diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 3122c8da73a..95fd75e10a1 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ bazel_dep(
 )
 bazel_dep(
     name = "protobuf",
-    version = "29.0-rc1",
+    version = "29.0-rc2",
 )
 bazel_dep(
     name = "bazel_skylib",