diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 3ae063e51..fc6af554b 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ maven.install(
 use_repo(maven, "kotlin_rules_maven", "unpinned_kotlin_rules_maven")
 
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_pkg", version = "0.7.0")
-bazel_dep(name = "stardoc", version = "0.5.6", repo_name = "io_bazel_stardoc")
+bazel_dep(name = "stardoc", version = "0.7.0", repo_name = "io_bazel_stardoc")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_proto", version = "5.3.0-21.7")
 
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_testing", version = "0.5.0", dev_dependency = True)
diff --git a/kotlin/doc-templates/rule.vm b/kotlin/doc-templates/rule.vm
index 9025a374b..1f68a4885 100644
--- a/kotlin/doc-templates/rule.vm
+++ b/kotlin/doc-templates/rule.vm
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ ${util.ruleSummary($ruleName, $ruleInfo)}
 
 ## find common nonzero indent
 #set($chomp=0)
-#foreach ($ln in $ruleInfo.docString.split("\n"))
+## > Stardoc 6.0.0 The Markdown renderer now uses Google EscapeVelocity instead of Apache Velocity for templating.
+## No more \n in templating rules. :/
+#foreach ($ln in $ruleInfo.docString.split("
+"))
     #if ($ln.length() > 0)
         #foreach ($c in [0..$ln.length()])
             #if (!$ln.substring(0, $c).trim().isEmpty())
@@ -22,7 +25,10 @@ ${util.ruleSummary($ruleName, $ruleInfo)}
 #end
 
 ## print lines, removing common indent.
-#foreach ($ln in $ruleInfo.docString.split("\n"))
+## > Stardoc 6.0.0 The Markdown renderer now uses Google EscapeVelocity instead of Apache Velocity for templating.
+## No more \n in templating rules. :/
+#foreach ($ln in $ruleInfo.docString.split("
+"))
     #if ($ln.length() >= $chomp && $ln.substring(0, $chomp).trim().isEmpty())
 ${ln.substring($chomp)}
     #else