diff --git a/gRPC-C++.podspec b/gRPC-C++.podspec
index 289f5016df9..573296bbb4c 100644
--- a/gRPC-C++.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-C++.podspec
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     ss.header_mappings_dir = '.'
     ss.dependency "#{s.name}/Interface", version
     ss.dependency 'gRPC-Core', version
-    abseil_version = '0.20190808.1'
+    abseil_version = '0.20200225.0'
     ss.dependency 'abseil/container/inlined_vector', abseil_version
     ss.dependency 'abseil/memory/memory', abseil_version
     ss.dependency 'abseil/strings/str_format', abseil_version
diff --git a/gRPC-Core.podspec b/gRPC-Core.podspec
index d1eb9401223..78688ddc1ab 100644
--- a/gRPC-Core.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-Core.podspec
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     ss.libraries = 'z'
     ss.dependency "#{s.name}/Interface", version
     ss.dependency 'BoringSSL-GRPC', '0.0.7'
-    abseil_version = '0.20190808.1'
+    abseil_version = '0.20200225.0'
     ss.dependency 'abseil/container/inlined_vector', abseil_version
     ss.dependency 'abseil/memory/memory', abseil_version
     ss.dependency 'abseil/strings/str_format', abseil_version
diff --git a/templates/gRPC-C++.podspec.template b/templates/gRPC-C++.podspec.template
index a3dfcf38e22..64d639a7399 100644
--- a/templates/gRPC-C++.podspec.template
+++ b/templates/gRPC-C++.podspec.template
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
       ss.header_mappings_dir = '.'
       ss.dependency "#{s.name}/Interface", version
       ss.dependency 'gRPC-Core', version
-      abseil_version = '0.20190808.1'
+      abseil_version = '0.20200225.0'
       % for abseil_spec in grpcpp_abseil_specs:
       ss.dependency '${abseil_spec}', abseil_version
       % endfor
diff --git a/templates/gRPC-Core.podspec.template b/templates/gRPC-Core.podspec.template
index 30d22cebf34..40359f8ed3f 100644
--- a/templates/gRPC-Core.podspec.template
+++ b/templates/gRPC-Core.podspec.template
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
       ss.libraries = 'z'
       ss.dependency "#{s.name}/Interface", version
       ss.dependency 'BoringSSL-GRPC', '0.0.7'
-      abseil_version = '0.20190808.1'
+      abseil_version = '0.20200225.0'
       % for abseil_spec in grpc_abseil_specs:
       ss.dependency '${abseil_spec}', abseil_version
       % endfor