules_java_dependencies")
 rules_java_dependencies()
 # note that the following line is what is minimally required from protobuf for the java rules
 # consider using the protobuf_deps() public API from @com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_deps.bzl
-load("@com_google_protobuf//bazel/private:proto_bazel_features.bzl", "proto_bazel_features")  # buildifier: disable=bzl-visibility
+load("@com_google_protobuf//bazel/private/oss:proto_bazel_features.bzl", "proto_bazel_features")  # buildifier: disable=bzl-visibility
 proto_bazel_features(name = "proto_bazel_features")
 # register toolchains
 load("@rules_java//java:repositories.bzl", "rules_java_toolchains")
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index c5a3ae913..74eae371f 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ rules_java_dependencies()
 
 # note that the following line is what is minimally required from protobuf for the java rules
 # consider using the protobuf_deps() public API from @com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_deps.bzl
-load("@com_google_protobuf//bazel/private:proto_bazel_features.bzl", "proto_bazel_features")  # buildifier: disable=bzl-visibility
+load("@com_google_protobuf//bazel/private/oss:proto_bazel_features.bzl", "proto_bazel_features")  # buildifier: disable=bzl-visibility
 
 proto_bazel_features(name = "proto_bazel_features")
 
diff --git a/examples/basicapp/WORKSPACE b/examples/basicapp/WORKSPACE
index 3f4d9342f..53e641f29 100644
--- a/examples/basicapp/WORKSPACE
+++ b/examples/basicapp/WORKSPACE
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ rules_java_dependencies()
 
 # note that the following line is what is minimally required from protobuf for the java rules
 # consider using the protobuf_deps() public API from @com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_deps.bzl
-load("@com_google_protobuf//bazel/private:proto_bazel_features.bzl", "proto_bazel_features")  # buildifier: disable=bzl-visibility
+load("@com_google_protobuf//bazel/private/oss:proto_bazel_features.bzl", "proto_bazel_features")  # buildifier: disable=bzl-visibility
 proto_bazel_features(name = "proto_bazel_features")
 # register toolchains
 load("@rules_java//java:repositories.bzl", "rules_java_toolchains")
diff --git a/prereqs.bzl b/prereqs.bzl
index a4fa5d29a..fa25ef595 100644
--- a/prereqs.bzl
+++ b/prereqs.bzl
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ def rules_android_prereqs(dev_mode = False):
         url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_jvm_external/releases/download/%s/rules_jvm_external-%s.tar.gz" % (RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_TAG, RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_TAG),
     )
 
-    PROTOBUF_VERSION = "33.4"
-    PROTOBUF_HASH = "bc670a4e34992c175137ddda24e76562bb928f849d712a0e3c2fb2e19249bea1"
+    PROTOBUF_VERSION = "34.1"
+    PROTOBUF_HASH = "e4e6ff10760cf747a2decd1867741f561b216bd60cc4038c87564713a6da1848"
     maybe(
         http_archive,
         name = "com_google_protobuf",