diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 4522b0fd..6e401219 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # Build in C++17 mode without a custom CROSSTOOL
 build --cxxopt=-std=c++17 --host_cxxopt=-std=c++17
+common --noenable_bzlmod
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 3e4628e0..eb7c8dea 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -14,22 +14,38 @@
 
 workspace(name = "com_google_sandboxed_api")
 
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:utils.bzl", "maybe")
+
+# Bazel rules_python
+maybe(
+    http_archive,
+    name = "rules_python",
+    sha256 = "5f5855c2a8af8fa9e09ed26720ed921f1a119f27cb041c5c137c8a5d3c8d9c55",  # 2024-04-05
+    strip_prefix = "rules_python-4a615bec59b51d9d5f0675ec312c5b84e2eb792c",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/archive/4a615bec59b51d9d5f0675ec312c5b84e2eb792c.zip"],
+)
+
+load("@rules_python//python:repositories.bzl", "py_repositories")
+
+py_repositories()
+
 load("//sandboxed_api/bazel:sapi_deps.bzl", "sapi_deps")
 
 # Load Sandboxed API dependencies
 sapi_deps()
 
 load("@bazel_skylib//lib:versions.bzl", "versions")
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
+versions.check(minimum_bazel_version = "5.1.0")
+
+load("@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_deps.bzl", "protobuf_deps")
+
+protobuf_deps()
+
 load(
     "//sandboxed_api/bazel:llvm_config.bzl",
     "llvm_disable_optional_support_deps",
 )
-load("@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_deps.bzl", "protobuf_deps")
-
-versions.check(minimum_bazel_version = "5.1.0")
-
-protobuf_deps()
 
 llvm_disable_optional_support_deps()
 
diff --git a/cmake/abseil-cpp.cmake b/cmake/abseil-cpp.cmake
index e89df425..cc9d9fdf 100644
--- a/cmake/abseil-cpp.cmake
+++ b/cmake/abseil-cpp.cmake
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 FetchContent_Declare(absl
-  URL https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/8ebad34c3fa54a9ad2f46ca8cab98e75c4f750bf.zip  # 2023-08-24
-  URL_HASH SHA256=1ca4c7431b0818a10507af8eac34a1873e4e786a18ecd3f04d8faf3a0874e8bb
+  URL https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/61e47a454c81eb07147b0315485f476513cc1230.zip  # 2024-04-05
+  URL_HASH SHA256=9ba0e97acf7026f7479e24967866ba9560cf3256304b6c8932d2b1ab7d0dfcd2
 )
 set(ABSL_CXX_STANDARD ${SAPI_CXX_STANDARD} CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 set(ABSL_PROPAGATE_CXX_STD ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
diff --git a/cmake/protobuf.cmake b/cmake/protobuf.cmake
index 98c7fbfe..aa41f8a1 100644
--- a/cmake/protobuf.cmake
+++ b/cmake/protobuf.cmake
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 FetchContent_Declare(protobuf
-  URL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v23.4/protobuf-23.4.tar.gz
-  URL_HASH SHA256=a700a49470d301f1190a487a923b5095bf60f08f4ae4cac9f5f7c36883d17971
+  URL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v26.1/protobuf-26.1.tar.gz  # 2024-03-27
+  URL_HASH SHA256=4fc5ff1b2c339fb86cd3a25f0b5311478ab081e65ad258c6789359cd84d421f8
 )
 
 set(protobuf_ABSL_PROVIDER "package" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
diff --git a/sandboxed_api/bazel/sapi_deps.bzl b/sandboxed_api/bazel/sapi_deps.bzl
index 66b46a5d..65757adf 100644
--- a/sandboxed_api/bazel/sapi_deps.bzl
+++ b/sandboxed_api/bazel/sapi_deps.bzl
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ def sapi_deps():
     maybe(
         http_archive,
         name = "com_google_absl",
-        sha256 = "1ca4c7431b0818a10507af8eac34a1873e4e786a18ecd3f04d8faf3a0874e8bb",  # 2023-08-24
-        strip_prefix = "abseil-cpp-8ebad34c3fa54a9ad2f46ca8cab98e75c4f750bf",
-        urls = ["https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/8ebad34c3fa54a9ad2f46ca8cab98e75c4f750bf.zip"],
+        sha256 = "9ba0e97acf7026f7479e24967866ba9560cf3256304b6c8932d2b1ab7d0dfcd2",  # 2024-04-05
+        strip_prefix = "abseil-cpp-61e47a454c81eb07147b0315485f476513cc1230",
+        urls = ["https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/61e47a454c81eb07147b0315485f476513cc1230.zip"],
     )
     maybe(
         http_archive,
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ def sapi_deps():
     maybe(
         http_archive,
         name = "com_google_protobuf",
-        sha256 = "a700a49470d301f1190a487a923b5095bf60f08f4ae4cac9f5f7c36883d17971",  # 2023-07-06
-        strip_prefix = "protobuf-23.4",
-        urls = ["https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v23.4/protobuf-23.4.tar.gz"],
+        sha256 = "4fc5ff1b2c339fb86cd3a25f0b5311478ab081e65ad258c6789359cd84d421f8",  # 2024-03-27
+        strip_prefix = "protobuf-26.1",
+        urls = ["https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v26.1/protobuf-26.1.tar.gz"],
     )
 
     # libcap