diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 6a29a4ca9..b1c4e1bbb 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ build --tool_java_runtime_version=remotejdk_11
 build --experimental_strict_java_deps=strict
 build --explicit_java_test_deps
 
-build --experimental_sibling_repository_layout
+# Re-enable once https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/issues/3947 is addressed.
+#build --experimental_sibling_repository_layout
+
+# Remove once https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_android/issues/219 is fixed
+build --experimental_google_legacy_api
 
 # Make sure we get something helpful when tests fail
 test --verbose_failures
diff --git a/.bazelversion b/.bazelversion
index a3fcc7121..b26a34e47 100644
--- a/.bazelversion
+++ b/.bazelversion
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.1.0
+7.2.1
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 8ca13490e..9ff37b4d6 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ bazel_dep(
 )
 bazel_dep(
     name = "rules_android",
-    version = "0.1.1",
+    version = "0.5.1",
 )
 bazel_dep(
     name = "stardoc",
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 039fdf290..fff4670e0 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -519,9 +519,10 @@ maven_install(
 
 maven_install(
     name = "starlark_aar_import_with_sources_test",
-    # Not actually necessary since this is the default value, but useful for
-    # testing.
-    aar_import_bzl_label = "@build_bazel_rules_android//android:rules.bzl",
+    # The default is "@rules_android//rules:rules.bzl" but use
+    # "@rules_android//android:rules.bzl" with the older 0.1.1 release
+    # to use the native rules.
+    aar_import_bzl_label = "@rules_android//android:rules.bzl",
     artifacts = [
         "androidx.work:work-runtime:2.6.0",
     ],
@@ -535,9 +536,10 @@ maven_install(
 
 maven_install(
     name = "starlark_aar_import_test",
-    # Not actually necessary since this is the default value, but useful for
-    # testing.
-    aar_import_bzl_label = "@build_bazel_rules_android//android:rules.bzl",
+    # The default is "@rules_android//rules:rules.bzl" but use
+    # "@rules_android//android:rules.bzl" with the older 0.1.1 release
+    # to use the native rules.
+    aar_import_bzl_label = "@rules_android//android:rules.bzl",
     artifacts = [
         "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0",
     ],
@@ -550,9 +552,14 @@ maven_install(
 )
 
 # for the above "starlark_aar_import_test" maven_install with
-# use_starlark_android_rules = True
+# use_starlark_android_rules = True.
+# Note that this version is different from the version in MODULE.bazel
+# because the latest versions of rules_android do not support Bazel 5 or 6,
+# which rules_jvm_external supports and uses in CI tests. So use
+# rules_android 0.1.1, which are wrappers around the native Android rules,
+# since the tests with Bazel 5 and 6 do no use bzlmod.
 http_archive(
-    name = "build_bazel_rules_android",
+    name = "rules_android",
     sha256 = "cd06d15dd8bb59926e4d65f9003bfc20f9da4b2519985c27e190cddc8b7a7806",
     strip_prefix = "rules_android-0.1.1",
     urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_android/archive/v0.1.1.zip"],
diff --git a/private/rules/coursier.bzl b/private/rules/coursier.bzl
index 9594062f7..2a731eb0f 100644
--- a/private/rules/coursier.bzl
+++ b/private/rules/coursier.bzl
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ bzl_library(
 )
 """
 
-DEFAULT_AAR_IMPORT_LABEL = "@build_bazel_rules_android//android:rules.bzl"
+DEFAULT_AAR_IMPORT_LABEL = "@rules_android//rules:rules.bzl"
 
 _AAR_IMPORT_STATEMENT = """\
 load("%s", "aar_import")
@@ -245,7 +245,9 @@ def _relativize_and_symlink_file_in_maven_local(repository_ctx, absolute_path):
     return artifact_relative_path
 
 def _get_aar_import_statement_or_empty_str(repository_ctx):
-    if repository_ctx.attr.use_starlark_android_rules:
+    # Use the Starlark version of aar_import if requested, or if this version of Bazel
+    # does not have native aar_import.
+    if repository_ctx.attr.use_starlark_android_rules or not hasattr(native, "aar_import"):
         # parse the label to validate it
         _ = Label(repository_ctx.attr.aar_import_bzl_label)
         return _AAR_IMPORT_STATEMENT % repository_ctx.attr.aar_import_bzl_label
diff --git a/private/rules/maven_install.bzl b/private/rules/maven_install.bzl
index 3378e0c8d..925ace49a 100644
--- a/private/rules/maven_install.bzl
+++ b/private/rules/maven_install.bzl
@@ -68,12 +68,13 @@ def maven_install(
       use_credentials_from_home_netrc_file: Whether to pass machine login credentials from the ~/.netrc file to coursier.
       fail_if_repin_required: Whether to fail the build if the required maven artifacts have been changed but not repinned. Requires the `maven_install_json` to have been set.
       use_starlark_android_rules: Whether to use the native or Starlark version
-        of the Android rules. Default is False.
+        of the Android rules. Default is False if the running version of Bazel supports native aar_import.
+        If the running version of Bazel does not support native aar_import, this parameter is ignored and the
+        Starlark Android rules is used.
       aar_import_bzl_label: The label (as a string) to use to import aar_import
         from. This is usually needed only if the top-level workspace file does
         not use the typical default repository name to import the Android
-        Starlark rules. Default is
-        "@build_bazel_rules_android//rules:rules.bzl".
+        Starlark rules. Default is "@rules_android//rules:rules.bzl".
       duplicate_version_warning: What to do if an artifact is specified multiple times. If "error" then
         fail the build, if "warn" then print a message and continue, if "none" then do nothing. The default
         is "warn".
@@ -106,6 +107,11 @@ def maven_install(
     if additional_netrc_lines and maven_install_json == None:
         fail("`additional_netrc_lines` is only supported with `maven_install_json` specified", "additional_netrc_lines")
 
+    if not hasattr(native, "aar_import"):
+        # If this version of bazel does not have the native version of
+        # aar_import, then the Starlark version of aar_import must be used.
+        use_starlark_android_rules = True
+
     # The first coursier_fetch generates the @unpinned_maven
     # repository, which executes Coursier.
     #
diff --git a/tests/integration/override_targets/BUILD b/tests/integration/override_targets/BUILD
index 05559484a..60e2dfd95 100644
--- a/tests/integration/override_targets/BUILD
+++ b/tests/integration/override_targets/BUILD
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ aar_import(
     ],
     visibility = ["@regression_testing_coursier//:__subpackages__"],
     deps = [
+        # This is a hack to get past ImportDepsChecker because
+        # apparently the Load class is nowhere to be found in any
+        # sceneform AARs or deps.
+        ":fake_loader",
         # Add the missing dependencies
+        "@regression_testing_coursier//:com_android_support_support_annotations",
         "@regression_testing_coursier//:com_google_ar_core",
         "@regression_testing_coursier//:com_google_ar_sceneform_sceneform_base",
         "@regression_testing_coursier//:com_google_ar_sceneform_filament_android",
@@ -68,3 +73,8 @@ sh_test(
         "@bazel_tools//tools/bash/runfiles",
     ],
 )
+
+java_library(
+    name = "fake_loader",
+    srcs = ["Loader.java"],
+)
diff --git a/tests/integration/override_targets/Loader.java b/tests/integration/override_targets/Loader.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8fad59d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/override_targets/Loader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.google.ar.sceneform.assets;
+
+/**
+ * Some class in com.google.ar.sceneform:rendering:aar:1.10.0 loads
+ * this class, but there is no class "Loader" in
+ * com.google.ar.sceneform:assets:1.10.0 or any other aar in sceneform.
+ * This is only to satisfy Starlark aar_import's ImportDepsChecker
+ * check. None of this code is actually run.
+ */
+public class Loader {
+  public static boolean loadUnifiedJni() { 
+    return false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/aar_import/BUILD b/tests/unit/aar_import/BUILD
index 27007bd5f..b1be0c949 100644
--- a/tests/unit/aar_import/BUILD
+++ b/tests/unit/aar_import/BUILD
@@ -13,12 +13,23 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 load("@bazel_skylib//rules:build_test.bzl", "build_test")
+load("@rules_android//android:rules.bzl", "aar_import")
 load(":aar_import_test.bzl", "aar_import_test_suite")
 
 aar_import(
     name = "aar_import_that_consumes_the_downloaded_file_directly",
     # Will produce an error if the downloaded file does not have the `.aar` file extension
     aar = "@com_android_support_appcompat_v7_aar_28_0_0//file:file",
+    deps = [
+        "@starlark_aar_import_test//:com_android_support_animated_vector_drawable",
+        "@starlark_aar_import_test//:com_android_support_collections",
+        "@starlark_aar_import_test//:com_android_support_cursoradapter",
+        "@starlark_aar_import_test//:com_android_support_support_annotations",
+        "@starlark_aar_import_test//:com_android_support_support_compat",
+        "@starlark_aar_import_test//:com_android_support_support_core_utils",
+        "@starlark_aar_import_test//:com_android_support_support_fragment",
+        "@starlark_aar_import_test//:com_android_support_support_vector_drawable",
+    ],
 )
 
 build_test(