diff --git a/bazel/cel-cpp.patch b/bazel/cel-cpp.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index aee357153fdf..000000000000
--- a/bazel/cel-cpp.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/eval/public/containers/field_backed_map_impl.cc b/eval/public/containers/field_backed_map_impl.cc
-index cd56f51..4d2a546 100644
---- a/eval/public/containers/field_backed_map_impl.cc
-+++ b/eval/public/containers/field_backed_map_impl.cc
-@@ -117,7 +117,9 @@ int FieldBackedMapImpl::size() const {
- const CelList* FieldBackedMapImpl::ListKeys() const { return key_list_.get(); }
- 
- absl::optional<CelValue> FieldBackedMapImpl::operator[](CelValue key) const {
--#ifdef GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_HAS_CEL_MAP_REFLECTION_FRIEND
-+#ifdef XXX_GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_HAS_CEL_MAP_REFLECTION_FRIEND
-+  static_assert(false);
-+
-   // Fast implementation.
-   google::protobuf::MapKey inner_key;
-   switch (key.type()) {
-@@ -171,7 +173,7 @@ absl::optional<CelValue> FieldBackedMapImpl::operator[](CelValue key) const {
-     return CreateErrorValue(arena_, status.message());
-   }
-   return result;
--#else   // GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_HAS_CEL_MAP_REFLECTION_FRIEND
-+#else   // XXX_GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_HAS_CEL_MAP_REFLECTION_FRIEND
-   // Slow implementation.
-   CelValue result = CelValue::CreateNull();
-   CelValue inner_key = CelValue::CreateNull();
-@@ -228,7 +230,7 @@ absl::optional<CelValue> FieldBackedMapImpl::operator[](CelValue key) const {
-   }
- 
-   return {};
--#endif  // GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_HAS_CEL_MAP_REFLECTION_FRIEND
-+#endif  // XXX_GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_HAS_CEL_MAP_REFLECTION_FRIEND
- }
- 
- }  // namespace runtime
diff --git a/bazel/repositories.bzl b/bazel/repositories.bzl
index db873d30c16f..7020233f98ee 100644
--- a/bazel/repositories.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repositories.bzl
@@ -351,15 +351,7 @@ def _com_github_zlib_ng_zlib_ng():
     )
 
 def _com_google_cel_cpp():
-    external_http_archive(
-        "com_google_cel_cpp",
-        patch_args = ["-p1"],
-        # Patches to remove "fast" protobuf-internal access
-        # The patch can be removed when the "fast" access is safe to be enabled back.
-        # This requires public visibility of Reflection::LookupMapValue in protobuf and
-        # any release of cel-cpp after 10/27/2020.
-        patches = ["@envoy//bazel:cel-cpp.patch"],
-    )
+    external_http_archive("com_google_cel_cpp")
     external_http_archive("rules_antlr")
 
     # Parser dependencies
diff --git a/bazel/repository_locations.bzl b/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
index 34f848dd9209..8d550a63cc2e 100644
--- a/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
@@ -707,8 +707,8 @@ REPOSITORY_LOCATIONS_SPEC = dict(
         project_name = "Common Expression Language (CEL) C++ library",
         project_desc = "Common Expression Language (CEL) C++ library",
         project_url = "https://opensource.google/projects/cel",
-        version = "47244a458e7739ad38e178a3f3892d197de4a574",
-        sha256 = "51b1af23cb703a94d18fe7a5e2696f96cde5bc35a279c6c844e6363aea3982fb",
+        version = "9841e3ee251f3cc4cd5b6dd9deee6818bc9f2854",
+        sha256 = "7e42cbad7d1068d6e7891ad101e2863e727692136d6b3a817c487b3cc7bcfdcc",
         strip_prefix = "cel-cpp-{version}",
         urls = ["https://github.com/google/cel-cpp/archive/{version}.tar.gz"],
         use_category = ["dataplane_ext"],
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ REPOSITORY_LOCATIONS_SPEC = dict(
             "envoy.filters.network.wasm",
             "envoy.stat_sinks.wasm",
         ],
-        release_date = "2020-10-25",
+        release_date = "2020-12-17",
         cpe = "N/A",
     ),
     com_github_google_flatbuffers = dict(