diff --git a/.bazelversion b/.bazelversion
index f22d756da39..ba7f754d0c3 100644
--- a/.bazelversion
+++ b/.bazelversion
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.5.0
+7.4.0
diff --git a/scripts/update_envoy.sh b/scripts/update_envoy.sh
index e36cb9d2432..b866b75e271 100755
--- a/scripts/update_envoy.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_envoy.sh
@@ -59,6 +59,5 @@ sed -i 's/ENVOY_SHA = .*/ENVOY_SHA = "'"$LATEST_SHA"'"/' "${WORKSPACE}"
 sed -i 's/ENVOY_SHA256 = .*/ENVOY_SHA256 = "'"$SHA256"'"/' "${WORKSPACE}"
 
 # Update .bazelversion and envoy.bazelrc
-# there's an issue with bazel 7.1.2, let's not sync for a while.
-# curl -sSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${ENVOY_ORG}/${ENVOY_REPO}/${LATEST_SHA}/.bazelversion" > .bazelversion
+curl -sSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${ENVOY_ORG}/${ENVOY_REPO}/${LATEST_SHA}/.bazelversion" > .bazelversion
 curl -sSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${ENVOY_ORG}/${ENVOY_REPO}/${LATEST_SHA}/.bazelrc" > envoy.bazelrc