diff --git a/.bazeliskrc b/.bazeliskrc
index 2f3eb9a3..bd4a5355 100644
--- a/.bazeliskrc
+++ b/.bazeliskrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-USE_BAZEL_VERSION=5.1.1
+USE_BAZEL_VERSION=5.4.1
diff --git a/submodules/stout b/submodules/stout
index e078b06b..7ae903c7 160000
--- a/submodules/stout
+++ b/submodules/stout
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e078b06b9797e6a4ea3fd8edb4db4ba73cd520a6
+Subproject commit 7ae903c779933e7947d14cb653c11910b7e099ed