diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_bazel.yml b/.github/workflows/test_bazel.yml
index a58036328f..2ba549a1e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_bazel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_bazel.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,4 @@ jobs:
   test:
     uses: bazel-contrib/.github/.github/workflows/bazel.yaml@v6
     with:
-      folders: |
-        [
-          "examples"
-        ]
+      folders: '["examples"]'
diff --git a/examples/MODULE.bazel b/examples/MODULE.bazel
index 53ecf52bb9..41e8e8ece6 100644
--- a/examples/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/examples/MODULE.bazel
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ local_path_override(
 
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.5.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.0.9")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "7.5.0")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "7.3.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_pkg", version = "0.10.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_proto", version = "6.0.0-rc2")
diff --git a/examples/WORKSPACE b/examples/WORKSPACE
index e9811efff2..901b344be6 100644
--- a/examples/WORKSPACE
+++ b/examples/WORKSPACE
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ local_repository(
     path = "..",
 )
 
+# Needed because protobuf_deps brings rules_python 0.26.0 which is broken:
+# https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/issues/1543
+http_archive(
+    name = "rules_python",
+    sha256 = "5868e73107a8e85d8f323806e60cad7283f34b32163ea6ff1020cf27abef6036",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_python-0.25.0",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/download/0.25.0/rules_python-0.25.0.tar.gz",
+)
+
 load("@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_deps.bzl", "protobuf_deps")
 
 protobuf_deps()
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/util/BUILD.bazel b/src/google/protobuf/util/BUILD.bazel
index f84c22b074..3edbc4aeae 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/util/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/util/BUILD.bazel
@@ -162,8 +162,6 @@ cc_library(
     hdrs = ["time_util.h"],
     strip_include_prefix = "/src",
     visibility = [
-        #"//:__subpackages__",
-        #"@com_google_protobuf_examples//:__subpackages__",
         # Needed when building from within the /examples repository
         "//visibility:public",
     ],