diff --git a/sycl/plugins/unified_runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/sycl/plugins/unified_runtime/CMakeLists.txt
index 167d5d8c7769..73d9d5a950da 100644
--- a/sycl/plugins/unified_runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sycl/plugins/unified_runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ if(SYCL_PI_UR_USE_FETCH_CONTENT)
   include(FetchContent)
 
   set(UNIFIED_RUNTIME_REPO "https://github.com/oneapi-src/unified-runtime.git")
-  # commit e69ed21468e04ed6e832accf162422ed11736446
-  # Merge: 20fa0b5f 7fd9dafd
+  # commit 69a56ea6d1369a6bde5fce97c85fc7dbda49252f
+  # Merge: b25bb64d b78f541d
   # Author: Kenneth Benzie (Benie) <k.benzie@codeplay.com>
-  # Date:   Fri Dec 8 12:18:51 2023 +0000
-  #     Merge pull request #962 from jandres742/fixwaitbarrierwithevent
-  #     [UR][L0] Correctly wait on barrier on urEnqueueEventsWaitWithBarrier
-  set(UNIFIED_RUNTIME_TAG e69ed21468e04ed6e832accf162422ed11736446)
+  # Date:   Mon Dec 11 12:30:24 2023 +0000
+  #     Merge pull request #1123 from aarongreig/aaron/usmLocationProps
+  #     [OpenCL] Add ur_usm_alloc_location_desc struct and handle it in the CL adapter.
+  set(UNIFIED_RUNTIME_TAG 69a56ea6d1369a6bde5fce97c85fc7dbda49252f)
 
   if(SYCL_PI_UR_OVERRIDE_FETCH_CONTENT_REPO)
     set(UNIFIED_RUNTIME_REPO "${SYCL_PI_UR_OVERRIDE_FETCH_CONTENT_REPO}")
diff --git a/sycl/plugins/unified_runtime/pi2ur.hpp b/sycl/plugins/unified_runtime/pi2ur.hpp
index 01da9137e440..6e36b21c31b8 100644
--- a/sycl/plugins/unified_runtime/pi2ur.hpp
+++ b/sycl/plugins/unified_runtime/pi2ur.hpp
@@ -2697,12 +2697,28 @@ inline pi_result piMemBufferCreate(pi_context Context, pi_mem_flags Flags,
 inline pi_result piextUSMHostAlloc(void **ResultPtr, pi_context Context,
                                    pi_usm_mem_properties *Properties,
                                    size_t Size, pi_uint32 Alignment) {
+  ur_usm_desc_t USMDesc{};
+  USMDesc.align = Alignment;
+
+  ur_usm_alloc_location_desc_t UsmLocationDesc{};
+  UsmLocationDesc.stype = UR_STRUCTURE_TYPE_USM_ALLOC_LOCATION_DESC;
+
+  if (Properties) {
+    uint32_t Next = 0;
+    while (Properties[Next]) {
+      if (Properties[Next] == PI_MEM_USM_ALLOC_BUFFER_LOCATION) {
+        UsmLocationDesc.location = static_cast<uint32_t>(Properties[Next + 1]);
+        USMDesc.pNext = &UsmLocationDesc;
+      } else {
+        return PI_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE;
+      }
+      Next += 2;
+    }
+  }
 
-  std::ignore = Properties;
   ur_context_handle_t UrContext =
       reinterpret_cast<ur_context_handle_t>(Context);
-  ur_usm_desc_t USMDesc{};
-  USMDesc.align = Alignment;
+
   ur_usm_pool_handle_t Pool{};
   HANDLE_ERRORS(urUSMHostAlloc(UrContext, &USMDesc, Pool, Size, ResultPtr));
   return PI_SUCCESS;
@@ -3131,14 +3147,29 @@ inline pi_result piextUSMDeviceAlloc(void **ResultPtr, pi_context Context,
                                      pi_device Device,
                                      pi_usm_mem_properties *Properties,
                                      size_t Size, pi_uint32 Alignment) {
-
-  std::ignore = Properties;
   ur_context_handle_t UrContext =
       reinterpret_cast<ur_context_handle_t>(Context);
   auto UrDevice = reinterpret_cast<ur_device_handle_t>(Device);
 
   ur_usm_desc_t USMDesc{};
   USMDesc.align = Alignment;
+
+  ur_usm_alloc_location_desc_t UsmLocDesc{};
+  UsmLocDesc.stype = UR_STRUCTURE_TYPE_USM_ALLOC_LOCATION_DESC;
+
+  if (Properties) {
+    uint32_t Next = 0;
+    while (Properties[Next]) {
+      if (Properties[Next] == PI_MEM_USM_ALLOC_BUFFER_LOCATION) {
+        UsmLocDesc.location = static_cast<uint32_t>(Properties[Next + 1]);
+        USMDesc.pNext = &UsmLocDesc;
+      } else {
+        return PI_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE;
+      }
+      Next += 2;
+    }
+  }
+
   ur_usm_pool_handle_t Pool{};
   HANDLE_ERRORS(
       urUSMDeviceAlloc(UrContext, UrDevice, &USMDesc, Pool, Size, ResultPtr));
@@ -3171,42 +3202,58 @@ inline pi_result piextUSMSharedAlloc(void **ResultPtr, pi_context Context,
                                      pi_device Device,
                                      pi_usm_mem_properties *Properties,
                                      size_t Size, pi_uint32 Alignment) {
-
-  std::ignore = Properties;
-  if (Properties && *Properties != 0) {
-    PI_ASSERT(*(Properties) == PI_MEM_ALLOC_FLAGS && *(Properties + 2) == 0,
-              PI_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE);
-  }
-
   ur_context_handle_t UrContext =
       reinterpret_cast<ur_context_handle_t>(Context);
   auto UrDevice = reinterpret_cast<ur_device_handle_t>(Device);
 
   ur_usm_desc_t USMDesc{};
+  USMDesc.align = Alignment;
   ur_usm_device_desc_t UsmDeviceDesc{};
   UsmDeviceDesc.stype = UR_STRUCTURE_TYPE_USM_DEVICE_DESC;
   ur_usm_host_desc_t UsmHostDesc{};
   UsmHostDesc.stype = UR_STRUCTURE_TYPE_USM_HOST_DESC;
+  ur_usm_alloc_location_desc_t UsmLocationDesc{};
+  UsmLocationDesc.stype = UR_STRUCTURE_TYPE_USM_ALLOC_LOCATION_DESC;
+
+  // One properties bitfield can correspond to a host_desc and a device_desc
+  // struct, since having `0` values in these is harmless we can set up this
+  // pNext chain in advance.
+  USMDesc.pNext = &UsmDeviceDesc;
+  UsmDeviceDesc.pNext = &UsmHostDesc;
+
   if (Properties) {
-    if (Properties[0] == PI_MEM_ALLOC_FLAGS) {
-      if (Properties[1] == PI_MEM_ALLOC_WRTITE_COMBINED) {
-        UsmDeviceDesc.flags |= UR_USM_DEVICE_MEM_FLAG_WRITE_COMBINED;
-      }
-      if (Properties[1] == PI_MEM_ALLOC_INITIAL_PLACEMENT_DEVICE) {
-        UsmDeviceDesc.flags |= UR_USM_DEVICE_MEM_FLAG_INITIAL_PLACEMENT;
+    uint32_t Next = 0;
+    while (Properties[Next]) {
+      switch (Properties[Next]) {
+      case PI_MEM_ALLOC_FLAGS: {
+        if (Properties[Next + 1] & PI_MEM_ALLOC_WRTITE_COMBINED) {
+          UsmDeviceDesc.flags |= UR_USM_DEVICE_MEM_FLAG_WRITE_COMBINED;
+        }
+        if (Properties[Next + 1] & PI_MEM_ALLOC_INITIAL_PLACEMENT_DEVICE) {
+          UsmDeviceDesc.flags |= UR_USM_DEVICE_MEM_FLAG_INITIAL_PLACEMENT;
+        }
+        if (Properties[Next + 1] & PI_MEM_ALLOC_INITIAL_PLACEMENT_HOST) {
+          UsmHostDesc.flags |= UR_USM_HOST_MEM_FLAG_INITIAL_PLACEMENT;
+        }
+        if (Properties[Next + 1] & PI_MEM_ALLOC_DEVICE_READ_ONLY) {
+          UsmDeviceDesc.flags |= UR_USM_DEVICE_MEM_FLAG_DEVICE_READ_ONLY;
+        }
+        break;
       }
-      if (Properties[1] == PI_MEM_ALLOC_INITIAL_PLACEMENT_HOST) {
-        UsmHostDesc.flags |= UR_USM_HOST_MEM_FLAG_INITIAL_PLACEMENT;
+      case PI_MEM_USM_ALLOC_BUFFER_LOCATION: {
+        UsmLocationDesc.location = static_cast<uint32_t>(Properties[Next + 1]);
+        // We wait until we've seen a BUFFER_LOCATION property to tack this
+        // onto the end of the chain, a `0` here might be valid as far as we
+        // know so we must exclude it unless we've been given a value.
+        UsmHostDesc.pNext = &UsmLocationDesc;
+        break;
       }
-      if (Properties[1] == PI_MEM_ALLOC_DEVICE_READ_ONLY) {
-        UsmDeviceDesc.flags |= UR_USM_DEVICE_MEM_FLAG_DEVICE_READ_ONLY;
+      default:
+        return PI_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE;
       }
+      Next += 2;
     }
   }
-  UsmDeviceDesc.pNext = &UsmHostDesc;
-  USMDesc.pNext = &UsmDeviceDesc;
-
-  USMDesc.align = Alignment;
 
   ur_usm_pool_handle_t Pool{};
   HANDLE_ERRORS(