diff --git a/recipes/abseil/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/abseil/all/conanfile.py
index 1d57cb0be91b0..63163e7c8ae9b 100644
--- a/recipes/abseil/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/abseil/all/conanfile.py
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ def _compilers_minimum_version(self):
             },
         }.get(self._min_cppstd, {})
 
+    def build_requirements(self):
+        self.tool_requires("cmake/[>=3.16 <4]")
+
     def export_sources(self):
         copy(self, "abi_trick/*", self.recipe_folder, self.export_sources_folder)
         export_conandata_patches(self)