diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 57ee947..13471c3 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ bazel_dep(name = "rules_nixpkgs_core", version = "0.11.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "stardoc", version = "0.6.2")
 
 nix_repo = use_extension("@rules_nixpkgs_core//extensions:repository.bzl", "nix_repo")
-nix_repo.nixpkgs_local_repository(
+nix_repo.file(
     name = "nixpkgs",
-    nix_file = "//:nixpkgs.nix",
+    file = "//:nixpkgs.nix",
 )
 use_repo(nix_repo, "nixpkgs")