diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 17381d4..b7121c4 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -57,4 +57,16 @@ use_repo(non_module_deps, "google_bazel_common")
 
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_license", version = "1.0.0")
 
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "1.8.1", dev_dependency = True)
+
+python = use_extension(
+    "@rules_python//python/extensions:python.bzl",
+    "python",
+)
+python.toolchain(
+    ignore_root_user_error = True,
+    is_default = True,
+    python_version = "3.14",
+)
+
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_pkg", version = "1.2.0", dev_dependency = True)