diff --git a/src/index_options.cpp b/src/index_options.cpp
index fbcc9f5..2597cfa 100644
--- a/src/index_options.cpp
+++ b/src/index_options.cpp
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 #include "index_options.h"
 
-#include <absl/status/status.h>
-
-#include <string_view>
-
+#include "absl/status/status.h"
 #include "absl/status/statusor.h"
 #include "absl/strings/numbers.h"
 #include "absl/strings/str_format.h"
+#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
 #include "re2/re2.h"
 
 namespace vectorlite {
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ absl::StatusOr<IndexOptions> IndexOptions::FromString(
   std::string key;
   std::string value;
 
-  std::string_view input(key_value);
+  absl::string_view input(key_value);
   while (re2::RE2::FindAndConsume(&input, kv_reg, &key, &value)) {
     if (key == "max_elements") {
       if (!absl::SimpleAtoi<size_t>(value, &options.max_elements)) {
diff --git a/src/index_options.h b/src/index_options.h
index 9ed8c15..0a1ae2f 100644
--- a/src/index_options.h
+++ b/src/index_options.h
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <string_view>
-
 #include "absl/status/statusor.h"
+#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
 
 namespace vectorlite {
 
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ struct IndexOptions {
   // All parameters except max_elemnts are optional, default values are used
   // if not specified.
   static absl::StatusOr<IndexOptions> FromString(
-      std::string_view index_options);
+      absl::string_view index_options);
 };
 
 }  // namespace vectorlite
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 401ddfa..516d508 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace vectorlite {
 
-bool IsValidColumnName(std::string_view name) {
+bool IsValidColumnName(absl::string_view name) {
   if (name.empty() || sqlite3_keyword_check(name.data(), name.size()) != 0) {
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index be85b8c..d5e452a 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <hnswlib/hnswalg.h>
-
 #include <optional>
-#include <string_view>
 #include <utility>
 
+#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
 #include "hnswlib/hnswlib.h"
 
 namespace vectorlite {
@@ -18,7 +16,7 @@ namespace vectorlite {
 // - It must not be a reserved keyword.
 // The input is of string type because built-in regex doesn't work with
 // string_view
-bool IsValidColumnName(std::string_view name);
+bool IsValidColumnName(absl::string_view name);
 
 // Returns which SIMD instruction set is used at build time.
 // e.g. SSE, AVX, AVX512
diff --git a/src/virtual_table.cpp b/src/virtual_table.cpp
index 49ce100..e97c795 100644
--- a/src/virtual_table.cpp
+++ b/src/virtual_table.cpp
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ int VirtualTable::Create(sqlite3* db, void* pAux, int argc,
     return SQLITE_ERROR;
   }
 
-  std::string_view index_options_str = argv[1 + kModuleParamOffset];
+  absl::string_view index_options_str = argv[1 + kModuleParamOffset];
   DLOG(INFO) << "index_options_str: " << index_options_str;
   auto index_options = IndexOptions::FromString(index_options_str);
   if (!index_options.ok()) {