diff --git a/haskell/repositories.bzl b/haskell/repositories.bzl
index 05da35318..5cb68d1cf 100644
--- a/haskell/repositories.bzl
+++ b/haskell/repositories.bzl
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ def rules_haskell_dependencies():
     maybe(
         http_archive,
         name = "rules_shell",
-        sha256 = "e6b87c89bd0b27039e3af2c5da01147452f240f75d505f5b6880874f31036307",
-        strip_prefix = "rules_shell-0.6.1",
-        url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_shell/releases/download/v0.6.1/rules_shell-v0.6.1.tar.gz",
+        sha256 = "20721f63908879c083f94869e618ea8d4ff5edb91ff9a72a2ebee357fdbc352d",
+        strip_prefix = "rules_shell-0.8.0",
+        url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_shell/releases/download/v0.8.0/rules_shell-v0.8.0.tar.gz",
     )
 
     if "io_tweag_rules_nixpkgs" not in native.existing_rules():
diff --git a/rules_haskell_tests/MODULE.bazel b/rules_haskell_tests/MODULE.bazel
index 393209125..8cd8b2a53 100644
--- a/rules_haskell_tests/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/rules_haskell_tests/MODULE.bazel
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ bazel_dep(
     dev_dependency = True,
 )
 bazel_dep(name = "cgrindel_bazel_starlib", version = "0.21.0")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_shell", version = "0.6.1")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_shell", version = "0.8.0")
 
 ghc_version = use_extension("@rules_haskell//extensions:ghc_version.bzl", "ghc_default_version")
 use_repo(