diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index ef3f331f9a9856..bd1634e2a9bf39 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -625,6 +625,12 @@ dist_http_archive(
     name = "com_github_grpc_grpc",
 )
 
+# Override the abseil-cpp version defined in grpc_deps(), which doesn't work on latest macOS
+# Fixes https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/15168
+dist_http_archive(
+    name = "com_google_absl",
+)
+
 # Projects using gRPC as an external dependency must call both grpc_deps() and
 # grpc_extra_deps().
 load("@com_github_grpc_grpc//bazel:grpc_deps.bzl", "grpc_deps")
diff --git a/distdir_deps.bzl b/distdir_deps.bzl
index c4659c72b048fa..2ffd17f52892bb 100644
--- a/distdir_deps.bzl
+++ b/distdir_deps.bzl
@@ -167,17 +167,18 @@ DIST_DEPS = {
             "test_WORKSPACE_files",
         ],
     },
-    "abseil-cpp": {
-        "archive": "997aaf3a28308eba1b9156aa35ab7bca9688e9f6.tar.gz",
-        "sha256": "35f22ef5cb286f09954b7cc4c85b5a3f6221c9d4df6b8c4a1e9d399555b366ee",
+    "com_google_absl": {
+        "archive": "20211102.0.tar.gz",
+        "sha256": "dcf71b9cba8dc0ca9940c4b316a0c796be8fab42b070bb6b7cab62b48f0e66c4",
         "urls": [
-            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/997aaf3a28308eba1b9156aa35ab7bca9688e9f6.tar.gz",
-            "https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/997aaf3a28308eba1b9156aa35ab7bca9688e9f6.tar.gz",
+            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/refs/tags/20211102.0.tar.gz",
+            "https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/refs/tags/20211102.0.tar.gz",
         ],
         "used_in": [
             "additional_distfiles",
             "test_WORKSPACE_files",
         ],
+        "strip_prefix": "abseil-cpp-20211102.0",
     },
     "zstd-jni": {
         "archive": "v1.5.0-4.zip",