diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8af80faf..550867c7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 *~
 docs/v1/build/
 bazel-*
+*.lock
 .DS_Store
 build
 dist
diff --git a/bazel/example/.bazelversion b/bazel/example/.bazelversion
deleted file mode 100644
index f22d756d..00000000
--- a/bazel/example/.bazelversion
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-6.5.0
diff --git a/proto/.bazelversion b/proto/.bazelversion
deleted file mode 100644
index f22d756d..00000000
--- a/proto/.bazelversion
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-6.5.0
diff --git a/proto/MODULE.bazel b/proto/MODULE.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99e633df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto/MODULE.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+module(
+    name = "p4runtime",
+    repo_name = "com_github_p4lang_p4runtime",
+)
+
+
+bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.7.1")
+
+bazel_dep(
+    name = "googleapis",
+    version = "0.0.0-20240819-fe8ba054a",
+    repo_name = "com_google_googleapis",
+)
+switched_rules = use_extension("@com_google_googleapis//:extensions.bzl", "switched_rules")
+switched_rules.use_languages(
+    cc = True,
+    go = True,
+    grpc = True,
+    python = True,
+)
+use_repo(switched_rules, "com_google_googleapis_imports")
+
+bazel_dep(name = "grpc", version = "1.68.0", repo_name = "com_github_grpc_grpc")
+
+bazel_dep(
+    name = "protobuf",
+    version = "29.1",
+    repo_name = "com_google_protobuf",
+    )
+
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_license", version = "1.0.0")
+
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_proto", version = "7.0.2")
+
+bazel_dep(
+    name = "rules_go",
+    version = "0.50.1",
+    repo_name = "io_bazel_rules_go",
+)
diff --git a/proto/WORKSPACE.bzlmod b/proto/WORKSPACE.bzlmod
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..203f54c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto/WORKSPACE.bzlmod
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# https://bazel.build/external/migration#workspace.bzlmod
+#
+# This file is intentionally empty. When bzlmod is enabled and this
+# file exists, the contents of WORKSPACE.bazel is ignored. This prevents
+# bzlmod builds from unintentionally depending on the WORKSPACE.bazel file.