diff --git a/.github/workflows/protobuf.yml b/.github/workflows/protobuf.yml
index b146bc7f5..69cfbd22f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/protobuf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/protobuf.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Download Abseil ${{ env.ABSEIL_VERSION }}
       if: steps.cache-depends.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' && env.PROTOBUF_VARIANT == ''
-      run: curl -OL https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/refs/tags/${{env.ABSEIL_VERSION}}.tar.gz && tar xzvf ${{env.ABSEIL_VERSION}}.tar.gz && mv abseil-cpp-${{env.ABSEIL_VERSION}} protobuf-${{env.PROTOBUF_VERSION}}/third_party/abseil-cpp
+      run: curl -OL https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/refs/tags/${{env.ABSEIL_VERSION}}.tar.gz && tar xzvf ${{env.ABSEIL_VERSION}}.tar.gz && rm -rf protobuf-${{env.PROTOBUF_VERSION}}/third_party/abseil-cpp && mv abseil-cpp-${{env.ABSEIL_VERSION}} protobuf-${{env.PROTOBUF_VERSION}}/third_party/abseil-cpp
 
     - name: Build ProtoBuf ${{ env.PROTOBUF_VERSION }} via autotools
       if: steps.cache-depends.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' && env.PROTOBUF_VARIANT == '-all'