diff --git a/gnu/packages/cpp.scm b/gnu/packages/cpp.scm
index 4aecf9f766d..f76f89f91ed 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cpp.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cpp.scm
@@ -2133,7 +2133,7 @@ point and then, after each tween step, plugging back the result.")
                 (("check_target\\(gtest_main\\)") "")
                 (("check_target\\(gmock\\)") "")))))))
     (native-inputs
-     (list googletest))
+     (list googletest-1.12))
     (home-page "https://abseil.io")
     (synopsis "Augmented C++ standard library")
     (description "Abseil is a collection of C++ library code designed to
@@ -2146,7 +2146,7 @@ Google's C++ code base.")
     (package
       (inherit base)
       (name "abseil-cpp")
-      (version "20250127.1")
+      (version "20250814.1")
       (source (origin
                 (method git-fetch)
                 (uri (git-reference
@@ -2155,7 +2155,7 @@ Google's C++ code base.")
                 (file-name (git-file-name name version))
                 (sha256
                  (base32
-                  "0r2j360csym12jlgmcy92rgwdmng63shchxvfmln3j5402lv0g21"))
+                  "1wm2271hwy2pnfv9b5iy0y9xvbhiwffdf9i6s3dn89k630wh6928"))
                 (patches
                  (search-patches "abseil-cpp-20220623.1-no-kepsilon-i686.patch"))))
       (arguments
@@ -2179,7 +2179,28 @@ Google's C++ code base.")
                               (setenv "CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE" "1")
                               (invoke "ctest" "-E"
                                       "absl_symbolize_test|absl_log_format_test")))))
-                     #~()))))))))
+                     #~())))))
+      (native-inputs
+       (modify-inputs (package-native-inputs base)
+         (replace "googletest" googletest))))))
+
+(define-public abseil-cpp-20250127
+  (let ((base abseil-cpp))
+    (package
+      (inherit base)
+      (name "abseil-cpp")
+      (version "20250127.1")
+      (source (origin
+                (method git-fetch)
+                (uri (git-reference
+                      (url "https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp")
+                      (commit version)))
+                (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+                (sha256
+                 (base32
+                  "0r2j360csym12jlgmcy92rgwdmng63shchxvfmln3j5402lv0g21"))
+                (patches
+                 (search-patches "abseil-cpp-20220623.1-no-kepsilon-i686.patch")))))))
 
 (define (abseil-cpp-for-c++-standard base version)
   (hidden-package
diff --git a/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm b/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm
index 819f248bd16..50e2efe8962 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm
@@ -1904,7 +1904,7 @@ with a single function call.")
                #:outputs `(("out" . ,#$output:python)))))))))
     (outputs (list "out" "python"))
     (inputs
-     (list abseil-cpp
+     (list abseil-cpp-20250127
            boost
            cpuinfo
            dlpack
diff --git a/gnu/packages/mpd.scm b/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
index 9643990f95d..f8341dba55b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ MPD servers, search and multimedia key support.")
 (define-public ashuffle
   (package
     (name "ashuffle")
-    (version "3.13.4")
+    (version "3.14.9")
     (source (origin
               (method git-fetch)
               (uri (git-reference
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ MPD servers, search and multimedia key support.")
               (file-name (git-file-name name version))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "09dvar0aglyy2h9y115ymgryd8l6npc2y2ccdzij0b70f47ncqmf"))))
+                "06n0mk8cxsw5ycmzxmvwykz7pf6k67qj5g1l8jjwckn7289ll3ba"))))
     (native-inputs (list pkg-config))
     (inputs
      (list abseil-cpp-cxxstd17
@@ -463,7 +463,13 @@ MPD servers, search and multimedia key support.")
            #~'("-Dtests=enabled"
                "-Dunsupported_use_system_absl=true"
                "-Dunsupported_use_system_gtest=true"
-               "-Dunsupported_use_system_yamlcpp=true")))
+               "-Dunsupported_use_system_yamlcpp=true")
+           #:phases
+           #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
+               (add-after 'unpack 'fix-dependencies
+                 (lambda _
+                   (substitute* "meson.build"
+                     (("'absl_low_level_hash',") "")))))))
     (home-page "https://github.com/joshkunz/ashuffle")
     (synopsis "Automatic library-wide shuffle for mpd")
     (description "ashuffle is an application for automatically shuffling your