diff --git a/.bazelversion b/.bazelversion
index f22d756da39d4..b26a34e470564 100644
--- a/.bazelversion
+++ b/.bazelversion
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.5.0
+7.2.1
diff --git a/ci/cloudbuild/builds/lib/bazel.sh b/ci/cloudbuild/builds/lib/bazel.sh
index 342be10a69421..0dc0597eb9289 100644
--- a/ci/cloudbuild/builds/lib/bazel.sh
+++ b/ci/cloudbuild/builds/lib/bazel.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ time {
     @local_config_platform//... \
     @local_config_cc_toolchains//... \
     @local_config_sh//... \
-    @go_sdk//... \
     @remotejdk11_linux//:jdk
 }
 echo >&2
diff --git a/ci/cloudbuild/builds/quickstart-bazel.sh b/ci/cloudbuild/builds/quickstart-bazel.sh
index 9c0bad3dc67de..65fe12a94717d 100755
--- a/ci/cloudbuild/builds/quickstart-bazel.sh
+++ b/ci/cloudbuild/builds/quickstart-bazel.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-export USE_BAZEL_VERSION=6.4.0
-
 source "$(dirname "$0")/../../lib/init.sh"
 source module ci/cloudbuild/builds/lib/bazel.sh
 source module ci/etc/quickstart-config.sh
@@ -27,6 +25,7 @@ export CC=gcc
 export CXX=g++
 
 mapfile -t args < <(bazel::common_args)
+args+=(--noenable_bzlmod)
 for lib in $(quickstart::libraries); do
   io::log_h2 "Running Bazel quickstart for ${lib}"
   env -C "${PROJECT_ROOT}/google/cloud/${lib}/quickstart" \
diff --git a/ci/gha/builds/lib/bazel.sh b/ci/gha/builds/lib/bazel.sh
index 622c7a7fab797..650f5d4d8e9da 100755
--- a/ci/gha/builds/lib/bazel.sh
+++ b/ci/gha/builds/lib/bazel.sh
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ function bazel::prefetch() {
     "@local_config_platform//..."
     "@local_config_cc_toolchains//..."
     "@local_config_sh//..."
-    "@go_sdk//..."
   )
   local os_rules
   mapfile -t os_rules < <(os::prefetch)