diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e9fc48d..dccec8b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ env:
   IMEX_CACHE_NUMBER: 4  # Increase to reset cache
 jobs:
   build_and_test:
-    runs-on: tpi-ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
index 4b09254..9116a5b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ permissions: read-all
 
 jobs:
   pre-commit:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index da75dba..4b996a9 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # See https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html for more hooks
 repos:
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.5.0
+    rev: v4.6.0
     hooks:
         -   id: check-ast
         -   id: check-builtin-literals
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ repos:
         -   id: trailing-whitespace
             exclude: '.*\.patch'
 -   repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 23.12.0
+    rev: 24.3.0
     hooks:
     - id: black
       args: ["--line-length", "80"]
       language_version: python3
 -   repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit
-    rev: '1.7.7'
+    rev: '1.7.8'
     hooks:
     -   id: bandit
         args: ["-c", ".bandit.yml"]
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ repos:
     -   id: isort
         name: isort (python)
 -   repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
-    rev: 5.0.4
+    rev: 7.0.0
     hooks:
     -   id: flake8
 -   repo: https://github.com/pocc/pre-commit-hooks
diff --git a/conda-recipe/build.sh b/conda-recipe/build.sh
index 6c7b5ab..c8f4503 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/build.sh
+++ b/conda-recipe/build.sh
@@ -27,17 +27,28 @@ popd
 
 # skip checkout/build of IMEX/LLVM if there is an install
 if [ ! -d "${INSTALLED_DIR}/imex/lib" ]; then
-    # FIXME work-around as long dpcpp conda packages are incomplete
-    export SYCL_DIR="/opt/intel/oneapi/compiler/latest/linux"
-    if [ ! -d "${SYCL_DIR}" ]; then
-        export SYCL_DIR="/opt/intel/oneapi/compiler/latest"
-        if [ ! -d "${SYCL_DIR}" ]; then
-            echo "Fatal error: SYCL_DIR not found"
-            exit 1
-        fi
-    fi
-    # export SYCL_DIR=${CONDA_PREFIX}
-    echo "Using SYCLDIR=${SYCL_DIR}"
+    export SYCL_DIR=${CONDA_PREFIX}
+    echo "Using SYCL_DIR=${SYCL_DIR}"
+
+    # grrrr
+    # as long as the conda packages differ from system oneAPI installs we need to explicitly provide the include dir for SYCL
+    # see also below in cmake call
+    # for root in "${CONDA_PREFIX}" "${BUILD_PREFIX}"; do
+    #     spirvdir=$(find "${root}" -type d -name __spirv | head -n 1)
+    #     if [ -d "${spirvdir}" ]; then
+    #         SPIRV_INC_DIR=$(dirname "${spirvdir}")
+    #         break
+    #     fi
+    # done
+    # if [ -d "${SPIRV_INC_DIR}" ]; then
+    #     echo "Using SPIRV_INC_DIR=${SPIRV_INC_DIR}"
+    #     mkdir -p "${SRC_DIR}/grrrr/include"
+    #     ln -s "${SPIRV_INC_DIR}" "${SRC_DIR}/grrrr/include/CL"
+    #     SPIRV_INC_DIR="${SRC_DIR}/grrrr/include"
+    # else
+    #     echo "Fatal error: SPIRV_INC_DIR not found"
+    #     exit 1
+    # fi
 
     rm -rf ${INSTALLED_DIR}/imex
     IMEX_SHA=$(cat imex_version.txt)
@@ -83,10 +94,11 @@ if [ ! -d "${INSTALLED_DIR}/imex/lib" ]; then
         -DLLVM_ENABLE_ZSTD=OFF \
         -DLLVM_ENABLE_ZLIB=OFF \
         -DLLVM_EXTERNAL_PROJECTS="Imex"  \
-        -DLLVM_EXTERNAL_IMEX_SOURCE_DIR=. \
-        -DLEVEL_ZERO_DIR=${INSTALLED_DIR}/level-zero \
-        -DIMEX_ENABLE_SYCL_RUNTIME=1 \
-        -DIMEX_ENABLE_L0_RUNTIME=1
+        -DLLVM_EXTERNAL_IMEX_SOURCE_DIR=.
+        # -DLEVEL_ZERO_DIR=${INSTALLED_DIR}/level-zero \
+        # -DIMEX_ENABLE_SYCL_RUNTIME=1 \
+        # -DIMEX_ENABLE_L0_RUNTIME=1 \
+        # -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-I${SPIRV_INC_DIR}"  # grrrr
     cmake --build build
     cmake --install build --prefix=${INSTALLED_DIR}/imex
     popd
diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index bef22c2..46a91a5 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ requirements:
 
   build:
     - {{compiler('gxx')}}
-    - sysroot_linux-64 >=2.28  # [linux]
-    # - dpcpp_linux-64  # [linux]
-    # - dpcpp_win-64  # [win]
+    - sysroot_linux-64  # [linux]
+#    - sysroot_linux-64 >=2.28  # [linux]
+    - dpcpp_linux-64 >=2024.1 # [linux]
+    - dpcpp_win-64  # [win]
     # - {{compiler('dpcpp')}} >={{required_compiler_and_mkl_version}},!={{excluded_compiler_version1}},!={{excluded_compiler_version2}} # [not osx]
   run:
     - numpy x.x
diff --git a/examples/black_scholes.py b/examples/black_scholes.py
index 6018ce8..ba5f1f7 100644
--- a/examples/black_scholes.py
+++ b/examples/black_scholes.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     python black_scholes.py -p M16Gb -b numpy
 
 """
+
 import argparse
 import os
 import time as time_mod
diff --git a/examples/shallow_water.py b/examples/shallow_water.py
index 8352cf5..06ea67b 100644
--- a/examples/shallow_water.py
+++ b/examples/shallow_water.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     python shallow_water.py -b numpy ...
 
 """
+
 import argparse
 import math
 import os
diff --git a/examples/wave_equation.py b/examples/wave_equation.py
index 93d86b9..b9dc507 100644
--- a/examples/wave_equation.py
+++ b/examples/wave_equation.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     python wave_equation.py -b numpy ...
 
 """
+
 import argparse
 import math
 import os
diff --git a/sharpy/array_api.py b/sharpy/array_api.py
index 956846a..d3c57a2 100644
--- a/sharpy/array_api.py
+++ b/sharpy/array_api.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 distributed implementation of the array API as defined here:
 https://data-apis.org/array-api/latest
 """
+
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
 api_categories = OrderedDict(
diff --git a/sharpy/ndarray.py b/sharpy/ndarray.py
index f0d561a..f442677 100644
--- a/sharpy/ndarray.py
+++ b/sharpy/ndarray.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 The array class for sharpy, a distributed implementation of the
 array API as defined here: https://data-apis.org/array-api/latest
 """
+
 #
 # See __init__.py for an implementation overview
 #
diff --git a/src/LinAlgOp.cpp b/src/LinAlgOp.cpp
index 1f57887..caa581b 100644
--- a/src/LinAlgOp.cpp
+++ b/src/LinAlgOp.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 */
 
 #include <mpi.h>
-//#include <mkl.h>
+// #include <mkl.h>
 #include "sharpy/Factory.hpp"
 #include "sharpy/LinAlgOp.hpp"
 #include "sharpy/NDArray.hpp"
diff --git a/src/_sharpy.cpp b/src/_sharpy.cpp
index 04ffdd0..2e9e6f4 100644
--- a/src/_sharpy.cpp
+++ b/src/_sharpy.cpp
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void init(bool cw, const std::string &libidtr) {
   VT(VT_begin, vtWaitSym);                                                     \
   py::gil_scoped_release release;                                              \
   Service::run();                                                              \
-  auto r = (_f).get().get() -> _a();                                           \
+  auto r = (_f).get().get()->_a();                                             \
   VT(VT_end, vtWaitSym);                                                       \
   return r
 
diff --git a/src/include/sharpy/CppTypes.hpp b/src/include/sharpy/CppTypes.hpp
index 518f39e..62eda48 100644
--- a/src/include/sharpy/CppTypes.hpp
+++ b/src/include/sharpy/CppTypes.hpp
@@ -63,39 +63,17 @@ enum _RANKS : rank_type {
 };
 
 template <typename T> struct DTYPE {};
-template <> struct DTYPE<double> {
-  constexpr static DTypeId value = FLOAT64;
-};
-template <> struct DTYPE<float> {
-  constexpr static DTypeId value = FLOAT32;
-};
-template <> struct DTYPE<int64_t> {
-  constexpr static DTypeId value = INT64;
-};
-template <> struct DTYPE<int32_t> {
-  constexpr static DTypeId value = INT32;
-};
-template <> struct DTYPE<int16_t> {
-  constexpr static DTypeId value = INT16;
-};
-template <> struct DTYPE<int8_t> {
-  constexpr static DTypeId value = INT8;
-};
-template <> struct DTYPE<uint64_t> {
-  constexpr static DTypeId value = UINT64;
-};
-template <> struct DTYPE<uint32_t> {
-  constexpr static DTypeId value = UINT32;
-};
-template <> struct DTYPE<uint16_t> {
-  constexpr static DTypeId value = UINT16;
-};
-template <> struct DTYPE<uint8_t> {
-  constexpr static DTypeId value = UINT8;
-};
-template <> struct DTYPE<bool> {
-  constexpr static DTypeId value = BOOL;
-};
+template <> struct DTYPE<double> { constexpr static DTypeId value = FLOAT64; };
+template <> struct DTYPE<float> { constexpr static DTypeId value = FLOAT32; };
+template <> struct DTYPE<int64_t> { constexpr static DTypeId value = INT64; };
+template <> struct DTYPE<int32_t> { constexpr static DTypeId value = INT32; };
+template <> struct DTYPE<int16_t> { constexpr static DTypeId value = INT16; };
+template <> struct DTYPE<int8_t> { constexpr static DTypeId value = INT8; };
+template <> struct DTYPE<uint64_t> { constexpr static DTypeId value = UINT64; };
+template <> struct DTYPE<uint32_t> { constexpr static DTypeId value = UINT32; };
+template <> struct DTYPE<uint16_t> { constexpr static DTypeId value = UINT16; };
+template <> struct DTYPE<uint8_t> { constexpr static DTypeId value = UINT8; };
+template <> struct DTYPE<bool> { constexpr static DTypeId value = BOOL; };
 
 template <DTypeId DT> struct TYPE {};
 template <> struct TYPE<FLOAT64> {
diff --git a/test/test_spmd.py b/test/test_spmd.py
index 2b758ca..7507f50 100644
--- a/test/test_spmd.py
+++ b/test/test_spmd.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
+from mpi4py import MPI
 from utils import device
 
 import sharpy as sp
-from mpi4py import MPI
 from sharpy import _sharpy_cw