diff --git a/extern/vcpkg-overlays/abseil/portfile.cmake b/extern/vcpkg-overlays/abseil/portfile.cmake
index 69dd88581..e76d964a4 100644
--- a/extern/vcpkg-overlays/abseil/portfile.cmake
+++ b/extern/vcpkg-overlays/abseil/portfile.cmake
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ vcpkg_cmake_configure(
     DISABLE_PARALLEL_CONFIGURE
     OPTIONS
         -DABSL_PROPAGATE_CXX_STD=OFF
+        -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=14
         ${ABSL_USE_CXX17_OPTION}
         ${ABSL_STATIC_RUNTIME_OPTION}
 )