diff --git a/scala/private/macros/bzlmod.bzl b/scala/private/macros/bzlmod.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7527fae28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scala/private/macros/bzlmod.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+"""Utilities for working with Bazel modules"""
+
+def apparent_repo_name(label_or_name):
+    """Return a repository's apparent repository name.
+
+    Can be replaced with a future bazel-skylib implementation, if accepted into
+    that repo.
+
+    Args:
+        label_or_name: a Label or repository name string
+
+    Returns:
+        The apparent repository name
+    """
+    repo_name = getattr(label_or_name, "repo_name", label_or_name)
+
+    # Bazed on this pattern from the Bazel source:
+    # com.google.devtools.build.lib.cmdline.RepositoryName.VALID_REPO_NAME
+    for i in range(len(repo_name) - 1, -1, -1):
+        c = repo_name[i]
+        if not (c.isalnum() or c in "_-."):
+            return repo_name[i + 1:]
+    return repo_name
diff --git a/scala/private/resources.bzl b/scala/private/resources.bzl
index 1db14a822..086cd5a82 100644
--- a/scala/private/resources.bzl
+++ b/scala/private/resources.bzl
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+load(":macros/bzlmod.bzl", "apparent_repo_name")
+
 def paths(resources, resource_strip_prefix):
     """Return a list of path tuples (target, source) where:
         target - is a path in the archive (with given prefix stripped off)
@@ -13,7 +15,13 @@ def paths(resources, resource_strip_prefix):
 
 def _target_path(resource, resource_strip_prefix):
     path = _target_path_by_strip_prefix(resource, resource_strip_prefix) if resource_strip_prefix else _target_path_by_default_prefixes(resource)
-    return _strip_prefix(path, "/")
+    return _update_external_target_path(_strip_prefix(path, "/"))
+
+def _update_external_target_path(target_path):
+    if not target_path.startswith("external/"):
+        return target_path
+    prefix, repo_name, rest = target_path.split("/")
+    return "/".join([prefix, apparent_repo_name(repo_name), rest])
 
 def _target_path_by_strip_prefix(resource, resource_strip_prefix):
     # Start from absolute resource path and then strip roots so we get to correct short path
diff --git a/scala/scala_maven_import_external.bzl b/scala/scala_maven_import_external.bzl
index e69388ced..7e575b406 100644
--- a/scala/scala_maven_import_external.bzl
+++ b/scala/scala_maven_import_external.bzl
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ the following macros are defined below that utilize jvm_import_external:
 - java_import_external - to demonstrate that the original functionality of `java_import_external` stayed intact.
 """
 
+load("//scala/private:macros/bzlmod.bzl", "apparent_repo_name")
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:utils.bzl", "read_netrc", "read_user_netrc", "use_netrc")
 
 # https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/13709#issuecomment-1336699672
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ def _jvm_import_external(repository_ctx):
         "",
         "alias(",
         "    name = \"jar\",",
-        "    actual = \"@%s\"," % repository_ctx.name,
+        "    actual = \"@%s\"," % apparent_repo_name(repository_ctx.name),
         ")",
         "",
     ]))
diff --git a/third_party/repositories/repositories.bzl b/third_party/repositories/repositories.bzl
index c243c8e0b..0e5ce7cae 100644
--- a/third_party/repositories/repositories.bzl
+++ b/third_party/repositories/repositories.bzl
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+load("//scala/private:macros/bzlmod.bzl", "apparent_repo_name")
 load(
     "//third_party/repositories:scala_2_11.bzl",
     _artifacts_2_11 = "artifacts",
@@ -95,8 +96,10 @@ def repositories(
     default_artifacts = artifacts_by_major_scala_version[major_scala_version]
     artifacts = dict(default_artifacts.items() + overriden_artifacts.items())
     for id in for_artifact_ids:
+        generated_rule_name = apparent_repo_name(id) + suffix
         _scala_maven_import_external(
             name = id + suffix,
+            generated_rule_name = generated_rule_name,
             artifact = artifacts[id]["artifact"],
             artifact_sha256 = artifacts[id]["sha256"],
             licenses = ["notice"],
@@ -111,13 +114,13 @@ def repositories(
         # See: https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_scala/pull/1573
         # Hopefully we can deprecate and remove it one day.
         if suffix and scala_version == SCALA_VERSION:
-            _alias_repository(name = id, target = id + suffix)
+            _alias_repository(name = id, target = generated_rule_name)
 
 def _alias_repository_impl(rctx):
     """ Builds a repository containing just two aliases to the Scala Maven artifacts in the `target` repository. """
 
     format_kwargs = {
-        "name": rctx.name,
+        "name": apparent_repo_name(rctx.name),
         "target": rctx.attr.target,
     }
     rctx.file("BUILD", """alias(