diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate_intel_image.yaml b/.github/workflows/generate_intel_image.yaml
index 8283964c..20ce1d5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate_intel_image.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate_intel_image.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-          - base-image: intel/oneapi-basekit:2025.0.0-0-devel-ubuntu22.04
+          - base-image: intel/oneapi-basekit:2025.1.0-0-devel-ubuntu22.04
             runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
             platforms: 'linux/amd64'
     runs-on: ${{matrix.runs-on}}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 299a9b1d..3c61d6f4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ docker-aio-all:
 
 docker-image-intel:
 	docker build \
-		--build-arg BASE_IMAGE=intel/oneapi-basekit:2025.0.0-0-devel-ubuntu22.04 \
+		--build-arg BASE_IMAGE=intel/oneapi-basekit:2025.1.0-0-devel-ubuntu24.04 \
 		--build-arg IMAGE_TYPE=$(IMAGE_TYPE) \
 		--build-arg GO_TAGS="none" \
 		--build-arg MAKEFLAGS="$(DOCKER_MAKEFLAGS)" \
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ docker-image-intel:
 
 docker-image-intel-xpu:
 	docker build \
-		--build-arg BASE_IMAGE=intel/oneapi-basekit:2025.0.0-0-devel-ubuntu22.04 \
+		--build-arg BASE_IMAGE=intel/oneapi-basekit:2025.1.0-0-devel-ubuntu22.04 \
 		--build-arg IMAGE_TYPE=$(IMAGE_TYPE) \
 		--build-arg GO_TAGS="none" \
 		--build-arg MAKEFLAGS="$(DOCKER_MAKEFLAGS)" \
diff --git a/backend/cpp/llama/Makefile b/backend/cpp/llama/Makefile
index 17f55003..e36dc7c2 100644
--- a/backend/cpp/llama/Makefile
+++ b/backend/cpp/llama/Makefile
@@ -36,11 +36,18 @@ else ifeq ($(OS),Darwin)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE),sycl_f16)
-	CMAKE_ARGS+=-DGGML_SYCL=ON -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=icx -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icpx -DGGML_SYCL_F16=ON
+	CMAKE_ARGS+=-DGGML_SYCL=ON \
+		-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=icx \
+		-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icpx \
+		-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fsycl" \
+		-DGGML_SYCL_F16=ON
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE),sycl_f32)
-	CMAKE_ARGS+=-DGGML_SYCL=ON -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=icx -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icpx
+	CMAKE_ARGS+=-DGGML_SYCL=ON \
+		-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=icx \
+		-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icpx \
+		-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fsycl"
 endif
 
 llama.cpp:
@@ -73,8 +80,8 @@ grpc-server: llama.cpp llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server
 	@echo "Building grpc-server with $(BUILD_TYPE) build type and $(CMAKE_ARGS)"
 ifneq (,$(findstring sycl,$(BUILD_TYPE)))
 	+bash -c "source $(ONEAPI_VARS); \
-	cd llama.cpp && mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake .. $(CMAKE_ARGS) && cmake --build . --config Release $(TARGET)"
+	cd llama.cpp && mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake .. $(CMAKE_ARGS) && cmake --build . --config Release $(TARGET) -j$(nproc)"
 else
-	+cd llama.cpp && mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake .. $(CMAKE_ARGS) && cmake --build . --config Release $(TARGET)
+	+cd llama.cpp && mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake .. $(CMAKE_ARGS) && cmake --build . --config Release $(TARGET) -j$(nproc)
 endif
-	cp llama.cpp/build/bin/grpc-server .
\ No newline at end of file
+	cp llama.cpp/build/bin/grpc-server .