diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f001148..f62c640 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ endif()
 if(NOT absl_FOUND)
   set(BLOATY_BUILD_TESTING_SAVE "${BUILD_TESTING}")
   set(BUILD_TESTING OFF)
+  set(ABSL_MSVC_STATIC_RUNTIME ON)
   add_subdirectory(third_party/abseil-cpp)
   set(BUILD_TESTING "${BLOATY_BUILD_TESTING_SAVE}")
 endif()
diff --git a/third_party/abseil-cpp b/third_party/abseil-cpp
index a9831f1..40a975f 160000
--- a/third_party/abseil-cpp
+++ b/third_party/abseil-cpp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a9831f1cbf93fb18dd951453635f488037454ce9
+Subproject commit 40a975ff1e6e19f65846c9700d7371de1672ee16