diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/default.nix
index 95d1b873edd..f724c2e0acf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/default.nix
@@ -2,15 +2,19 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "abseil-cpp";
-  version = "20200225.2";
+  version = "20200923.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "abseil";
     repo = "abseil-cpp";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "0dwxg54pv6ihphbia0iw65r64whd7v8nm4wwhcz219642cgpv54y";
+    sha256 = "1p4djhm1f011ficbjjxx3n8428p8481p20j4glpaawnpsi362hkl";
   };
 
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17"
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   meta = with lib; {