diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 14d5ce34b9..6a6a64016a 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ module(
 
 # see https://registry.bazel.build/
 # Bazel dependencies
-bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.8.1")
+bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.8.2")
 bazel_dep(name = "contrib_rules_jvm", version = "0.28.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "1.0.0")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.2.0")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.2.9")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_go", version = "0.53.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "8.14.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_jvm_external", version = "6.7")
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ SUPPORTED_PYTHON_VERSIONS = [
     "3.13",
 ]
 
-DEFAULT_PYTHON = "3.11"
+DEFAULT_PYTHON = "3.12"
 
 python = use_extension("@rules_python//python/extensions:python.bzl", "python", dev_dependency = True)
 
diff --git a/bazel/run_binary_test.bzl b/bazel/run_binary_test.bzl
index ea2cd11f69..000b4dc7c2 100644
--- a/bazel/run_binary_test.bzl
+++ b/bazel/run_binary_test.bzl
@@ -47,14 +47,15 @@ def parse_label(label):
 
 def get_check_contains_code(line):
     return """
-if ! grep -qF "{line}" "${{LOGFILE}}"; then
+if ! grep --quiet --fixed-strings "{line}" "${{LOGFILE}}"; then
+  echo "---------------------------------------------------------------"
   cat "${{LOGFILE}}"
   echo "---------------------------------------------------------------"
   echo "FAILURE: string '{line}' was not found in the output."
   echo "---------------------------------------------------------------"
   exit 1
 fi
-    """.format(line = line)
+""".format(line = line)
 
 def run_binary_test(
         name,
diff --git a/bazel/test_runner_template.sh b/bazel/test_runner_template.sh
index a6c038a902..6a59d3db38 100644
--- a/bazel/test_runner_template.sh
+++ b/bazel/test_runner_template.sh
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
 set -e # Fail on error
 
 declare -r LOGFILE="${TEST_TMPDIR}/log.txt"
-{{binary_path}} "$@" > "${LOGFILE}"
+{{binary_path}} "$@" > "${LOGFILE}" 2>&1
 {{post_script}}