diff --git a/thirdparty/protobuf/HPKBUILD b/thirdparty/protobuf/HPKBUILD
index adcc01be80bdeba8730dc6a334eacc708fe62858..1c388935f7859962f83b1195d6bbb79eedb294d7 100644
--- a/thirdparty/protobuf/HPKBUILD
+++ b/thirdparty/protobuf/HPKBUILD
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ prepare() {
     then 
         cp -rf $builddir $builddir-host-build
         cd $builddir-host-build
-        cp $LYCIUM_ROOT/../thirdparty/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp*.tar.gz `pwd`/third_party/abseil-cpp/
-        tar -zxf `pwd`/third_party/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp*.tar.gz -C `pwd`/third_party/abseil-cpp
+        cp $LYCIUM_ROOT/../thirdparty/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp*.zip `pwd`/third_party/abseil-cpp/
+        unzip `pwd`/third_party/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp*.zip -d `pwd`/third_party/abseil-cpp > /dev/null 2>&1
         mv `pwd`/third_party/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-*/* `pwd`/third_party/abseil-cpp/
-        rm `pwd`/third_party/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp*.tar.gz
+        rm `pwd`/third_party/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp*.zip
         cmake . -L -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=OFF > `pwd`/build.log 2>&1
         make VERBOSE=1 -j4 >> `pwd`/build.log 2>&1
         buildhostprotoc=false