diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index ecd54a58a52..552f211b6da 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -6,3 +6,27 @@ build --host_javacopt=-g
 # TODO(ronshapiro): explore how much work it would be to reenable this
 build --javacopt="-Xep:BetaApi:OFF"
 build --host_javacopt="-Xep:BetaApi:OFF"
+
+# Enable Bzlmod for every Bazel command. This flag will be enabled by default in
+# Bazel 7.0.0, but for now we enable it manually.
+common --enable_bzlmod
+
+# Note: This flag is required to prevent actions from clashing with each when
+# reading/writing tmp files. Without this flag we get errors like:
+#
+#  Error: Cannot use file /tmp/hsperfdata_runner/12 because it is locked by
+#         another process
+#
+# This flag will be enabled by default in Bazel 7.0.0, but for now we enable it
+# manually. For more details: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/3236.
+build --incompatible_sandbox_hermetic_tmp
+
+# Sets the JDK for compiling sources and executing tests.
+build --java_language_version=11
+build --tool_java_language_version=11
+build --java_runtime_version=remotejdk_11
+build --tool_java_runtime_version=remotejdk_11
+
+# Sets the default source/target for Dagger's processors. Note that Dagger's api
+# libraries can target JDK 8, so we set it explicitly on the Bazel target.
+build --javacopt="-source 8 -target 11"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.bazelversion b/.bazelversion
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c0be8a7992a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bazelversion
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+6.4.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4a18be6594d..f25c9a4160b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ env:
   USE_JAVA_VERSION: '11'
   # This is required by AGP 8.3+.
   USE_JAVA_VERSION_FOR_PLUGIN: '17'
-  # Our Bazel builds currently rely on 6.4.0. The version is set via
-  # baselisk by USE_BAZEL_VERSION: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk.
-  USE_BAZEL_VERSION: '6.4.0'
   # The default Maven 3.9.0 has a regression so we manually install 3.8.7.
   # https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-7679
   USE_MAVEN_VERSION: '3.8.7'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 31ecc66bb78..3bb86d8e447 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ env:
   USE_JAVA_VERSION: '11'
   # This is required by AGP 8.3+.
   USE_JAVA_VERSION_FOR_PLUGIN: '17'
-  # Our Bazel builds currently rely on 6.4.0. The version is set via
-  # baselisk by USE_BAZEL_VERSION: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk.
-  USE_BAZEL_VERSION: '6.4.0'
   DAGGER_RELEASE_VERSION: "${{ github.event.inputs.dagger_release_version }}"
   # The default Maven 3.9.0 has a regression so we manually install 3.8.7.
   # https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-7679
diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index 25856d90411..5a5264f381b 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
 define_kt_toolchain(
     name = "kotlin_toolchain",
-    api_version = "1.4",
-    jvm_target = "1.8",
-    language_version = "1.4",
+    api_version = "1.8",
+    jvm_target = "17",
+    language_version = "1.8",
 )
 
 package_group(
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2cfed343ad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2024 The Dagger Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+bazel_dep(
+    name = "bazel_skylib",
+    version = "1.7.1",
+)
+
+bazel_dep(
+    name = "rules_java",
+    version = "7.0.6",
+)
+
+bazel_dep(
+    name = "rules_kotlin",
+    version = "1.9.0",
+    repo_name = "io_bazel_rules_kotlin",
+)
+
+bazel_dep(
+    name = "rules_jvm_external",
+    version = "5.3",
+)
+
+bazel_dep(
+    name = "rules_robolectric",
+    version = "4.11.1",
+    repo_name = "robolectric",
+)
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index ec2774bc7ed..9d145e26c42 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
-
 #############################
 # Load nested repository
 #############################
@@ -26,37 +24,6 @@ local_repository(
     path = "examples/bazel",
 )
 
-#############################
-# Load Bazel Skylib rules
-#############################
-
-BAZEL_SKYLIB_VERSION = "1.5.0"
-
-BAZEL_SKYLIB_SHA = "cd55a062e763b9349921f0f5db8c3933288dc8ba4f76dd9416aac68acee3cb94"
-
-http_archive(
-    name = "bazel_skylib",
-    sha256 = BAZEL_SKYLIB_SHA,
-    urls = [
-        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/%s/bazel-skylib-%s.tar.gz" % (BAZEL_SKYLIB_VERSION, BAZEL_SKYLIB_VERSION),
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/%s/bazel-skylib-%s.tar.gz" % (BAZEL_SKYLIB_VERSION, BAZEL_SKYLIB_VERSION),
-    ],
-)
-
-load("@bazel_skylib//:workspace.bzl", "bazel_skylib_workspace")
-
-bazel_skylib_workspace()
-
-#############################
-# Load rules_java repository
-#############################
-
-http_archive(
-    name = "rules_java",
-    sha256 = "c73336802d0b4882e40770666ad055212df4ea62cfa6edf9cb0f9d29828a0934",
-    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/download/5.3.5/rules_java-5.3.5.tar.gz",
-)
-
 #############################
 # Load Android Sdk
 #############################
@@ -67,84 +34,10 @@ android_sdk_repository(
     build_tools_version = "32.0.0",
 )
 
-####################################################
-# Load Protobuf repository (needed by bazel-common)
-####################################################
-
-http_archive(
-    name = "rules_proto",
-    # output from `sha256sum` on the downloaded tar.gz file
-    sha256 = "66bfdf8782796239d3875d37e7de19b1d94301e8972b3cbd2446b332429b4df1",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_proto-4.0.0",
-    urls = [
-        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/refs/tags/4.0.0.tar.gz",
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/refs/tags/4.0.0.tar.gz",
-    ],
-)
-
-load("@rules_proto//proto:repositories.bzl", "rules_proto_dependencies", "rules_proto_toolchains")
-
-rules_proto_dependencies()
-
-rules_proto_toolchains()
-
-#############################
-# Load Protobuf dependencies
-#############################
-
-# rules_python and zlib are required by protobuf.
-# TODO(ronshapiro): Figure out if zlib is in fact necessary, or if proto can depend on the
-# @bazel_tools library directly. See discussion in
-# https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/pull/5389#issuecomment-481785716
-# TODO(cpovirk): Should we eventually get rules_python from "Bazel Federation?"
-# https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python#getting-started
-
-http_archive(
-    name = "rules_python",
-    sha256 = "e5470e92a18aa51830db99a4d9c492cc613761d5bdb7131c04bd92b9834380f6",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_python-4b84ad270387a7c439ebdccfd530e2339601ef27",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/archive/4b84ad270387a7c439ebdccfd530e2339601ef27.tar.gz"],
-)
-
-http_archive(
-    name = "zlib",
-    build_file = "@com_google_protobuf//:third_party/zlib.BUILD",
-    sha256 = "629380c90a77b964d896ed37163f5c3a34f6e6d897311f1df2a7016355c45eff",
-    strip_prefix = "zlib-1.2.11",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/madler/zlib/archive/v1.2.11.tar.gz"],
-)
-
-#############################
-# Load Robolectric repository
-#############################
-
-ROBOLECTRIC_VERSION = "4.4"
-
-http_archive(
-    name = "robolectric",
-    sha256 = "d4f2eb078a51f4e534ebf5e18b6cd4646d05eae9b362ac40b93831bdf46112c7",
-    strip_prefix = "robolectric-bazel-%s" % ROBOLECTRIC_VERSION,
-    urls = ["https://github.com/robolectric/robolectric-bazel/archive/%s.tar.gz" % ROBOLECTRIC_VERSION],
-)
-
-load("@robolectric//bazel:robolectric.bzl", "robolectric_repositories")
-
-robolectric_repositories()
-
 #############################
 # Load Kotlin repository
 #############################
 
-RULES_KOTLIN_TAG = "v1.8"
-
-RULES_KOTLIN_SHA = "01293740a16e474669aba5b5a1fe3d368de5832442f164e4fbfc566815a8bc3a"
-
-http_archive(
-    name = "io_bazel_rules_kotlin",
-    sha256 = RULES_KOTLIN_SHA,
-    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_kotlin/releases/download/%s/rules_kotlin_release.tgz" % RULES_KOTLIN_TAG],
-)
-
 load("@io_bazel_rules_kotlin//kotlin:repositories.bzl", "kotlin_repositories", "kotlinc_version")
 
 KOTLIN_VERSION = "1.9.23"
@@ -167,17 +60,6 @@ kt_register_toolchains()
 # Load Maven dependencies
 #############################
 
-RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_TAG = "4.5"
-
-RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_SHA = "b17d7388feb9bfa7f2fa09031b32707df529f26c91ab9e5d909eb1676badd9a6"
-
-http_archive(
-    name = "rules_jvm_external",
-    sha256 = RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_SHA,
-    strip_prefix = "rules_jvm_external-%s" % RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_TAG,
-    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_jvm_external/archive/%s.zip" % RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_TAG,
-)
-
 load("@rules_jvm_external//:defs.bzl", "maven_install")
 
 ANDROID_LINT_VERSION = "30.1.0"
@@ -209,6 +91,9 @@ KSP_VERSION = KOTLIN_VERSION + "-1.0.19"
 
 MAVEN_VERSION = "3.3.3"
 
+# NOTE: This version should match the version declared in MODULE.bazel
+ROBOLECTRIC_VERSION = "4.11.1"
+
 maven_install(
     artifacts = [
         "androidx.annotation:annotation:1.1.0",
@@ -301,8 +186,8 @@ maven_install(
         "org.ow2.asm:asm:%s" % ASM_VERSION,
         "org.ow2.asm:asm-tree:%s" % ASM_VERSION,
         "org.ow2.asm:asm-commons:%s" % ASM_VERSION,
-        "org.robolectric:robolectric:4.4",
-        "org.robolectric:shadows-framework:4.4",  # For ActivityController
+        "org.robolectric:robolectric:%s" % ROBOLECTRIC_VERSION,
+        "org.robolectric:shadows-framework:%s" % ROBOLECTRIC_VERSION,  # For ActivityController
     ],
     repositories = [
         "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2",
diff --git a/build_defs.bzl b/build_defs.bzl
index 70afaf0bfb1..6c2aa65b7da 100644
--- a/build_defs.bzl
+++ b/build_defs.bzl
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ DOCLINT_HTML_AND_SYNTAX = ["-Xdoclint:html,syntax"]
 DOCLINT_REFERENCES = ["-Xdoclint:reference"]
 
 JAVA_RELEASE_MIN = [
-    "-source 7 -target 7",
+    "-source 8 -target 8",
 ]
 
 POM_VERSION = "${project.version}"
diff --git a/java/dagger/android/BUILD b/java/dagger/android/BUILD
index e8e0824ba22..e445d2e21fb 100644
--- a/java/dagger/android/BUILD
+++ b/java/dagger/android/BUILD
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 load(
     "//:build_defs.bzl",
+    "DOCLINT_HTML_AND_SYNTAX",
+    "JAVA_RELEASE_MIN",
     "POM_VERSION",
 )
 load("//tools:dejetify.bzl", "dejetified_library")
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ filegroup(
 android_library(
     name = "android",
     srcs = SRCS,
+    javacopts = JAVA_RELEASE_MIN + DOCLINT_HTML_AND_SYNTAX,
     plugins = [
         "//java/dagger/android/internal/proguard:plugin",
     ],
diff --git a/java/dagger/android/support/BUILD b/java/dagger/android/support/BUILD
index f404f1ae969..bedf1ffeb65 100644
--- a/java/dagger/android/support/BUILD
+++ b/java/dagger/android/support/BUILD
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 load(
     "//:build_defs.bzl",
+    "DOCLINT_HTML_AND_SYNTAX",
+    "JAVA_RELEASE_MIN",
     "POM_VERSION",
 )
 load("//tools:dejetify.bzl", "dejetified_library")
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ filegroup(
 android_library(
     name = "support",
     srcs = glob(["*.java"]),
+    javacopts = JAVA_RELEASE_MIN + DOCLINT_HTML_AND_SYNTAX,
     tags = ["maven_coordinates=com.google.dagger:dagger-android-support:" + POM_VERSION],
     deps = [
         "//:dagger_with_compiler",
diff --git a/tools/bazel.rc b/tools/bazel.rc
deleted file mode 100644
index 2707c1c3ac6..00000000000
--- a/tools/bazel.rc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# Global bazelrc file (see https://bazel.build/run/bazelrc#global-bazelrc)
-
-# Note: This flag is required to prevent actions from clashing with each when
-# reading/writing tmp files. Without this flag we get errors like:
-#
-#  Error: Cannot use file /tmp/hsperfdata_runner/12 because it is locked by
-#         another process
-#
-# This flag will be enabled by default in Bazel 7.0.0, but for now we enable it
-# manually. For more details: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/3236.
-build --incompatible_sandbox_hermetic_tmp
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