diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f266e9ca7..60f8f755b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ else()
   # For some reason unknown to me having the version number in the
   # find_package call fails. So we check for he minimum version
   # manually.
-  if (absl_VERSION VERSION_LESS 20240116.2)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "The version of abseil installed on the system is " ${absl_VERSION} " need at least 20240116.2")
+  if (absl_VERSION VERSION_LESS 20240116)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "The version of abseil installed on the system is " ${absl_VERSION} " need at least 20240116")
   endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index aedb0dd5b..e8e41c777 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+
 # MODULE.bazel
 
-bazel_dep(name = "abseil-cpp", version = "20240116.2")
+bazel_dep(name = "abseil-cpp", version = "20240116.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "googletest", version = "1.14.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "eigen", version = "3.4.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "google_benchmark", version = "1.8.4")
diff --git a/bazel/ceres.bzl b/bazel/ceres.bzl
index b0e4c5caa..029cb5234 100644
--- a/bazel/ceres.bzl
+++ b/bazel/ceres.bzl
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ CERES_SRCS = ["internal/ceres/" + filename for filename in [
     "eigensparse.cc",
     "evaluation_callback.cc",
     "evaluator.cc",
+    "event_logger.cc",
     "file.cc",
     "first_order_function.cc",
-    "float_suitesparse.cc",
     "function_sample.cc",
     "gradient_checker.cc",
     "gradient_checking_cost_function.cc",
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ CERES_SRCS = ["internal/ceres/" + filename for filename in [
     "sparse_cholesky.cc",
     "sparse_matrix.cc",
     "sparse_normal_cholesky_solver.cc",
-    "stringprintf.cc",
     "subset_preconditioner.cc",
     "suitesparse.cc",
     "thread_pool.cc",
@@ -134,7 +133,6 @@ CERES_SRCS = ["internal/ceres/" + filename for filename in [
     "types.cc",
     "visibility_based_preconditioner.cc",
     "visibility.cc",
-    "wall_time.cc",
 ]]
 
 # TODO(rodrigoq): add support to configure Ceres into various permutations,