diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 19a34ea..93abc5b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 {#v0-0-0-changed}
 ### Changed
-* Nothing yet
+* (deps) bazel_skylib 1.6.1 -> 1.7.1
 
 {#v0-0-0-fixed}
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 4d2f3c6..f13d464 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 )
 
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_features", version = "1.9.1")
-bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.6.1")
+bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.7.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.0.9")
 bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "0.0.4")
 
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@
 bazel_dep(name = "stardoc", version = "0.6.2", repo_name = "io_bazel_stardoc")
 
 # ===== DEV ONLY DEPS AND SETUP BELOW HERE =====
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_bazel_integration_test", version = "0.20.0", dev_dependency = True)
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_bazel_integration_test", version = "0.26.1", dev_dependency = True)
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_testing", version = "0.6.0", dev_dependency = True)
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_shell", version = "0.2.0", dev_dependency = True)
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_shell", version = "0.3.0", dev_dependency = True)
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_multirun", version = "0.9.0", dev_dependency = True)
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_ci_rules", version = "1.0.0", dev_dependency = True)
 
diff --git a/examples/bzlmod/MODULE.bazel b/examples/bzlmod/MODULE.bazel
index 1b8bbbf..ba206df 100644
--- a/examples/bzlmod/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/examples/bzlmod/MODULE.bazel
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     compatibility_level = 1,
 )
 
-bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.4.1")
+bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.7.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "0.0.0")
 local_path_override(
     module_name = "rules_python",
@@ -266,4 +266,4 @@
 )
 
 # example test dependencies
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_shell", version = "0.2.0", dev_dependency = True)
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_shell", version = "0.3.0", dev_dependency = True)
diff --git a/examples/bzlmod/MODULE.bazel.lock b/examples/bzlmod/MODULE.bazel.lock
index eb578f6..92030a0 100644
--- a/examples/bzlmod/MODULE.bazel.lock
+++ b/examples/bzlmod/MODULE.bazel.lock
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/bazel_skylib/1.4.2/MODULE.bazel": "3bd40978e7a1fac911d5989e6b09d8f64921865a45822d8b09e815eaa726a651",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/bazel_skylib/1.5.0/MODULE.bazel": "32880f5e2945ce6a03d1fbd588e9198c0a959bb42297b2cfaf1685b7bc32e138",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/bazel_skylib/1.6.1/MODULE.bazel": "8fdee2dbaace6c252131c00e1de4b165dc65af02ea278476187765e1a617b917",
-    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/bazel_skylib/1.6.1/source.json": "082ed5f9837901fada8c68c2f3ddc958bb22b6d654f71dd73f3df30d45d4b749",
+    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/bazel_skylib/1.7.1/MODULE.bazel": "3120d80c5861aa616222ec015332e5f8d3171e062e3e804a2a0253e1be26e59b",
+    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/bazel_skylib/1.7.1/source.json": "f121b43eeefc7c29efbd51b83d08631e2347297c95aac9764a701f2a6a2bb953",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/buildozer/7.1.2/MODULE.bazel": "2e8dd40ede9c454042645fd8d8d0cd1527966aa5c919de86661e62953cd73d84",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/buildozer/7.1.2/source.json": "c9028a501d2db85793a6996205c8de120944f50a0d570438fcae0457a5f9d1f8",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/googletest/1.11.0/MODULE.bazel": "3a83f095183f66345ca86aa13c58b59f9f94a2f81999c093d4eeaa2d262d12f4",
@@ -65,8 +66,8 @@
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_proto/5.3.0-21.7/MODULE.bazel": "e8dff86b0971688790ae75528fe1813f71809b5afd57facb44dad9e8eca631b7",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_proto/6.0.0-rc1/MODULE.bazel": "1e5b502e2e1a9e825eef74476a5a1ee524a92297085015a052510b09a1a09483",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_proto/6.0.0-rc1/source.json": "8d8448e71706df7450ced227ca6b3812407ff5e2ccad74a43a9fbe79c84e34e0",
-    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_shell/0.2.0/MODULE.bazel": "fda8a652ab3c7d8fee214de05e7a9916d8b28082234e8d2c0094505c5268ed3c",
-    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_shell/0.2.0/source.json": "7f27af3c28037d9701487c4744b5448d26537cc66cdef0d8df7ae85411f8de95",
+    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_shell/0.3.0/MODULE.bazel": "de4402cd12f4cc8fda2354fce179fdb068c0b9ca1ec2d2b17b3e21b24c1a937b",
+    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_shell/0.3.0/source.json": "c55ed591aa5009401ddf80ded9762ac32c358d2517ee7820be981e2de9756cf3",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/stardoc/0.5.1/MODULE.bazel": "1a05d92974d0c122f5ccf09291442580317cdd859f07a8655f1db9a60374f9f8",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/stardoc/0.5.3/MODULE.bazel": "c7f6948dae6999bf0db32c1858ae345f112cacf98f174c7a8bb707e41b974f1c",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/stardoc/0.6.2/MODULE.bazel": "7060193196395f5dd668eda046ccbeacebfd98efc77fed418dbe2b82ffaa39fd",
diff --git a/examples/multi_python_versions/MODULE.bazel b/examples/multi_python_versions/MODULE.bazel
index 536940b..c1c0778 100644
--- a/examples/multi_python_versions/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/examples/multi_python_versions/MODULE.bazel
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     name = "multi_python_versions",
 )
 
-bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.4.0")
+bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.7.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "0.0.0")
 local_path_override(
     module_name = "rules_python",
diff --git a/internal_deps.bzl b/internal_deps.bzl
index f92e029..9f78a1d 100644
--- a/internal_deps.bzl
+++ b/internal_deps.bzl
@@ -34,15 +34,12 @@
 def rules_python_internal_deps():
     """Fetches all required dependencies for rules_python tests and tools."""
 
-    # This version is also used in python/tests/toolchains/workspace_template/WORKSPACE.tmpl
-    # and tests/ignore_root_user_error/WORKSPACE.
-    # If you update this dependency, please update the tests as well.
     http_archive(
         name = "bazel_skylib",
-        sha256 = "c6966ec828da198c5d9adbaa94c05e3a1c7f21bd012a0b29ba8ddbccb2c93b0d",
+        sha256 = "bc283cdfcd526a52c3201279cda4bc298652efa898b10b4db0837dc51652756f",
         urls = [
-            "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.1.1/bazel-skylib-1.1.1.tar.gz",
-            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.1.1/bazel-skylib-1.1.1.tar.gz",
+            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.7.1/bazel-skylib-1.7.1.tar.gz",
+            "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.7.1/bazel-skylib-1.7.1.tar.gz",
         ],
     )