diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-25.6.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-25.6.ebuild
index e947731a59..fcac9b8ecb 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-25.6.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-25.6.ebuild
@@ -51,7 +51,13 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 DEPEND="
 	${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	conformance? ( dev-libs/jsoncpp[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
-	test? ( >=dev-cpp/gtest-1.11[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	test? (
+		|| (
+			dev-cpp/abseil-cpp[test-helpers(-)]
+			dev-cpp/abseil-cpp[test]
+		)
+		dev-cpp/gtest[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	)
 "
 RDEPEND="
 	${COMMON_DEPEND}
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-28.3-r1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-28.3-r1.ebuild
index e53658010c..659a39c826 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-28.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-28.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -52,7 +52,13 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 DEPEND="
 	${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	conformance? ( dev-libs/jsoncpp[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
-	test? ( >=dev-cpp/gtest-1.11[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	test? (
+		|| (
+			dev-cpp/abseil-cpp[test-helpers(-)]
+			dev-cpp/abseil-cpp[test]
+		)
+		dev-cpp/gtest[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	)
 "
 RDEPEND="
 	${COMMON_DEPEND}
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-29.4.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-29.4.ebuild
index 8ce1e903d9..1d23dc9b0c 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-29.4.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-29.4.ebuild
@@ -52,7 +52,13 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 DEPEND="
 	${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	conformance? ( dev-libs/jsoncpp[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
-	test? ( >=dev-cpp/gtest-1.11[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	test? (
+		|| (
+			dev-cpp/abseil-cpp[test-helpers(-)]
+			dev-cpp/abseil-cpp[test]
+		)
+		dev-cpp/gtest[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	)
 "
 RDEPEND="
 	${COMMON_DEPEND}
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-30.2.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-30.2.ebuild
index b100f58a75..71bf1e316d 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-30.2.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-30.2.ebuild
@@ -49,7 +49,13 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 DEPEND="
 	${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	conformance? ( dev-libs/jsoncpp[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
-	test? ( dev-cpp/gtest[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	test? (
+		|| (
+			dev-cpp/abseil-cpp[test-helpers(-)]
+			dev-cpp/abseil-cpp[test]
+		)
+		dev-cpp/gtest[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	)
 "
 RDEPEND="
 	${COMMON_DEPEND}
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-9999.ebuild
index b100f58a75..71bf1e316d 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-9999.ebuild
@@ -49,7 +49,13 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 DEPEND="
 	${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	conformance? ( dev-libs/jsoncpp[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
-	test? ( dev-cpp/gtest[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	test? (
+		|| (
+			dev-cpp/abseil-cpp[test-helpers(-)]
+			dev-cpp/abseil-cpp[test]
+		)
+		dev-cpp/gtest[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	)
 "
 RDEPEND="
 	${COMMON_DEPEND}