diff --git a/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-22.5.ebuild b/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-22.5.ebuild
index f6f6f23de0a43..ff582edbc1980 100644
--- a/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-22.5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-22.5.ebuild
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 BDEPEND="emacs? ( app-editors/emacs:* )"
 DEPEND="
-	<dev-cpp/abseil-cpp-20240116.2:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-cpp/abseil-cpp-20230125:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	<dev-cpp/abseil-cpp-20240116.2:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP},test?]
+	>=dev-cpp/abseil-cpp-20230125:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP},test?]
 	zlib? ( sys-libs/zlib[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	test? ( >=dev-cpp/gtest-1.9[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 "
diff --git a/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-23.3-r2.ebuild b/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-23.3-r2.ebuild
index e629850b71ed3..88af8ad53ef99 100644
--- a/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-23.3-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-23.3-r2.ebuild
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 BDEPEND="emacs? ( app-editors/emacs:* )"
 DEPEND="
-	<dev-cpp/abseil-cpp-20240116.2:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-cpp/abseil-cpp-20230125.3:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	<dev-cpp/abseil-cpp-20240116.2:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP},test?]
+	>=dev-cpp/abseil-cpp-20230125.3:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP},test?]
 	zlib? ( sys-libs/zlib[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	test? ( >=dev-cpp/gtest-1.9[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 "