diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index 52c469f0b4a..b944d96c64b 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ grpc_cc_library(
         "src/core/lib/uri/uri_parser.h",
     ],
     external_deps = [
-        "zlib",
+        "madler_zlib",
     ],
     language = "c++",
     public_hdrs = GRPC_PUBLIC_HDRS,
diff --git a/bazel/grpc_deps.bzl b/bazel/grpc_deps.bzl
index 08022942be0..ac1ed5cbbef 100644
--- a/bazel/grpc_deps.bzl
+++ b/bazel/grpc_deps.bzl
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ def grpc_deps():
     )
 
     native.bind(
-        name = "zlib",
-        actual = "@com_github_madler_zlib//:z",
+        name = "madler_zlib",
+        actual = "@zlib//:zlib",
     )
 
     native.bind(
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ def grpc_deps():
             url = "https://boringssl.googlesource.com/boringssl/+archive/afc30d43eef92979b05776ec0963c9cede5fb80f.tar.gz",
         )
 
-    if "com_github_madler_zlib" not in native.existing_rules():
+    if "zlib" not in native.existing_rules():
         http_archive(
-            name = "com_github_madler_zlib",
+            name = "zlib",
             build_file = "@com_github_grpc_grpc//third_party:zlib.BUILD",
             sha256 = "6d4d6640ca3121620995ee255945161821218752b551a1a180f4215f7d124d45",
             strip_prefix = "zlib-cacf7f1d4e3d44d871b605da3b647f07d718623f",
diff --git a/third_party/zlib.BUILD b/third_party/zlib.BUILD
index a71c85fa98d..95ae7c5a89c 100644
--- a/third_party/zlib.BUILD
+++ b/third_party/zlib.BUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cc_library(
-    name = "z",
+    name = "zlib",
     srcs = [
         "adler32.c",
         "compress.c",
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/sanity/check_bazel_workspace.py b/tools/run_tests/sanity/check_bazel_workspace.py
index 2017f58323c..65aa72183d0 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/sanity/check_bazel_workspace.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/sanity/check_bazel_workspace.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ _TWISTED_CONSTANTLY_DEP_NAME = 'com_github_twisted_constantly'
 _GRPC_DEP_NAMES = [
     'upb',
     'boringssl',
-    'com_github_madler_zlib',
+    'zlib',
     'com_google_protobuf',
     'com_github_google_googletest',
     'com_github_gflags_gflags',