diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 9abda3e670a0..26a0600a44ed 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -25,5 +25,6 @@ common --registry=https://bcr.bazel.build
 
 common --@rules_dotnet//dotnet/settings:strict_deps=false
 common --experimental_isolated_extension_usages
+common --incompatible_use_plus_in_repo_names
 
 try-import %workspace%/local.bazelrc
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index ad134ad3512c..496e1f155443 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ bazel_dep(name = "rules_kotlin", version = "1.9.6-codeql.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "gazelle", version = "0.38.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_dotnet", version = "0.15.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "googletest", version = "1.14.0.bcr.1")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_rust", version = "0.50.0")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_rust", version = "0.52.2")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_jvm_external", version = "6.2")
 
 bazel_dep(name = "buildifier_prebuilt", version = "6.4.0", dev_dependency = True)
diff --git a/java/kotlin-extractor/deps.bzl b/java/kotlin-extractor/deps.bzl
index 6e55969f2512..bee713f8c466 100644
--- a/java/kotlin-extractor/deps.bzl
+++ b/java/kotlin-extractor/deps.bzl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def _get_dep(repository_ctx, name):
     return repository_ctx.path(Label("//java/kotlin-extractor/deps:%s" % name))
 
 def _kotlin_dep_impl(repository_ctx):
-    _, _, name = repository_ctx.name.rpartition("~")
+    _, _, name = repository_ctx.name.rpartition("+")
     lfs_smudge(repository_ctx, [_get_dep(repository_ctx, name + ".jar")])
 
     # for some reason rules_kotlin warns about these jars missing, this is to silence those warnings
diff --git a/misc/bazel/internal/zipmerge/zipmerge_test.cpp b/misc/bazel/internal/zipmerge/zipmerge_test.cpp
index 9bee1a79c02f..65278a679f5b 100644
--- a/misc/bazel/internal/zipmerge/zipmerge_test.cpp
+++ b/misc/bazel/internal/zipmerge/zipmerge_test.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ std::string get_file(const char* name) {
     return ret;
   }();
   // this works from both `codeql` and the internal repository
-  for (auto prefix : {"_main", "ql~"}) {
+  for (auto prefix : {"_main", "ql+"}) {
     auto ret = runfiles->Rlocation(prefix + "/misc/bazel/internal/zipmerge/test-files/"s + name);
     if (fs::exists(ret)) {
       return ret;
diff --git a/misc/bazel/lfs.bzl b/misc/bazel/lfs.bzl
index a068d76b2eae..7c37c0a55236 100644
--- a/misc/bazel/lfs.bzl
+++ b/misc/bazel/lfs.bzl
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ def _download_lfs(repository_ctx):
         srcs = [f for f in dir.readdir() if not f.is_dir]
     lfs_smudge(repository_ctx, srcs, executable = repository_ctx.attr.executable)
 
-    # with bzlmod the name is qualified with `~` separators, and we want the base name here
-    name = repository_ctx.name.split("~")[-1]
+    # with bzlmod the name is qualified with `+` separators, and we want the base name here
+    name = repository_ctx.name.split("+")[-1]
     basenames = [src.basename for src in srcs]
     build = "exports_files(%s)\n" % repr(basenames)
 
diff --git a/misc/ripunzip/install.sh b/misc/ripunzip/install.sh
index d9ee6dda1cb6..d383381f0e2e 100755
--- a/misc/ripunzip/install.sh
+++ b/misc/ripunzip/install.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -eu
 
-source misc/bazel/runfiles.sh 2>/dev/null || source external/ql~/misc/bazel/runfiles.sh
+source misc/bazel/runfiles.sh 2>/dev/null || source external/ql+/misc/bazel/runfiles.sh
 
 dest="${2:-$HOME/.local/bin}"