diff --git a/bazel/.bazelrc b/bazel/.bazelrc
index dfbb06a781..070ddaab50 100644
--- a/bazel/.bazelrc
+++ b/bazel/.bazelrc
@@ -7,20 +7,23 @@ fetch --color=yes
 run --color=yes
 build --color=yes
 
-common --legacy_external_runfiles
 common --repo_env=BAZEL_DO_NOT_DETECT_CPP_TOOLCHAIN=1
 common --@rules_python//python/config_settings:bootstrap_impl=script
 common --incompatible_default_to_explicit_init_py
 
 common --registry=https://bcr.bazel.build/
-common --registry=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/envoyproxy/bazel-registry/a1264b53cec00abbc8399a20a3669fdffb94cc81
+common --registry=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/envoyproxy/bazel-registry/a279c3f73ff63ee752d172e9c9f111623742c9d0
 common --experimental_repository_cache_hardlinks
 
 common --repo_env=ANDROID_HOME=
 
 common --enable_platform_specific_config
 
-#
+# Cross-compile tests (eg //compile/test:cross_compile_*) target a foreign platform
+# but only inspect the binary, so let them run on the host exec platform.
+common --@bazel_tools//tools/test:incompatible_use_default_test_toolchain=false
+
+
 #############################################################################
 # ci
 #############################################################################
diff --git a/bazel/.bazelversion b/bazel/.bazelversion
index eec6dacbd4..b13d146a7b 100644
--- a/bazel/.bazelversion
+++ b/bazel/.bazelversion
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.8.1
+9.3.0
diff --git a/bazel/MODULE.bazel b/bazel/MODULE.bazel
index d7dcdad764..f9548fe902 100644
--- a/bazel/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/bazel/MODULE.bazel
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "35.1.bcr.envoy", dev_dependency = True,
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_foreign_cc", version = "0.16.0", dev_dependency = True)
 bazel_dep(name = "sq", version = "1.4.0.envoy", dev_dependency = True)
 bazel_dep(name = "toolchains_llvm", version = "1.9.1.envoy", dev_dependency = True)
-bazel_dep(name = "v8", version = "14.6.202.10.envoy", dev_dependency = True)
+bazel_dep(name = "v8", version = "14.6.202.10.envoy.1", dev_dependency = True)
 
 local_path_override(
     module_name = "envoy_toolshed_jq",
diff --git a/jq/.bazelrc b/jq/.bazelrc
index 2a49bacf38..58a92c8108 100644
--- a/jq/.bazelrc
+++ b/jq/.bazelrc
@@ -13,14 +13,13 @@ fetch --color=yes
 run --color=yes
 build --color=yes
 
-common --legacy_external_runfiles
-
 common --registry=https://bcr.bazel.build/
-common --registry=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/envoyproxy/bazel-registry/e1bd4ce32359abc1c80e934d99eca937ae798308
+common --registry=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/envoyproxy/bazel-registry/ae6ba630d46e4043c14da3ac5f7f823e6b6b469b
 common --experimental_repository_cache_hardlinks
 
 common --enable_platform_specific_config
 
+
 #############################################################################
 # ci
 #############################################################################
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ common:ci --noshow_progress
 common:ci --noshow_loading_progress
 common:ci --test_output=errors
 
+
 #############################################################################
 # imports
 #############################################################################
diff --git a/jq/.bazelversion b/jq/.bazelversion
index df5119ec64..b13d146a7b 100644
--- a/jq/.bazelversion
+++ b/jq/.bazelversion
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.7.0
+9.3.0