diff --git a/.github/workflows/protobuf_conformance.yaml b/.github/workflows/protobuf_conformance.yaml
index 3a4caf34..c77156e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/protobuf_conformance.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/protobuf_conformance.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ env:
   RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"
   SCCACHE_GHA_ENABLED: "true"
   RUST_BACKTRACE: "1"
+  USE_BAZEL_VERSION: "7.0.0"
 
 jobs:
   conformance:
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: "protocolbuffers/protobuf"
-          ref: "9e78ac7afae5fe45f56d47bf831fd7d86c99e954" 
+          ref: "a47a7bdc8d023467f4f0586c393597af727e1d9e"
           path: "protobuf"
       - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.3
       - name: build test