diff --git a/base/cvd/MODULE.bazel b/base/cvd/MODULE.bazel
index b968f3affad..3c4e8cd7f0a 100644
--- a/base/cvd/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/base/cvd/MODULE.bazel
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ bazel_dep(name = "pcre2", version = "10.45")
 bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "1.1.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "33.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rootcanal")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_buf", version = "0.6.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.2.25")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_cuda")  # CUDA support for NVENC (hermetic headers via redist_json, runtime dlopen)
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_flex", version = "0.4")