diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index 8793cfb82fe..953edd12e04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -80,8 +80,12 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         bzlmod: [true, false]
+        bazel_version: [8.7.0, 9.1.0]
+        exclude:
+          - bazel_version: 9.1.0
+            bzlmod: false
     env:
-      USE_BAZEL_VERSION: 8.7.0
+      USE_BAZEL_VERSION: ${{ matrix.bazel_version }}
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 8388f6c0470..e563857d8fe 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ IO_GRPC_GRPC_JAVA_ARTIFACTS = [
 bazel_dep(name = "abseil-cpp", version = "20250512.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_jar_jar", version = "0.1.11.bcr.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.7.1")
-bazel_dep(name = "googleapis", version = "0.0.0-20240326-1c8d509c5", repo_name = "com_google_googleapis")
+bazel_dep(name = "googleapis", version = "0.0.0-20260514-1dbb1a14", repo_name = "com_google_googleapis")
 bazel_dep(name = "grpc-proto", version = "0.0.0-20240627-ec30f58.bcr.1", repo_name = "io_grpc_grpc_proto")
 bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "33.4", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.0.9")
diff --git a/repositories.bzl b/repositories.bzl
index c2d31d5f838..5a2688dbb25 100644
--- a/repositories.bzl
+++ b/repositories.bzl
@@ -98,10 +98,10 @@ def grpc_java_repositories():
     if not native.existing_rule("com_google_googleapis"):
         http_archive(
             name = "com_google_googleapis",
-            sha256 = "49930468563dd48283e8301e8d4e71436bf6d27ac27c235224cc1a098710835d",
-            strip_prefix = "googleapis-ca1372c6d7bcb199638ebfdb40d2b2660bab7b88",
+            sha256 = "397fd8eb8a1a62dcf144216d9775816fad7a3fcff0ced1614bee529003c30d9e",
+            strip_prefix = "googleapis-1dbb1a14e079f78d9214f8e48bf083f32e3ddb96",
             urls = [
-                "https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis/archive/ca1372c6d7bcb199638ebfdb40d2b2660bab7b88.tar.gz",
+                "https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis/archive/1dbb1a14e079f78d9214f8e48bf083f32e3ddb96.tar.gz",
             ],
         )
     if not native.existing_rule("io_grpc_grpc_proto"):