diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 057a76b5224ffb..312ecbda4f3294 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ bazel_dep(name = "zstd-jni", version = "1.5.2-3.bcr.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "blake3", version = "1.5.1.bcr.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "zlib", version = "1.3.1.bcr.3")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.0.17")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "8.6.1")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "8.6.2")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_graalvm", version = "0.11.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_proto", version = "7.0.2")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_jvm_external", version = "6.5")
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel.lock b/MODULE.bazel.lock
index 492159ed745c69..033d96cd581bf1 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel.lock
+++ b/MODULE.bazel.lock
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_java/7.4.0/MODULE.bazel": "a592852f8a3dd539e82ee6542013bf2cadfc4c6946be8941e189d224500a8934",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_java/7.6.1/MODULE.bazel": "2f14b7e8a1aa2f67ae92bc69d1ec0fa8d9f827c4e17ff5e5f02e91caa3b2d0fe",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_java/7.6.5/MODULE.bazel": "481164be5e02e4cab6e77a36927683263be56b7e36fef918b458d7a8a1ebadb1",
-    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_java/8.6.1/MODULE.bazel": "f4808e2ab5b0197f094cabce9f4b006a27766beb6a9975931da07099560ca9c2",
-    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_java/8.6.1/source.json": "f18d9ad3c4c54945bf422ad584fa6c5ca5b3116ff55a5b1bc77e5c1210be5960",
+    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_java/8.6.2/MODULE.bazel": "a06360fa8fcfc3faf3c21557945119711c863d7330a8eada3e01e332fa7f34e7",
+    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_java/8.6.2/source.json": "ffd54f5fa51b4a68dc9044dc4342fefb4230782f22ee1eb922fcf086eef8be99",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_jvm_external/6.5/MODULE.bazel": "54f3e81ae9b57ede5916c9a48add664dc30a5ce3855376b51ae7d6f23405daf8",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_jvm_external/6.5/source.json": "5b8bed439771269d9c0af57cf4326cbfd2462e49ebb11230499aaa11fe70f3db",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_kotlin/1.9.6/MODULE.bazel": "d269a01a18ee74d0335450b10f62c9ed81f2321d7958a2934e44272fe82dcef3",
@@ -1486,8 +1486,8 @@
     },
     "@@rules_java+//java:rules_java_deps.bzl%compatibility_proxy": {
       "general": {
-        "bzlTransitiveDigest": "kFNgYOjJGABexRi0wd2ZNysJhy5YjAZYTI7/GThoO78=",
-        "usagesDigest": "jTQDdLDxsS43zuRmg1faAjIEPWdLAbDAowI1pInQSoo=",
+        "bzlTransitiveDigest": "DRCBmRABnumUM9R6A2zGIK1jy7SWrfteZxQSxBHESH0=",
+        "usagesDigest": "X4ewgNVwfFpjcoUGfH11OoTLxcMeSgijJ9qZWhEAeQs=",
         "recordedFileInputs": {},
         "recordedDirentsInputs": {},
         "envVariables": {},
diff --git a/src/MODULE.tools b/src/MODULE.tools
index 2b5669c7e95826..7975102b9b3d79 100644
--- a/src/MODULE.tools
+++ b/src/MODULE.tools
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ use_repo(buildozer_binary, "buildozer_binary")
 # Dependencies used to auto-load removed symbols and rules from Bazel (due to Starlarkification)
 # See also:  --incompatible_autoload_externally, AutoloadSymbols
 bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "29.0", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "8.6.1")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "8.6.2")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.0.17")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "0.40.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_shell", version = "0.2.0")
diff --git a/src/minimize_jdk.sh b/src/minimize_jdk.sh
index 06e0ad17438015..3b17255faffbd4 100755
--- a/src/minimize_jdk.sh
+++ b/src/minimize_jdk.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ source "${RUNFILES_DIR:-/dev/null}/$f" 2>/dev/null || \
   { echo>&2 "ERROR: cannot find $f"; exit 1; }; f=; set -e
 # --- end runfiles.bash initialization v3 ---
 
+# Force a UTF-8 compatible locale for Java tools to operate under paths with
+# Unicode characters.
+if [[ $(locale charmap) != "UTF-8" ]]; then
+  export LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8
+fi
+if [[ $(locale charmap) != "UTF-8" ]]; then
+  export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
+fi
+
 if [ "$1" == "--allmodules" ]; then
   shift
   modules="ALL-MODULE-PATH"
diff --git a/src/test/tools/bzlmod/MODULE.bazel.lock b/src/test/tools/bzlmod/MODULE.bazel.lock
index f2b719cafa769c..8b0df2b4402759 100644
--- a/src/test/tools/bzlmod/MODULE.bazel.lock
+++ b/src/test/tools/bzlmod/MODULE.bazel.lock
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_java/7.2.0/MODULE.bazel": "06c0334c9be61e6cef2c8c84a7800cef502063269a5af25ceb100b192453d4ab",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_java/7.3.2/MODULE.bazel": "50dece891cfdf1741ea230d001aa9c14398062f2b7c066470accace78e412bc2",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_java/7.6.1/MODULE.bazel": "2f14b7e8a1aa2f67ae92bc69d1ec0fa8d9f827c4e17ff5e5f02e91caa3b2d0fe",
-    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_java/8.6.1/MODULE.bazel": "f4808e2ab5b0197f094cabce9f4b006a27766beb6a9975931da07099560ca9c2",
-    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_java/8.6.1/source.json": "f18d9ad3c4c54945bf422ad584fa6c5ca5b3116ff55a5b1bc77e5c1210be5960",
+    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_java/8.6.2/MODULE.bazel": "a06360fa8fcfc3faf3c21557945119711c863d7330a8eada3e01e332fa7f34e7",
+    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_java/8.6.2/source.json": "ffd54f5fa51b4a68dc9044dc4342fefb4230782f22ee1eb922fcf086eef8be99",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_jvm_external/4.4.2/MODULE.bazel": "a56b85e418c83eb1839819f0b515c431010160383306d13ec21959ac412d2fe7",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_jvm_external/5.1/MODULE.bazel": "33f6f999e03183f7d088c9be518a63467dfd0be94a11d0055fe2d210f89aa909",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/rules_jvm_external/5.2/MODULE.bazel": "d9351ba35217ad0de03816ef3ed63f89d411349353077348a45348b096615036",
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@
     },
     "@@rules_java+//java:rules_java_deps.bzl%compatibility_proxy": {
       "general": {
-        "bzlTransitiveDigest": "84xJEZ1jnXXwo8BXMprvBm++rRt4jsTu9liBxz0ivps=",
-        "usagesDigest": "jTQDdLDxsS43zuRmg1faAjIEPWdLAbDAowI1pInQSoo=",
+        "bzlTransitiveDigest": "IE9Jf/hSIsrRtFcI+JIEY1/u5/Xx5lYQlsKyYsCmw14=",
+        "usagesDigest": "X4ewgNVwfFpjcoUGfH11OoTLxcMeSgijJ9qZWhEAeQs=",
         "recordedFileInputs": {},
         "recordedDirentsInputs": {},
         "envVariables": {},