diff --git a/bazel/external/wasmtime.BUILD b/bazel/external/wasmtime.BUILD
index fda981850..913b6cc35 100644
--- a/bazel/external/wasmtime.BUILD
+++ b/bazel/external/wasmtime.BUILD
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")
-load("@rules_rust//rust:rust.bzl", "rust_library")
+load("@rules_rust//rust:defs.bzl", "rust_static_library")
 
 licenses(["notice"])  # Apache 2
 
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
-rust_library(
+rust_static_library(
     name = "rust_c_api",
     srcs = glob(["crates/c-api/src/**/*.rs"]),
     crate_features = [],
     crate_root = "crates/c-api/src/lib.rs",
-    crate_type = "staticlib",
     edition = "2018",
     proc_macro_deps = [
         "@proxy_wasm_cpp_host//bazel/cargo:wasmtime_c_api_macros",
diff --git a/bazel/repositories.bzl b/bazel/repositories.bzl
index 2f0c21eb0..126a687a6 100644
--- a/bazel/repositories.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repositories.bzl
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ def proxy_wasm_cpp_host_repositories():
 
     http_archive(
         name = "rules_rust",
-        sha256 = "d195a85d38ee2dd7aecfedba6c9814a2ff22f968abac0818fd91e35c5b7aca6f",
-        strip_prefix = "rules_rust-6f79458dee68d691d6a5aee67b06a620bdf9293f",
-        url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_rust/archive/6f79458dee68d691d6a5aee67b06a620bdf9293f.tar.gz",
+        sha256 = "8a2052e8ec707aa04a6b9e72bfc67fea44e915ecab1d2d0a4835ad51c2410c36",
+        strip_prefix = "rules_rust-b16c26ba5faf1c58ebe94582afd20567ce676e6d",
+        url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_rust/archive/b16c26ba5faf1c58ebe94582afd20567ce676e6d.tar.gz",
     )
 
     http_archive(
diff --git a/bazel/wasm.bzl b/bazel/wasm.bzl
index 8bc3351bf..7a62ccc87 100644
--- a/bazel/wasm.bzl
+++ b/bazel/wasm.bzl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-load("@rules_rust//rust:rust.bzl", "rust_binary")
+load("@rules_rust//rust:defs.bzl", "rust_binary")
 
 def _wasm_rust_transition_impl(settings, attr):
     return {