diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index c14970e8597dc..031a857dfbb91 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ maven.install(
     ],
     strict_visibility = True,
 )
-use_repo(maven, "maven")
+use_repo(maven, "maven", "unpinned_maven")
 
 ruby = use_extension("@rules_ruby//ruby:extensions.bzl", "ruby")
 ruby.toolchain(