diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index b69578b..81b3826 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 # Abseil
 http_archive(
-     name = "com_google_absl",
-     urls = ["https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/master.zip"],
-     strip_prefix = "abseil-cpp-master",
+      name = "com_google_absl",
+      urls = ["https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/d9aa92d7fb324314f9df487ac23d32a25650b742.zip"],  # 2019-08-13T18:21:13Z
+      strip_prefix = "abseil-cpp-d9aa92d7fb324314f9df487ac23d32a25650b742",
+      sha256 = "caf4c323eb6211397df96dd5ff96e46c7e5dd77c74d3daed2181f87868159eca",
 )
diff --git a/ci/build-linux-bazel.sh b/ci/build-linux-bazel.sh
index 3f1c784..ae8fb75 100755
--- a/ci/build-linux-bazel.sh
+++ b/ci/build-linux-bazel.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
+bazel version
 bazel build --curses=no //...:all
 bazel test --curses=no //...:all
 bazel test --curses=no //...:all --define absl=1