diff --git a/sycl/cmake/modules/FetchUnifiedRuntime.cmake b/sycl/cmake/modules/FetchUnifiedRuntime.cmake
index 25bcc0a97d18c..dc6b857de6342 100644
--- a/sycl/cmake/modules/FetchUnifiedRuntime.cmake
+++ b/sycl/cmake/modules/FetchUnifiedRuntime.cmake
@@ -116,14 +116,12 @@ if(SYCL_UR_USE_FETCH_CONTENT)
       CACHE PATH "Path to external '${name}' adapter source dir" FORCE)
   endfunction()
 
-  set(UNIFIED_RUNTIME_REPO "https://github.com/oneapi-src/unified-runtime.git")
-  # commit 9ca3ec7a9c1d2f4a362d7e5add103b30271a8a55
-  # Merge: 7384e2d7 59e5e405
-  # Author: Piotr Balcer <piotr.balcer@intel.com>
-  # Date:   Mon Sep 23 10:58:51 2024 +0200
-  #   Merge pull request #2113 from oneapi-src/revert-1698-counter-based-2 
-  #   Revert "[L0] Phase 2 of Counter-Based Event Implementation"
-  set(UNIFIED_RUNTIME_TAG 9ca3ec7a9c1d2f4a362d7e5add103b30271a8a55)
+  set(UNIFIED_RUNTIME_REPO "https://github.com/RossBrunton/unified-runtime.git")
+  # commit put-commit-here
+  # Author: Ross Brunton <ross@codeplay.com>
+  # Date:   Fri Sep 13 15:38:40 2024 +0100
+  # Enable hardening flags on Linux
+  set(UNIFIED_RUNTIME_TAG 18cdb744ee3b072bf62f5e5b265fe896a4bfeac3)
 
   set(UMF_BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF CACHE INTERNAL "EXAMPLES")
   # Due to the use of dependentloadflag and no installer for UMF and hwloc we need