diff --git a/.bazelci/presubmit.yml b/.bazelci/presubmit.yml
index 79d2dfbc30..abb3e119c1 100644
--- a/.bazelci/presubmit.yml
+++ b/.bazelci/presubmit.yml
@@ -561,6 +561,15 @@ tasks:
     - "bazel run //:os_specific_requirements.update"
     - "git diff --exit-code"
 
+  integration_test_compile_pip_requirements_update_data:
+    <<: *reusable_build_test_all
+    name: "compile_pip_requirements: .update data forwarding"
+    working_directory: tests/integration/compile_pip_requirements
+    platform: ubuntu2204
+    shell_commands:
+    - "bazel query 'labels(data, //:requirements.update)' | grep -Fx '//:requirements.in'"
+    - "bazel query 'labels(data, //:requirements.update)' | grep -Fx '//:requirements_extra.in'"
+
   integration_compile_pip_requirements_test_from_external_repo_ubuntu_min_workspace:
     <<: *minimum_supported_version
     <<: *common_workspace_flags_min_bazel
diff --git a/news/3858.fixed.md b/news/3858.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5cb1d029a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/3858.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+(compile_pip_requirements) Add the explicit `data` attribute and forward it to
+the generated `py_binary`.
diff --git a/python/private/pypi/pip_compile.bzl b/python/private/pypi/pip_compile.bzl
index 3ef2cdb39c..eed7d7e735 100644
--- a/python/private/pypi/pip_compile.bzl
+++ b/python/private/pypi/pip_compile.bzl
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ def pip_compile(
         visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
         tags = None,
         constraints = [],
+        data = [],
         **kwargs):
     """Generates targets for managing pip dependencies with pip-compile (piptools).
 
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ def pip_compile(
         tags: tagging attribute common to all build rules, passed to both the _test and .update rules.
         visibility: passed to both the _test and .update rules.
         constraints: a list of files containing constraints to pass to pip-compile with `--constraint`.
+        data: A list of labels to include as part of the `data` attribute in the generated `py_binary`.
         **kwargs: other bazel attributes passed to the "_test" rule.
     """
     if len([x for x in [srcs, src, requirements_in] if x != None]) > 1:
@@ -95,16 +97,18 @@ def pip_compile(
 
     requirements_txt = name + ".txt" if requirements_txt == None else requirements_txt
 
+    data = data or []
+
     # "Default" target produced by this macro
     # Allow a compile_pip_requirements rule to include another one in the data
     # for a requirements file that does `-r ../other/requirements.txt`
     native.filegroup(
         name = name,
-        srcs = kwargs.pop("data", []) + [requirements_txt],
+        srcs = data + [requirements_txt],
         visibility = visibility,
     )
 
-    data = [name, requirements_txt] + srcs + [f for f in (requirements_linux, requirements_darwin, requirements_windows) if f != None] + constraints
+    data = data + [name, requirements_txt] + srcs + [f for f in (requirements_linux, requirements_darwin, requirements_windows) if f != None] + constraints
 
     # Use the Label constructor so this is expanded in the context of the file
     # where it appears, which is to say, in @rules_python