diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 13190a773687..55c9195d2806 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ bazel_dep(
     repo_name = "proto_bazel_features",
 )
 
+bazel_dep(
+    name = "rules_shell",
+    version = "0.2.0"
+)
+
 # Proto toolchains
 register_toolchains("//bazel/private/toolchains:all")
 
diff --git a/build_defs/internal_shell.bzl b/build_defs/internal_shell.bzl
index 91628a5e57f5..d15cf29fb40b 100644
--- a/build_defs/internal_shell.bzl
+++ b/build_defs/internal_shell.bzl
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ Internal tools to migrate shell commands to Bazel as an intermediate step
 to wider Bazelification.
 """
 
+load("@rules_shell//shell:sh_binary.bzl", "sh_binary")
+load("@rules_shell//shell:sh_test.bzl", "sh_test")
+
 def inline_sh_binary(
         name,
         srcs = [],
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ def inline_sh_binary(
         testonly = kwargs["testonly"] if "testonly" in kwargs else None,
     )
 
-    native.sh_binary(
+    sh_binary(
         name = name,
         srcs = [name + "_genrule"],
         data = srcs + tools + deps,
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@ def inline_sh_test(
         testonly = kwargs["testonly"] if "testonly" in kwargs else None,
     )
 
-    native.sh_test(
+    sh_test(
         name = name,
         srcs = [name + "_genrule"],
         data = srcs + tools + deps,
diff --git a/conformance/defs.bzl b/conformance/defs.bzl
index 3a7d1d6cbc72..42917c9df8d0 100644
--- a/conformance/defs.bzl
+++ b/conformance/defs.bzl
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 PLEASE DO NOT DEPEND ON THE CONTENTS OF THIS FILE, IT IS UNSTABLE.
 """
 
+load("@rules_shell//shell:sh_test.bzl", "sh_test")
+
 def conformance_test(
         name,
         testee,
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ def conformance_test(
     if maximum_edition:
         args = args + ["--maximum_edition %s" % maximum_edition]
 
-    native.sh_test(
+    sh_test(
         name = name,
         srcs = ["//conformance:bazel_conformance_test_runner.sh"],
         data = [testee] + failure_lists + [
diff --git a/protobuf_deps.bzl b/protobuf_deps.bzl
index 9b9f2251bc5d..0072327a68bf 100644
--- a/protobuf_deps.bzl
+++ b/protobuf_deps.bzl
@@ -104,6 +104,14 @@ def protobuf_deps():
             sha256 = "6f3ce0e9fba979a844faba2d60467843fbf5191d8ca61fa3d2ea17655b56bb8c",
         )
 
+    if not native.existing_rule("rules_shell"):
+        http_archive(
+            name = "rules_shell",
+            sha256 = "410e8ff32e018b9efd2743507e7595c26e2628567c42224411ff533b57d27c28",
+            strip_prefix = "rules_shell-0.2.0",
+            url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_shell/releases/download/v0.2.0/rules_shell-v0.2.0.tar.gz",
+        )
+
     if not native.existing_rule("proto_bazel_features"):
         proto_bazel_features(name = "proto_bazel_features")