diff --git a/sycl/cmake/modules/FetchUnifiedRuntime.cmake b/sycl/cmake/modules/FetchUnifiedRuntime.cmake
index 31c88f3fa2ee6..35e587dbc0d88 100644
--- a/sycl/cmake/modules/FetchUnifiedRuntime.cmake
+++ b/sycl/cmake/modules/FetchUnifiedRuntime.cmake
@@ -117,13 +117,13 @@ if(SYCL_UR_USE_FETCH_CONTENT)
   endfunction()
 
   set(UNIFIED_RUNTIME_REPO "https://github.com/oneapi-src/unified-runtime.git")
-  # commit 76361a88a0af6502fe655144655b381260ea9706
-  # Merge: b4195cb 0db57da
+  # commit b766009add8dc41ad03e2a63be9f6ed40eea4c55 (HEAD, origin/main, origin/HEAD)
+  # Merge: 608e9184 c3c57284
   # Author: Omar Ahmed <omar.ahmed@codeplay.com>
-  # Date:   Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:26:38 +0100
-  #    Merge pull request #1961 from DBDuncan/duncan/num-channels-mipmap-fix 
-  #    [Bindless][Exp] Fix urBindlessImagesImageGetInfoExp failing with mipmap images
-  set(UNIFIED_RUNTIME_TAG 76361a88a0af6502fe655144655b381260ea9706)
+  # Date:   Tue Aug 27 16:30:04 2024 +0100
+  #   Merge pull request #2011 from nrspruit/fix_opencl_usm_align_check
+  #   [OpenCL] Fix USM alignment error check to occur always and return nulllptr
+  set(UNIFIED_RUNTIME_TAG b766009add8dc41ad03e2a63be9f6ed40eea4c55)
 
   set(UMF_BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF CACHE INTERNAL "EXAMPLES")
   # Due to the use of dependentloadflag and no installer for UMF and hwloc we need
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/ur.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/ur.cpp
index 43a342a349949..f9847e0b23447 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/ur.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/ur.cpp
@@ -109,12 +109,9 @@ static void initializePlugins(std::vector<PluginPtr> &Plugins,
   __SYCL_CHECK_OCL_CODE_NO_EXC(Call)
 
   bool OwnLoaderConfig = false;
-  // If we weren't provided with a custom config handle create our own and
-  // enable full validation by default.
+  // If we weren't provided with a custom config handle create our own.
   if(!LoaderConfig) {
     CHECK_UR_SUCCESS(urLoaderConfigCreate(&LoaderConfig))
-    CHECK_UR_SUCCESS(urLoaderConfigEnableLayer(LoaderConfig,
-                                               "UR_LAYER_PARAMETER_VALIDATION"))
     OwnLoaderConfig = true;
   }