diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 50e9c00f0a3a1..9c87bf0390909 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ switched_rules.use_languages(
 bazel_dep(name = "fuzztest", version = "20241028.0", dev_dependency = True, repo_name = "com_google_fuzztest")  # mistmached 2023-05-16
 bazel_dep(name = "google_benchmark", version = "1.9.0", dev_dependency = True, repo_name = "com_github_google_benchmark")
 
-bazel_dep(dev_dependency, name = "rules_shell", version = "0.4.0")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_shell", version = "0.4.0")
 
 # Python dependencies
 # ===================