diff --git a/images/benchmarks/absl/Dockerfile.x86_64 b/images/benchmarks/absl/Dockerfile.x86_64
index adaf9b03e..065111931 100644
--- a/images/benchmarks/absl/Dockerfile.x86_64
+++ b/images/benchmarks/absl/Dockerfile.x86_64
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ RUN set -x \
             python3 \
         && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-RUN wget https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/0.27.0/bazel-0.27.0-installer-linux-x86_64.sh
-RUN chmod +x bazel-0.27.0-installer-linux-x86_64.sh
-RUN ./bazel-0.27.0-installer-linux-x86_64.sh
+RUN wget https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/7.3.2/bazel-7.3.2-installer-linux-x86_64.sh
+RUN chmod +x bazel-7.3.2-installer-linux-x86_64.sh
+RUN ./bazel-7.3.2-installer-linux-x86_64.sh
 
 RUN mkdir abseil-cpp && cd abseil-cpp \
     && git init && git remote add origin https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp.git \
-    && git fetch --depth 1 origin 43ef2148c0936ebf7cb4be6b19927a9d9d145b8f && git checkout FETCH_HEAD
+    && git fetch --depth 1 origin 79e414672f447ac1b27f8cb27ad61df315a3792b && git checkout FETCH_HEAD
diff --git a/test/benchmarks/fs/bazel_test.go b/test/benchmarks/fs/bazel_test.go
index 2f0f56fe1..e7e13ed5c 100644
--- a/test/benchmarks/fs/bazel_test.go
+++ b/test/benchmarks/fs/bazel_test.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func runBuildBenchmark(b *testing.B, image, workDir, target string) {
 	fsbench.RunWithDifferentFilesystems(ctx, b, machine, fsbench.FSBenchmark{
 		Image:      image,
 		WorkDir:    workDir,
-		RunCmd:     []string{"bazel", "build", "-c", "opt", target},
+		RunCmd:     []string{"bazel", "build", "-c", "opt", "--host_cxxopt=-std=c++14", "--cxxopt=-std=c++14", target},
 		WantOutput: "Build completed successfully",
 		CleanCmd:   []string{"blaze", "clean"},
 	})