diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7a1fc1f3de6..489a250ba5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2410,7 +2410,11 @@ in {
 
   dm-sonnet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dm-sonnet { };
 
-  dm-tree = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dm-tree { };
+  dm-tree = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dm-tree {
+    abseil-cpp = pkgs.abseil-cpp.override {
+      cxxStandard = "14";
+    };
+  };
 
   dnachisel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dnachisel { };