diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel/.bazelversion b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel/.bazelversion
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9fe9ff9d996b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel/.bazelversion
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+7.0.1