diff --git a/bazel/repository_locations.bzl b/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
index 16fa71612e5af..479cbf6f3926f 100644
--- a/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
@@ -150,12 +150,12 @@ REPOSITORY_LOCATIONS_SPEC = dict(
         project_name = "Abseil",
         project_desc = "Open source collection of C++ libraries drawn from the most fundamental pieces of Google’s internal codebase",
         project_url = "https://abseil.io/",
-        version = "8317b9a01cbc32594ad4bf971709c97cb13ec921",
-        sha256 = "f772811a2d5dff79da54e24d6d4f5f5bc06d49e4d4ef4107f74a6c361edada99",
+        version = "9bff2a9302a8dbf91712fc215eb2e2cf8ec234e7",
+        sha256 = "ae959138730b55b3fb968d3c357e740e7ffdeab4648dc3eb28843a1e9fa56b57",
         strip_prefix = "abseil-cpp-{version}",
         urls = ["https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/{version}.tar.gz"],
         use_category = ["dataplane_core", "controlplane"],
-        release_date = "2022-10-06",
+        release_date = "2022-12-07",
         cpe = "N/A",
         license = "Apache-2.0",
         license_url = "https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/blob/{version}/LICENSE",
diff --git a/mobile/bazel/abseil.patch b/mobile/bazel/abseil.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 51bd90fa6e232..0000000000000
--- a/mobile/bazel/abseil.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- absl/time/internal/cctz/BUILD.bazel
-+++ absl/time/internal/cctz/BUILD.bazel
-@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ cc_library(
-     ],
-     linkopts = select({
-         ":osx": [
--            "-framework Foundation",
-+            # "-framework Foundation",
-         ],
-         ":ios": [
-             "-framework Foundation",
diff --git a/mobile/bazel/envoy_mobile_repositories.bzl b/mobile/bazel/envoy_mobile_repositories.bzl
index f53eaaeb3d699..9f0223cb45e90 100644
--- a/mobile/bazel/envoy_mobile_repositories.bzl
+++ b/mobile/bazel/envoy_mobile_repositories.bzl
@@ -38,19 +38,6 @@ def upstream_envoy_overrides():
         build_file_content = """filegroup(name = "all", srcs = glob(["**"]), visibility = ["//visibility:public"])""",
     )
 
-    # Patch upstream Abseil to prevent Foundation dependency from leaking into Android builds.
-    # Workaround for https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/issues/326.
-    # TODO: Should be removed in https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy-mobile/issues/136 once rules_android
-    # supports platform toolchains.
-    http_archive(
-        name = "com_google_absl",
-        patches = ["@envoy_mobile//bazel:abseil.patch"],
-        sha256 = "3a0bb3d2e6f53352526a8d1a7e7b5749c68cd07f2401766a404fb00d2853fa49",
-        strip_prefix = "abseil-cpp-4bbdb026899fea9f882a95cbd7d6a4adaf49b2dd",
-        # 2022-07-05
-        urls = ["https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/4bbdb026899fea9f882a95cbd7d6a4adaf49b2dd.tar.gz"],
-    )
-
     # This should be kept in sync with Envoy itself, we just need to apply this patch
     # Remove this once https://boringssl-review.googlesource.com/c/boringssl/+/37804 is in master-with-bazel
     http_archive(
diff --git a/source/common/http/status.cc b/source/common/http/status.cc
index 2ce7e3318253e..c3500fcae9f9d 100644
--- a/source/common/http/status.cc
+++ b/source/common/http/status.cc
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ struct PrematureResponsePayload : public EnvoyStatusPayload {
 };
 
 template <typename T> void storePayload(absl::Status& status, const T& payload) {
-  absl::Cord cord(absl::string_view(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&payload), sizeof(payload)));
+  const T* allocated = new T(payload);
+  const absl::string_view sv =
+      absl::string_view(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(allocated), sizeof(allocated));
+  absl::Cord cord = absl::MakeCordFromExternal(sv, [allocated]() { delete allocated; });
   cord.Flatten(); // Flatten ahead of time for easier access later.
   status.SetPayload(EnvoyPayloadUrl, std::move(cord));
 }