diff --git a/repositories/deps.bzl b/repositories/deps.bzl
index 797a0271..b14fefc0 100644
--- a/repositories/deps.bzl
+++ b/repositories/deps.bzl
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 """Configures repo dependencies.
 """
 
+load("@bazel_features//:deps.bzl", "bazel_features_deps")
 load("@bazel_skylib//:workspace.bzl", "bazel_skylib_workspace")
 load("@rules_foreign_cc//foreign_cc:repositories.bzl", "rules_foreign_cc_dependencies")
 
 def ros2_deps():
     """ Sets up dependencies.
     """
+    bazel_features_deps()
     bazel_skylib_workspace()
     rules_foreign_cc_dependencies()
diff --git a/repositories/repositories.bzl b/repositories/repositories.bzl
index 5f0e66f3..131bfbd3 100644
--- a/repositories/repositories.bzl
+++ b/repositories/repositories.bzl
@@ -64,12 +64,20 @@ def ros2_workspace_repositories():
         urls = ["https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/archive/refs/tags/v2.13.6.tar.gz"],
     )
 
+    maybe(
+        http_archive,
+        name = "bazel_features",
+        sha256 = "b4b145c19e08fd48337f53c383db46398d0a810002907ff0c590762d926e05be",
+        strip_prefix = "bazel_features-1.18.0",
+        url = "https://github.com/bazel-contrib/bazel_features/releases/download/v1.18.0/bazel_features-v1.18.0.tar.gz",
+    )
+
     maybe(
         http_archive,
         name = "rules_foreign_cc",
-        sha256 = "4b33d62cf109bcccf286b30ed7121129cc34cf4f4ed9d8a11f38d9108f40ba74",
-        strip_prefix = "rules_foreign_cc-0.11.1",
-        url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_foreign_cc/archive/refs/tags/0.11.1.tar.gz",
+        sha256 = "a2e6fb56e649c1ee79703e99aa0c9d13c6cc53c8d7a0cbb8797ab2888bbc99a3",
+        strip_prefix = "rules_foreign_cc-0.12.0",
+        url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_foreign_cc/archive/refs/tags/0.12.0.tar.gz",
     )
 
     maybe(