diff --git a/e2e/smoke/MODULE.bazel b/e2e/smoke/MODULE.bazel
index a4605a1b..2a5a9712 100644
--- a/e2e/smoke/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/e2e/smoke/MODULE.bazel
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ bazel_dep(name = "container_structure_test", version = "1.15.0", dev_dependency
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_oci", version = "0.0.0", dev_dependency = True)
 
 bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "0.0.5")
-bazel_dep(name = "aspect_bazel_lib", version = "1.32.0")
+bazel_dep(name = "aspect_bazel_lib", version = "2.7.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.1.1")
 
 local_path_override(
diff --git a/e2e/smoke/WORKSPACE.bazel b/e2e/smoke/WORKSPACE.bazel
index d2c1e404..7dacfbaa 100644
--- a/e2e/smoke/WORKSPACE.bazel
+++ b/e2e/smoke/WORKSPACE.bazel
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ local_repository(
 
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 
+http_archive(
+    name = "aspect_bazel_lib",
+    sha256 = "b554eb7942a5ab44c90077df6a0c76fc67c5874c9446a007e9ba68be82bd4796",
+    strip_prefix = "bazel-lib-2.7.1",
+    url = "https://github.com/aspect-build/bazel-lib/releases/download/v2.7.1/bazel-lib-v2.7.1.tar.gz",
+)
+
 http_archive(
     name = "container_structure_test",
     sha256 = "4fd1e0d4974fb95e06d0e94e6ceaae126382bf958524062db4e582232590b863",