diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f6e764a2..94fa12f4 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "external/abseil-cpp"]
 	path = external/abseil-cpp
 	url = https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp
-	branch = lts_2019_08_08
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/external/abseil-cpp b/external/abseil-cpp
index aa844899..0f86336b 160000
--- a/external/abseil-cpp
+++ b/external/abseil-cpp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit aa844899c937bde5d2b24f276b59997e5b668bde
+Subproject commit 0f86336b6939ea673cc1cbe29189286cae67d63a