diff --git a/bazel/repository.bzl b/bazel/repository.bzl
index 847b8bb9d1..1621661da2 100644
--- a/bazel/repository.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repository.bzl
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ def opentelemetry_cpp_deps():
     maybe(
         http_archive,
         name = "com_google_absl",
-        sha256 = "91ac87d30cc6d79f9ab974c51874a704de9c2647c40f6932597329a282217ba8",
-        strip_prefix = "abseil-cpp-20220623.1",
+        sha256 = "9a2b5752d7bfade0bdeee2701de17c9480620f8b237e1964c1b9967c75374906",
+        strip_prefix = "abseil-cpp-20230125.2",
         urls = [
-            "https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/refs/tags/20220623.1.tar.gz",
+            "https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/refs/tags/20230125.2.tar.gz",
         ],
     )
 
diff --git a/ci/do_ci.sh b/ci/do_ci.sh
index 64d3b72308..dce17301ed 100755
--- a/ci/do_ci.sh
+++ b/ci/do_ci.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ mkdir -p "${BUILD_DIR}"
 mkdir -p "${PLUGIN_DIR}"
 
 BAZEL_OPTIONS_DEFAULT="--copt=-DENABLE_LOGS_PREVIEW --copt=-DENABLE_TEST --copt=-DENABLE_METRICS_EXEMPLAR_PREVIEW"
-BAZEL_OPTIONS="--cxxopt=-std=c++14 $BAZEL_OPTIONS_DEFAULT"
+BAZEL_OPTIONS="--cxxopt=-std=c++14 --host_cxxopt=-std=c++14 $BAZEL_OPTIONS_DEFAULT"
 
 BAZEL_TEST_OPTIONS="$BAZEL_OPTIONS --test_output=errors"
 
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ elif [[ "$1" == "cmake.abseil.test" ]]; then
         -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-Werror $CXXFLAGS" \
         -DWITH_ASYNC_EXPORT_PREVIEW=ON \
         -DWITH_ABSEIL=ON \
+        -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=14 \
         "${SRC_DIR}"
   make -j $(nproc)
   make test
@@ -413,7 +414,7 @@ elif [[ "$1" == "code.coverage" ]]; then
 elif [[ "$1" == "third_party.tags" ]]; then
   echo "gRPC=v1.49.2" > third_party_release
   echo "thrift=0.14.1" >> third_party_release
-  echo "abseil=20220623.1" >> third_party_release
+  echo "abseil=20230125.2" >> third_party_release
   git submodule foreach --quiet 'echo "$name=$(git describe --tags HEAD)"' | sed 's:.*/::' >> third_party_release
   exit 0
 fi
diff --git a/ci/install_abseil.sh b/ci/install_abseil.sh
index 7764b4d815..93d6e81e9e 100755
--- a/ci/install_abseil.sh
+++ b/ci/install_abseil.sh
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 BUILD_DIR=/tmp/
 INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/
-TAG=20220623.1
+TAG=20230125.2
 pushd $BUILD_DIR
 git clone --depth=1 -b ${TAG} https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp.git
 cd abseil-cpp
 mkdir build && pushd build
-cmake -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=11 \
+cmake -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=14 \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$INSTALL_DIR \
     ..
 make -j $(nproc)
diff --git a/third_party_release b/third_party_release
index 7290896c2d..7c86d0e156 100644
--- a/third_party_release
+++ b/third_party_release
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 gRPC=v1.49.2
 thrift=0.14.1
-abseil=20220623.1
+abseil=20230125.2
 benchmark=v1.5.3
 googletest=release-1.12.1
 ms-gsl=v3.1.0-67-g6f45293