diff --git a/java/repositories.bzl b/java/repositories.bzl
index bdc5326f..9dc15139 100644
--- a/java/repositories.bzl
+++ b/java/repositories.bzl
@@ -370,6 +370,16 @@ def bazel_skylib():
         sha256 = "1dde365491125a3db70731e25658dfdd3bc5dbdfd11b840b3e987ecf043c7ca0",
     )
 
+def rules_python():
+    maybe(
+        http_archive,
+        name = "rules_python",
+        type = "tar.gz",
+        url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/download/0.4.0/rules_python-0.4.0.tar.gz",
+        sha256 = "954aa89b491be4a083304a2cb838019c8b8c3720a7abb9c4cb81ac7a24230cea",
+    )
+
+
 def rules_java_dependencies():
     """An utility method to load all dependencies of rules_java.
 
@@ -384,6 +394,7 @@ def rules_java_dependencies():
     remote_jdk17_repos()
     java_tools_javac11_repos()
     bazel_skylib()
+    rules_python()
 
 def rules_java_toolchains(name = "toolchains"):
     """An utility method to load all Java toolchains.