diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index f4f27c9..fd9364f 100644
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -1627,7 +1627,7 @@
   # environment variables.
   environ_cp = dict(os.environ)
 
-  current_bazel_version = check_bazel_version('0.19.0', '0.24.0')
+  current_bazel_version = check_bazel_version('0.22.0', '0.24.0')
   _TF_CURRENT_BAZEL_VERSION = convert_version_to_int(current_bazel_version)
 
   reset_tf_configure_bazelrc()
diff --git a/tensorflow/workspace.bzl b/tensorflow/workspace.bzl
index bc8d92b..ec03001 100755
--- a/tensorflow/workspace.bzl
+++ b/tensorflow/workspace.bzl
@@ -322,16 +322,16 @@
 
     tf_http_archive(
         name = "absl_py",
-        sha256 = "595726be4bf3f7e6d64a1a255fa03717b693c01b913768abd52649cbb7ddf2bd",
-        strip_prefix = "abseil-py-pypi-v0.7.0",
+        sha256 = "3d0f39e0920379ff1393de04b573bca3484d82a5f8b939e9e83b20b6106c9bbe",
+        strip_prefix = "abseil-py-pypi-v0.7.1",
         system_build_file = clean_dep("//third_party/systemlibs:absl_py.BUILD"),
         system_link_files = {
             "//third_party/systemlibs:absl_py.absl.flags.BUILD": "absl/flags/BUILD",
             "//third_party/systemlibs:absl_py.absl.testing.BUILD": "absl/testing/BUILD",
         },
         urls = [
-            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/abseil/abseil-py/archive/pypi-v0.7.0.tar.gz",
-            "https://github.com/abseil/abseil-py/archive/pypi-v0.7.0.tar.gz",
+            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/abseil/abseil-py/archive/pypi-v0.7.1.tar.gz",
+            "https://github.com/abseil/abseil-py/archive/pypi-v0.7.1.tar.gz",
         ],
     )