diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/bazel/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/bazel/index.ts
index 2a15a0eb84f8305fa6ec4b51ffdd2c8577e6a0b5..b6c12307b4ea669be6b25913a9179c5d936ad916 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/bazel/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/bazel/index.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export class BazelDatasource extends Datasource {
     'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bazelbuild/bazel-central-registry/main';
 
   override readonly defaultRegistryUrls = [BazelDatasource.bazelCentralRepoUrl];
+  override readonly registryStrategy = 'hunt';
   override readonly customRegistrySupport = true;
   override readonly caching = true;