diff --git a/bazel/repository.bzl b/bazel/repository.bzl
index 6ed9c470f8..9900f249fd 100644
--- a/bazel/repository.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repository.bzl
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ def opentelemetry_cpp_deps():
     maybe(
         http_archive,
         name = "com_google_absl",
-        sha256 = "dd7db6815204c2a62a2160e32c55e97113b0a0178b2f090d6bab5ce36111db4b",
-        strip_prefix = "abseil-cpp-20210324.0",
+        sha256 = "91ac87d30cc6d79f9ab974c51874a704de9c2647c40f6932597329a282217ba8",
+        strip_prefix = "abseil-cpp-20220623.1",
         urls = [
-            "https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/20210324.0.tar.gz",
+            "https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/refs/tags/20220623.1.tar.gz",
         ],
     )