diff --git a/projects/protobuf.dev/package.yml b/projects/protobuf.dev/package.yml
index d7aeb3fa..834b7213 100644
--- a/projects/protobuf.dev/package.yml
+++ b/projects/protobuf.dev/package.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ versions:
 
 dependencies:
   zlib.net: ^1
-  abseil.io: '>=20230800<20230900'  # FIXME: how? it links to e.g. libabsl_bad_any_cast_impl.so.2308.0.0
+  abseil.io: ^20240116 # FIXME: how? it links to e.g. libabsl_bad_any_cast_impl.so.2308.0.0
 
 build:
   dependencies: