Cannot build using bazel 8

[tekumara]

❯ bazel build //:fizzbee
2024/12/13 20:52:44 Downloading https://releases.bazel.build/8.0.0/release/bazel-8.0.0-darwin-arm64...
Downloading: 56 MB out of 56 MB (100%) 
Extracting Bazel installation...
Starting local Bazel server and connecting to it...
WARNING: Couldn't auto load rules or symbols, because no dependency on module/repository 'rules_android' found. This will result in a failure if there's a reference to those rules or symbols.
WARNING: Target pattern parsing failed.
ERROR: Skipping '//:fizzbee': error loading package '': Unable to find package for @@[unknown repo 'io_bazel_rules_go' requested from @@]//go:def.bzl: The repository '@@[unknown repo 'io_bazel_rules_go' requested from @@]' could not be resolved: No repository visible as '@io_bazel_rules_go' from main repository. Was the repository introduced in WORKSPACE? The WORKSPACE file is disabled by default in Bazel 8 (late 2024) and will be removed in Bazel 9 (late 2025), please migrate to Bzlmod. See https://bazel.build/external/migration.
ERROR: error loading package '': Unable to find package for @@[unknown repo 'io_bazel_rules_go' requested from @@]//go:def.bzl: The repository '@@[unknown repo 'io_bazel_rules_go' requested from @@]' could not be resolved: No repository visible as '@io_bazel_rules_go' from main repository. Was the repository introduced in WORKSPACE? The WORKSPACE file is disabled by default in Bazel 8 (late 2024) and will be removed in Bazel 9 (late 2025), please migrate to Bzlmod. See https://bazel.build/external/migration.
INFO: Elapsed time: 16.963s
INFO: 0 processes.
ERROR: Build did NOT complete successfully

[tekumara]

As a workaround I've told bazelisk to use 7.x, ie:

echo 7.x > .bazelversion

[jp-fizzbee]

Oops, I don't know why I closed this issue. Reopening it. To track the proper fix.

[jp-fizzbee]

@tekumara Would you be able to help migrate to Bzlmod