diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ffa6f08..f07d574b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ include_directories(src)
 
 add_subdirectory(third_party)
 
+# Due to packaging changes we use the combined protobuf/absl packaging if
+# available otherwise we fallback to the older protobuf method.
+# TODO: Simplify once we can require cmake 3.27 (where CONFIG is default).
 find_package(Protobuf QUIET CONFIG)
 if(NOT ${Protobuf_FOUND})
   find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED)
diff --git a/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh b/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
index 332f7c02..32ff4925 100755
--- a/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ sudo --preserve-env apt install -y \
   libprotobuf-dev \
   libprotobuf23 \
   protobuf-compiler \
-  libabsl-dev \
   clang-format \
   uuid-dev \
   default-jre \
diff --git a/third_party/abseil-cpp b/third_party/abseil-cpp
index c2435f83..c8a2f925 160000
--- a/third_party/abseil-cpp
+++ b/third_party/abseil-cpp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c2435f8342c2d0ed8101cb43adfd605fdc52dca2
+Subproject commit c8a2f92586fe9b4e1aff049108f5db8064924d8e