diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index dca8611c..df740306 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -78,7 +78,18 @@ use_repo(
     "stablehlo",
 )
 
-bazel_dep(name = "abseil-cpp", version = "20260107.1", repo_name = "com_google_absl")
+bazel_dep(name = "abseil-cpp", version = "20260526.0", repo_name = "com_google_absl")
+
+# abseil-cpp 20260526.0 (required by torch_tpu) is declared incompatible with
+# all previous releases: its module metadata dropped `compatibility_level = 1`,
+# and bzlmod refuses to mix compatibility levels. Force all dependencies onto
+# this version until an abseil release restores the compatibility level
+# (https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/pull/2063 dropped it without
+# explanation), after which the plain bazel_dep above suffices.
+single_version_override(
+    module_name = "abseil-cpp",
+    version = "20260526.0",
+)
 
 # OSS crypto for global_registry_client.cc SHA256.
 bazel_dep(name = "boringssl", version = "0.20240913.0")