diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 8dbb66def..08eb52097 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -155,19 +155,6 @@ go_rules_dependencies()
 
 go_register_toolchains(version = "1.19.5")
 
-# Explicitly pull in a different (newer) version of rules_java for remote jdks
-rules_java_extra_version = "5.1.0"
-
-rules_java_extra_sha = "d974a2d6e1a534856d1b60ad6a15e57f3970d8596fbb0bb17b9ee26ca209332a"
-
-rules_java_extra_url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/download/{}/rules_java-{}.tar.gz".format(rules_java_extra_version, rules_java_extra_version)
-
-http_archive(
-    name = "rules_java_extra",
-    sha256 = rules_java_extra_sha,
-    url = rules_java_extra_url,
-)
-
 load("@rules_java//java:repositories.bzl", "remote_jdk8_repos")
 
 # We need to select based on platform when we use these
diff --git a/scala/private/macros/scala_repositories.bzl b/scala/private/macros/scala_repositories.bzl
index e11f199d5..204fd5629 100644
--- a/scala/private/macros/scala_repositories.bzl
+++ b/scala/private/macros/scala_repositories.bzl
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ def rules_scala_setup(scala_compiler_srcjar = None):
         http_archive(
             name = "rules_java",
             urls = [
-                "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/download/5.4.1/rules_java-5.4.1.tar.gz",
+                "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/download/7.9.0/rules_java-7.9.0.tar.gz",
             ],
-            sha256 = "a1f82b730b9c6395d3653032bd7e3a660f9d5ddb1099f427c1e1fe768f92e395",
+            sha256 = "41131de4417de70b9597e6ebd515168ed0ba843a325dc54a81b92d7af9a7b3ea",
         )
 
     if not native.existing_rule("rules_proto"):