diff --git a/.github/workflows/protobuf.yml b/.github/workflows/protobuf.yml
index 69cfbd22f..2edaf6265 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/protobuf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/protobuf.yml
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install Doxygen
       run: sudo apt-get install doxygen graphviz
 
-    - name: Install Abseil
-      if: env.PROTOBUF_VARIANT == ''
-      run: sudo apt-get install libabsl-dev
-
     - name: Cache Dependencies
       id: cache-depends
       uses: actions/cache@v3
@@ -75,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
     # Versioning
     - name: Get versioning
       id: get_version
-      run: echo ::set-output name=VERSION::$(git describe --always)
+      run: echo "VERSION=$(git describe --always)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT 
 
     - name: Prepare Documentation Build
       run: |