diff --git a/bazel/repositories.bzl b/bazel/repositories.bzl
index 60a48548c..12a375595 100644
--- a/bazel/repositories.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repositories.bzl
@@ -82,7 +82,21 @@ def proxy_wasm_cpp_host_repositories():
         patch_args = ["-p1"],
     )
 
-    # Core.
+    # Core deps. Keep them updated.
+
+    # Note: we depend on Abseil via rules_fuzzing. Remove this pin when we update that.
+    #
+    # This is the latest LTS release, which picks up:
+    # - Build fix: https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/pull/1187
+    # - A bugfix found in local fuzzing:
+    #   https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/commit/e7858c73279d81cbc005d9c76a385ab535520635
+    maybe(
+        http_archive,
+        name = "com_google_absl",
+        sha256 = "733726b8c3a6d39a4120d7e45ea8b41a434cdacde401cba500f14236c49b39dc",
+        strip_prefix = "abseil-cpp-20240116.2",
+        urls = ["https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/20240116.2.tar.gz"],
+    )
 
     maybe(
         http_archive,