diff --git a/.bazeliskrc b/.bazeliskrc
index 9a8418d4..752de982 100644
--- a/.bazeliskrc
+++ b/.bazeliskrc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 BAZELISK_BASE_URL=https://static.aspect.build/aspect
-USE_BAZEL_VERSION=aspect/2024.42.3
+USE_BAZEL_VERSION=aspect/2024.51.11
 
 # Aspect CLI (aspect) is wrapper for Bazel, built on top of Bazelisk, that adds
 # additional features and extensibility to the popular polyglot build system from Google.
diff --git a/WORKSPACE.bazel b/WORKSPACE.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f868755f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/WORKSPACE.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# This file should be removed once issues are fixed:
+# https://github.com/bazel-contrib/bazel-gazelle/issues/2012
+# https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-watcher/issues/646