diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/onnx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/onnx/default.nix
index 0f9b290cc28d..4d4b587314d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/onnx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/onnx/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 , pythonOlder
 , tabulate
 , typing-extensions
+, abseil-cpp
 }:
 
 let
@@ -36,6 +37,10 @@ in buildPythonPackage rec {
     pybind11
   ];
 
+  buildInputs = [
+    abseil-cpp
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     protobuf
     numpy
@@ -61,6 +66,10 @@ in buildPythonPackage rec {
       --replace 'include(googletest)' ""
     substituteInPlace cmake/unittest.cmake \
       --replace 'googletest)' ')'
+
+    # remove this override in 1.15 that will enable to set the CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD with cmakeFlags
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace 'CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11' 'CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17'
   '';
 
   preConfigure = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9bf338fb5f9c..cd10caec3cd3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7518,7 +7518,12 @@ self: super: with self; {
   onlykey-solo-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/onlykey-solo-python { };
 
   onnx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/onnx {
-    protobuf = protobuf3;
+    # in linux c++ defaults to 17
+    # on darwin clang is on an old version so c++ defaults to 11
+    abseil-cpp = if stdenv.isLinux then
+        pkgs.abseil-cpp_202301
+      else
+        pkgs.abseil-cpp_202301.override { cxxStandard = "17"; };
   };
 
   onnxconverter-common = callPackage ../development/python-modules/onnxconverter-common {