diff --git a/bazel/repository_locations.bzl b/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
index b5c1aae75159..fe76db6c01f4 100644
--- a/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
@@ -1053,9 +1053,9 @@ REPOSITORY_LOCATIONS_SPEC = dict(
         project_name = "C++ rules for Bazel",
         project_desc = "Bazel rules for the C++ language",
         project_url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc",
-        version = "0.2.8",
-        sha256 = "207ea073dd20a705f9e8bc5ac02f5203e9621fc672774bb1a0935aefab7aebfa",
-        release_date = "2025-09-12",
+        version = "0.2.9",
+        sha256 = "69ceb454b9b29e0aba7da81c72e96ecafd81d2044be883b46398b1c77ca7fff9",
+        release_date = "2025-10-02",
         strip_prefix = "rules_cc-{version}",
         urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/releases/download/{version}/rules_cc-{version}.tar.gz"],
         use_category = [