diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index b40ca9f..1d181be 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -20,7 +20,13 @@
     compatibility_level = 2,
 )
 
-bazel_dep(name = "googletest", version = "1.14.0.bcr.1", dev_dependency = True)
+# In principle, googletest is only needed for tests and could be a
+# dev_dependency. But it would then be impossible for downstream modules to run
+# BoringSSL's tests. The downstream module provides the toolchain, so we may
+# need to request they run tests when triaging issues. If
+# https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/22187 is ever fixed, we can change
+# this.
+bazel_dep(name = "googletest", version = "1.14.0.bcr.1")
 
 bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "0.0.9")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.0.9")
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel.lock b/MODULE.bazel.lock
index 4d065c0..7ac13bb 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel.lock
+++ b/MODULE.bazel.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "lockFileVersion": 6,
-  "moduleFileHash": "a4101ffdbea48850b26e5a4dd65cfa325c0de62c7625c1a240289146ff90ea54",
+  "moduleFileHash": "2cfd97765850664f634f2e744a77eaa1187f29cc1393af2fd497dc36f1a9b09c",
   "flags": {
     "cmdRegistries": [
       "https://bcr.bazel.build/"