diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 3b44517..614f557 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -3,28 +3,22 @@
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 
 http_archive(
-    name = "com_google_absl",  # 2020-10-13T16:49:13Z
-    sha256 = "00c3707bf9cd5eabd1ec6932cc65b97378c043f22573be3adf7d11bb7af17d06",
-    strip_prefix = "abseil-cpp-f3f785ab59478dd0312bf1b5df65d380650bf0dc",
-    urls = [
-        "https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/f3f785ab59478dd0312bf1b5df65d380650bf0dc.zip",
-    ],
+    name = "com_google_absl",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/7971fb358ae376e016d2d4fc9327aad95659b25e.zip"],  # 2021-05-20T02:59:16Z
+    strip_prefix = "abseil-cpp-7971fb358ae376e016d2d4fc9327aad95659b25e",
+    sha256 = "aeba534f7307e36fe084b452299e49b97420667a8d28102cf9a0daeed340b859",
 )
 
 http_archive(
-    name = "rules_cc",  # 2020-10-05T06:01:24Z
-    sha256 = "35ea62c63cd71d4000efe85f9f4f17e8afb23896c37ee9510952db2e9d8fbb70",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_cc-f055da4ff0cb2b3c73de1fe2f094ebdfb8b3acb9",
-    urls = [
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/archive/f055da4ff0cb2b3c73de1fe2f094ebdfb8b3acb9.zip",
-    ],
+  name = "rules_cc",
+  urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/archive/68cb652a71e7e7e2858c50593e5a9e3b94e5b9a9.zip"],  # 2021-05-14T14:51:14Z
+  strip_prefix = "rules_cc-68cb652a71e7e7e2858c50593e5a9e3b94e5b9a9",
+  sha256 = "1e19e9a3bc3d4ee91d7fcad00653485ee6c798efbbf9588d40b34cbfbded143d",
 )
 
 http_archive(
-    name = "rules_python",  # 2020-09-30T13:50:21Z
-    sha256 = "6e49996ad3cf45b2232b8f94ca1e3ead369c28394c51632be8d85fe826383012",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_python-c064f7008a30f307ea7516cf52358a653011f82b",
-    urls = [
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/archive/c064f7008a30f307ea7516cf52358a653011f82b.zip",
-    ],
+  name = "rules_python",
+  urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/archive/ed6cc8f2c3692a6a7f013ff8bc185ba77eb9b4d2.zip"],  # 2021-05-17T00:24:16Z
+  strip_prefix = "rules_python-ed6cc8f2c3692a6a7f013ff8bc185ba77eb9b4d2",
+  sha256 = "98b3c592faea9636ac8444bfd9de7f3fb4c60590932d6e6ac5946e3f8dbd5ff6",
 )
diff --git a/ci/linux-presubmit.sh b/ci/linux-presubmit.sh
index d02130c..6bea1cd 100644
--- a/ci/linux-presubmit.sh
+++ b/ci/linux-presubmit.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 set -euox pipefail
 
-readonly LINUX_LATEST_CONTAINER="gcr.io/google.com/absl-177019/linux_hybrid-latest:20201008"
+readonly LINUX_LATEST_CONTAINER="gcr.io/google.com/absl-177019/linux_hybrid-latest:20210525"
 readonly LINUX_GCC_FLOOR_CONTAINER="gcr.io/google.com/absl-177019/linux_gcc-floor:20201015"
 
 if [[ -z ${GTEST_ROOT:-} ]]; then
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
         --copt="-Wall" \
         --copt="-Werror" \
         --define="absl=${absl}" \
+        --distdir="/bazel-distdir" \
         --keep_going \
         --show_timestamps \
         --test_output=errors
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@
         --copt="-Wall" \
         --copt="-Werror" \
         --define="absl=${absl}" \
+        --distdir="/bazel-distdir" \
         --keep_going \
         --linkopt="--gcc-toolchain=/usr/local" \
         --show_timestamps \
diff --git a/googlemock/test/BUILD.bazel b/googlemock/test/BUILD.bazel
index 1f7bd06..efb7306 100644
--- a/googlemock/test/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/googlemock/test/BUILD.bazel
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@
         ":gmock_output_test_",
         ":gmock_output_test_golden.txt",
     ],
-    python_version = "PY2",
     tags = [
         "no_test_msvc2015",
         "no_test_msvc2017",