diff --git a/bazel/repository.bzl b/bazel/repository.bzl
index f93fd1fc61..b2ce3115a5 100644
--- a/bazel/repository.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repository.bzl
@@ -55,23 +55,12 @@ def opentelemetry_cpp_deps():
 
     # Load abseil dependency(optional)
     maybe(
-        #
-        # Important note:
-        #
-        # The bazel build uses abseil-cpp-20230802.2 here,
-        # while CMake uses more recent versions.
-        #
-        # bazel with abseil-cpp-20240116.2 : build failures in CI
-        # bazel with abseil-cpp-20240116.1 : build failures in CI
-        #
-        # TODO: Fix issue #2619
-        #
         http_archive,
         name = "com_google_absl",
-        sha256 = "7c11539617af1f332f0854a6fb21e296a1b29c27d03f23c7b49d4adefcd102cc",
-        strip_prefix = "abseil-cpp-20230802.2",
+        sha256 = "3c743204df78366ad2eaf236d6631d83f6bc928d1705dd0000b872e53b73dc6a",
+        strip_prefix = "abseil-cpp-20240116.1",
         urls = [
-            "https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/refs/tags/20230802.2.tar.gz",
+            "https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/refs/tags/20240116.1.tar.gz",
         ],
     )