diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index ff43dcf5a..151e93218 100755
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ load("//haskell:repositories.bzl", "rules_haskell_dependencies")
 
 rules_haskell_dependencies()
 
+load("@rules_python//python:repositories.bzl", "py_repositories")
+
+py_repositories()
+
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 
 http_archive(
diff --git a/haskell/repositories.bzl b/haskell/repositories.bzl
index 580b85b47..6c14965d9 100644
--- a/haskell/repositories.bzl
+++ b/haskell/repositories.bzl
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ def rules_haskell_dependencies():
     maybe(
         http_archive,
         name = "rules_python",
-        sha256 = "94750828b18044533e98a129003b6a68001204038dc4749f40b195b24c38f49f",
-        strip_prefix = "rules_python-0.21.0",
-        url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/download/0.21.0/rules_python-0.21.0.tar.gz",
+        sha256 = "690e0141724abb568267e003c7b6d9a54925df40c275a870a4d934161dc9dd53",
+        strip_prefix = "rules_python-0.40.0",
+        url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/download/0.40.0/rules_python-0.40.0.tar.gz",
     )
 
     maybe(
diff --git a/rules_haskell_tests/MODULE.bazel b/rules_haskell_tests/MODULE.bazel
index 14b048127..395b3fa6b 100644
--- a/rules_haskell_tests/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/rules_haskell_tests/MODULE.bazel
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ bazel_dep(
 )
 bazel_dep(
     name = "rules_python",
-    version = "0.21.0",
+    version = "0.40.0",
 )
 bazel_dep(
     name = "rules_nixpkgs_go",