diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 58faa0d..735c954 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -25,11 +25,9 @@ http_archive = use_repo_rule("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "ht
 http_archive(
     name = "com_google_sentencepiece",
     build_file = "@//bazel:sentencepiece.bazel",
-    patch_args = ["-p1"],
-    patches = ["@//bazel:sentencepiece.patch"],
-    sha256 = "8409b0126ebd62b256c685d5757150cf7fcb2b92a2f2b98efb3f38fc36719754",
-    strip_prefix = "sentencepiece-0.1.96",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/google/sentencepiece/archive/refs/tags/v0.1.96.zip"],
+    sha256 = "67c34082deb3d89f589d8614b1ae58aa4af250c79e18737d8103242ec62a28f9",
+    strip_prefix = "sentencepiece-0.2.0",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/google/sentencepiece/archive/refs/tags/v0.2.0.zip"],
 )
 
 # For sentencepiece
diff --git a/bazel/sentencepiece.bazel b/bazel/sentencepiece.bazel
index ab72887..ad50c69 100644
--- a/bazel/sentencepiece.bazel
+++ b/bazel/sentencepiece.bazel
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ cc_library(
         "src/util.h",
         "src/word_model.h",
     ],
-    defines = ["_USE_TF_STRING_VIEW"],
+    defines = ["USE_EXTERNAL_ABSL", "_USE_TF_STRING_VIEW"],
     includes = [
         ".",
         "src",