diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 0f10f68db0..2c503204e9 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ git_repository(
 git_repository(
     name = "com_google_absl",
     tag = "20240116.0",
+    patches = ["//patches:abseil-cpp-20240116.0.patch"],
+    patch_args = ["-p1"],
     remote = "https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp.git",
 )
 
diff --git a/bazel/scip.patch b/bazel/scip.patch
index 223bc9a27d..03e6c58e7d 100644
--- a/bazel/scip.patch
+++ b/bazel/scip.patch
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ index 2471778a8f..17fd1e8c34 100644
        if ( ival == 0 )
        {
 -         (void) google::SetVLOGLevel("*", google::GLOG_INFO);
-+   	 absl::SetFlag(&FLAGS_stderrthreshold, 2);
++           absl::SetFlag(&FLAGS_stderrthreshold, 2);
           lpi->lp_info = false;
        }
        else
        {
 -         (void) google::SetVLOGLevel("*", google::GLOG_ERROR);
-+   	 absl::SetFlag(&FLAGS_stderrthreshold, 0);
++           absl::SetFlag(&FLAGS_stderrthreshold, 0);
           lpi->lp_info = true;
        }
        break;
diff --git a/cmake/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt
index c2ec2833fb..d94a227bc2 100644
--- a/cmake/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ if(BUILD_absl)
     abseil-cpp
     GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp.git"
     GIT_TAG "20240116.0"
+    PATCH_COMMAND git apply --ignore-whitespace "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../../patches/abseil-cpp-20240116.0.patch"
   )
   FetchContent_MakeAvailable(abseil-cpp)
   list(POP_BACK CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT)
diff --git a/cmake/host.CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/host.CMakeLists.txt
index ddc0fa7e62..5a32451704 100644
--- a/cmake/host.CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/host.CMakeLists.txt
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@ FetchContent_Declare(
   absl
   GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp.git"
   GIT_TAG "20240116.0"
-  #PATCH_COMMAND git apply "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/@PATCHES_PATH@/abseil-cpp-20240116.0.patch"
-)
+  PATCH_COMMAND git apply "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/@PATCHES_PATH@/abseil-cpp-20240116.0.patch")
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(absl)
 list(POP_BACK CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT)
 message(CHECK_PASS "fetched")
diff --git a/patches/BUILD.bazel b/patches/BUILD.bazel
index 82c69a6e9d..3dd4c7ffda 100644
--- a/patches/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/patches/BUILD.bazel
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 exports_files([
+    "abseil-cpp-20240116.0.patch",
     "protobuf-v25.2.patch",
-    "pybind11_abseil.patch",
     "pybind11_bazel.patch",
-    "pybind11.patch",
     "pybind11_protobuf.patch",
+    "pybind11.patch",
 ])
diff --git a/patches/abseil-cpp-20240116.0.patch b/patches/abseil-cpp-20240116.0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ea4a662f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/abseil-cpp-20240116.0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+diff --git a/CMake/AbseilDll.cmake b/CMake/AbseilDll.cmake
+index 47f3beeb..43217c85 100644
+--- a/CMake/AbseilDll.cmake
++++ b/CMake/AbseilDll.cmake
+@@ -624,31 +624,44 @@ set(ABSL_INTERNAL_TEST_DLL_TARGETS
+
+ include(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
+
+-check_cxx_source_compiles(
+-  [==[
+-#ifdef _MSC_VER
+-#  if _MSVC_LANG < 201703L
+-#    error "The compiler defaults or is configured for C++ < 17"
+-#  endif
+-#elif __cplusplus < 201703L
+-#  error "The compiler defaults or is configured for C++ < 17"
+-#endif
+-int main() { return 0; }
+-]==]
++message(WARNING "ABSL_CXX_STANDARD: ${ABSL_CXX_STANDARD}")
++message(WARNING "CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: ${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD}")
++message(WARNING "CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED: ${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED}")
++message(WARNING "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS: ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
++
++if(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD GREATER_EQUAL 17)
++  set(ABSL_INTERNAL_AT_LEAST_CXX17 TRUE)
++else()
++  check_cxx_source_compiles(
++    [==[
++  #ifdef _MSC_VER
++  #  if _MSVC_LANG < 201703L
++  #    error "The compiler defaults or is configured for C++ < 17"
++  #  endif
++  #elif __cplusplus < 201703L
++  #  error "The compiler defaults or is configured for C++ < 17"
++  #endif
++  int main() { return 0; }
++  ]==]
+   ABSL_INTERNAL_AT_LEAST_CXX17)
++endif()
+
+-check_cxx_source_compiles(
+-  [==[
+-#ifdef _MSC_VER
+-#  if _MSVC_LANG < 202002L
+-#    error "The compiler defaults or is configured for C++ < 20"
+-#  endif
+-#elif __cplusplus < 202002L
+-#  error "The compiler defaults or is configured for C++ < 20"
+-#endif
+-int main() { return 0; }
+-]==]
++if(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD GREATER_EQUAL 20)
++  set(ABSL_INTERNAL_AT_LEAST_CXX20 TRUE)
++else()
++  check_cxx_source_compiles(
++    [==[
++  #ifdef _MSC_VER
++  #  if _MSVC_LANG < 202002L
++  #    error "The compiler defaults or is configured for C++ < 20"
++  #  endif
++  #elif __cplusplus < 202002L
++  #  error "The compiler defaults or is configured for C++ < 20"
++  #endif
++  int main() { return 0; }
++  ]==]
+   ABSL_INTERNAL_AT_LEAST_CXX20)
++endif()
+
+ if(ABSL_INTERNAL_AT_LEAST_CXX20)
+   set(ABSL_INTERNAL_CXX_STD_FEATURE cxx_std_20)
+@@ -656,6 +669,7 @@ elseif(ABSL_INTERNAL_AT_LEAST_CXX17)
+   set(ABSL_INTERNAL_CXX_STD_FEATURE cxx_std_17)
+ else()
+   set(ABSL_INTERNAL_CXX_STD_FEATURE cxx_std_14)
++  message(FATAL_ERROR "Should not pass here !!!")
+ endif()
+
+ function(absl_internal_dll_contains)
+
diff --git a/patches/scip-v810.patch b/patches/scip-v810.patch
index ead07e034a..257e365993 100644
--- a/patches/scip-v810.patch
+++ b/patches/scip-v810.patch
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ index 2471778a8f..17fd1e8c34 100644
        if ( ival == 0 )
        {
 -         (void) google::SetVLOGLevel("*", google::GLOG_INFO);
-+   	 absl::SetFlag(&FLAGS_stderrthreshold, 2);
++   	      absl::SetFlag(&FLAGS_stderrthreshold, 2);
           lpi->lp_info = false;
        }
        else
        {
 -         (void) google::SetVLOGLevel("*", google::GLOG_ERROR);
-+   	 absl::SetFlag(&FLAGS_stderrthreshold, 0);
++           absl::SetFlag(&FLAGS_stderrthreshold, 0);
           lpi->lp_info = true;
        }
        break;
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ index 2471778a8f..17fd1e8c34 100644
 +   if ( ! WriteProtoToFile(filespec, proto, operations_research::ProtoWriteFormat::kProtoText, true).ok() )
     {
        SCIPerrorMessage("Could not write <%s>\n", fname);
-       return SCIP_READERROR;
\ No newline at end of file
+       return SCIP_READERROR;