diff --git a/conda/recipe/meta.yaml b/conda/recipe/meta.yaml
index 7ea781dedc2..0463691b8bb 100644
--- a/conda/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ requirements:
     # dali-opencv we that depends on libtiff also depends on libwebp-base (silently)
     # we link it statically so it doesn't carry the dependency, so we need to add it manually
     - libwebp-base
-    # libprotobuf-static we link statically depends on libabseil so we need to add it to a runtime
-    # dependency
-    - libabseil
+    # libprotobuf-static we link statically depends on libabseil so add it here as a runtime
+    # dependency to install rigth version on the libabseil
+    - libprotobuf-static
     - openjpeg
     - cfitsio
     - astunparse >=1.6.0