diff --git a/WORKSPACE.bazel b/WORKSPACE.bazel
index 0dfe77ee..e3153183 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE.bazel
+++ b/WORKSPACE.bazel
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 workspace(name = "com_google_nisaba")
 
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:git.bzl", "git_repository")
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -27,20 +28,10 @@ load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 #    https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# TODO: Version `21.12` is the last released version that works with
-# `py_proto_library`. The latest current `22.3` is broken. Unfortunately, this
-# version does not support absl::Cord for ZeroOutputStream.
-#
-# On the hack below see https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/issues/12523.
-
-protobuf_commit = "bc127f2b5605e5454d1c15d3325ecdd5ceaad6cf"
-
-http_archive(
+git_repository(
     name = "com_google_protobuf",
-    strip_prefix = "protobuf-%s" % protobuf_commit,
-    patches = ["//:bazel/protobuf.patch"],
-    urls = ["https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/%s.tar.gz" %
-            protobuf_commit],
+    remote = "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf.git",
+    tag = "v4.24.3",
 )
 
 # Import external protobuf dependencies into this workspace.
@@ -53,11 +44,14 @@ protobuf_deps()
 
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_python",
-    sha256 = "94750828b18044533e98a129003b6a68001204038dc4749f40b195b24c38f49f",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_python-0.21.0",
-    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/archive/refs/tags/0.21.0.tar.gz",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/download/0.25.0/rules_python-0.25.0.tar.gz",
+    sha256 = "5868e73107a8e85d8f323806e60cad7283f34b32163ea6ff1020cf27abef6036",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_python-0.25.0",
 )
 
+load("@rules_python//python:repositories.bzl", "py_repositories")
+py_repositories()
+
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Google testing framework. See
 #    https://github.com/google/googletest
@@ -69,17 +63,6 @@ http_archive(
     urls = ["https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/main.zip"],
 )
 
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Google foundation C++ classes. See
-#    https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-http_archive(
-    name = "com_google_absl",
-    strip_prefix = "abseil-cpp-master",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/master.zip"],
-)
-
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Thrax: This repo is only used to retrieve some of the build rules for
 # grammar manipulation. See
@@ -133,9 +116,9 @@ install_deps()
 
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_cc",
-    sha256 = "35f2fb4ea0b3e61ad64a369de284e4fbbdcdba71836a5555abb5e194cf119509",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_cc-624b5d59dfb45672d4239422fa1e3de1822ee110",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/archive/624b5d59dfb45672d4239422fa1e3de1822ee110.tar.gz"],
+    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/releases/download/0.0.9/rules_cc-0.0.9.tar.gz"],
+    sha256 = "2037875b9a4456dce4a79d112a8ae885bbc4aad968e6587dca6e64f3a0900cdf",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_cc-0.0.9",
 )
 
 load("@rules_cc//cc:repositories.bzl", "rules_cc_dependencies")
diff --git a/bazel/protobuf.patch b/bazel/protobuf.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c916cc65..00000000
--- a/bazel/protobuf.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
---- python/internal.bzl
-+++ python/internal.bzl
-@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
- # Internal helpers for building the Python protobuf runtime.
- 
-+def _remove_cross_repo_path(path):
-+    parts = path.split('/')
-+    if parts[0] == '..':
-+        return '/'.join(parts[2:])
-+    return path
-+
- def _internal_copy_files_impl(ctx):
-     strip_prefix = ctx.attr.strip_prefix
-     if strip_prefix[-1] != "/":
-@@ -7,10 +13,11 @@ def _internal_copy_files_impl(ctx):
- 
-     src_dests = []
-     for src in ctx.files.srcs:
--        if src.short_path[:len(strip_prefix)] != strip_prefix:
-+        short_path = _remove_cross_repo_path(src.short_path)
-+        if short_path[:len(strip_prefix)] != strip_prefix:
-             fail("Source does not start with %s: %s" %
--                 (strip_prefix, src.short_path))
--        dest = ctx.actions.declare_file(src.short_path[len(strip_prefix):])
-+                 (strip_prefix, short_path))
-+        dest = ctx.actions.declare_file(short_path[len(strip_prefix):])
-         src_dests.append([src, dest])
- 
-     if ctx.attr.is_windows:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f4d9d959..8a8ea62f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with python 3.10
-# To update, run:
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
+# by the following command:
 #
 #    bazel run //:requirements.update
 #
 networkx==3.1 \
     --hash=sha256:4f33f68cb2afcf86f28a45f43efc27a9386b535d567d2127f8f61d51dec58d36 \
     --hash=sha256:de346335408f84de0eada6ff9fafafff9bcda11f0a0dfaa931133debb146ab61
-    # via -r ./requirements.in
+    # via -r requirements.in
 numpy==1.24.3 \
     --hash=sha256:0ec87a7084caa559c36e0a2309e4ecb1baa03b687201d0a847c8b0ed476a7187 \
     --hash=sha256:1a7d6acc2e7524c9955e5c903160aa4ea083736fde7e91276b0e5d98e6332812 \
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ pandas==2.0.1 \
     --hash=sha256:e09a53a4fe8d6ae2149959a2d02e1ef2f4d2ceb285ac48f74b79798507e468b4 \
     --hash=sha256:f25e23a03f7ad7211ffa30cb181c3e5f6d96a8e4cb22898af462a7333f8a74eb \
     --hash=sha256:fe7914d8ddb2d54b900cec264c090b88d141a1eed605c9539a187dbc2547f022
-    # via -r ./requirements.in
+    # via -r requirements.in
 pycountry==22.3.5 \
     --hash=sha256:b2163a246c585894d808f18783e19137cb70a0c18fb36748dc01fc6f109c1646
-    # via -r ./requirements.in
+    # via -r requirements.in
 python-dateutil==2.8.2 \
     --hash=sha256:0123cacc1627ae19ddf3c27a5de5bd67ee4586fbdd6440d9748f8abb483d3e86 \
     --hash=sha256:961d03dc3453ebbc59dbdea9e4e11c5651520a876d0f4db161e8674aae935da9
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ pytz==2023.3 \
     --hash=sha256:1d8ce29db189191fb55338ee6d0387d82ab59f3d00eac103412d64e0ebd0c588 \
     --hash=sha256:a151b3abb88eda1d4e34a9814df37de2a80e301e68ba0fd856fb9b46bfbbbffb
     # via pandas
+setuptools==67.7.2 \
+    --hash=sha256:23aaf86b85ca52ceb801d32703f12d77517b2556af839621c641fca11287952b \
+    --hash=sha256:f104fa03692a2602fa0fec6c6a9e63b6c8a968de13e17c026957dd1f53d80990
+    # via pycountry
 six==1.16.0 \
     --hash=sha256:1e61c37477a1626458e36f7b1d82aa5c9b094fa4802892072e49de9c60c4c926 \
     --hash=sha256:8abb2f1d86890a2dfb989f9a77cfcfd3e47c2a354b01111771326f8aa26e0254
@@ -84,9 +88,3 @@ tzdata==2023.3 \
     --hash=sha256:11ef1e08e54acb0d4f95bdb1be05da659673de4acbd21bf9c69e94cc5e907a3a \
     --hash=sha256:7e65763eef3120314099b6939b5546db7adce1e7d6f2e179e3df563c70511eda
     # via pandas
-
-# The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
-setuptools==67.7.2 \
-    --hash=sha256:23aaf86b85ca52ceb801d32703f12d77517b2556af839621c641fca11287952b \
-    --hash=sha256:f104fa03692a2602fa0fec6c6a9e63b6c8a968de13e17c026957dd1f53d80990
-    # via pycountry