diff --git a/.github/scripts/build-xpu-windows.bat b/.github/scripts/build-xpu-windows.bat
index 02d281d6e..044d94662 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/build-xpu-windows.bat
+++ b/.github/scripts/build-xpu-windows.bat
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-set INTEL_DLE_URL=https://registrationcenter-download.intel.com/akdlm/IRC_NAS/75d4eb97-914a-4a95-852c-7b9733d80f74/intel-deep-learning-essentials-2025.1.3.8_offline.exe
+if "%ONEAPI_VERSION%"=="2025" set INTEL_DLE_URL=https://registrationcenter-download.intel.com/akdlm/IRC_NAS/75d4eb97-914a-4a95-852c-7b9733d80f74/intel-deep-learning-essentials-2025.1.3.8_offline.exe
+if "%ONEAPI_VERSION%"=="2026" set INTEL_DLE_URL=https://registrationcenter-download.intel.com/akdlm/IRC_NAS/d2148e15-b3c4-4313-afa9-a2373318b0b5/intel-deep-learning-essentials-2026.0.0.613_offline.exe
+if "%INTEL_DLE_URL%"=="" (
+    echo Unsupported ONEAPI_VERSION: "%ONEAPI_VERSION%"
+    exit /b 1
+)
 set INTEL_DLE_TMP=%RUNNER_TEMP%\intel_dle
 set INTEL_DLE_LOG=%RUNNER_TEMP%\intel_dle_log.txt
 
diff --git a/.github/scripts/build-xpu.sh b/.github/scripts/build-xpu.sh
index 5683ff3fb..7b72c349c 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/build-xpu.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/build-xpu.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,17 @@
 set -xeuo pipefail
 
 : "${RUNNER_OS:?RUNNER_OS must be set (Linux/Windows)}"
+: "${ONEAPI_VERSION:?ONEAPI_VERSION must be set (2025/2026)}"
+
+case "${ONEAPI_VERSION}" in
+    2025) image=intel/deep-learning-essentials:2025.1.3-0-devel-ubuntu22.04 ;;
+    2026) image=intel/deep-learning-essentials:2026.0.0-devel-ubuntu22.04 ;;
+    *) echo "Unsupported ONEAPI_VERSION: ${ONEAPI_VERSION}"; exit 1 ;;
+esac
 
 # We currently only build XPU on Linux x64 and Windows x64.
 if [ "${RUNNER_OS}" == "Linux" ]; then
     # TODO: We might want to pre-build this as our own customized image in the future.
-    image=intel/deep-learning-essentials:2025.1.3-0-devel-ubuntu22.04
     echo "Using image $image"
     docker run --rm -i \
         -w /src -v "$PWD:/src" "$image" sh -c \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index 4d28f821f..e4464b825 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -94,28 +94,35 @@ jobs:
 
   build-xpu:
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-22.04, windows-2022]
+        oneapi_version: ["2025", "2026"]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
       - name: Build C++ (Linux)
         if: runner.os == 'Linux'
         run: bash .github/scripts/build-xpu.sh
+        env:
+          ONEAPI_VERSION: ${{ matrix.oneapi_version }}
       - name: Build C++ (Windows)
         if: runner.os == 'Windows'
         run: .github/scripts/build-xpu-windows.bat
         shell: cmd
+        env:
+          ONEAPI_VERSION: ${{ matrix.oneapi_version }}
       - name: Upload build artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
         with:
-          name: shared_library_xpu_${{ runner.os }}_${{ runner.arch }}
+          name: shared_library_xpu_${{ runner.os }}_${{ runner.arch }}_${{ matrix.oneapi_version }}
           path: output/*
           retention-days: 7
           if-no-files-found: error
 
   build-rocm:
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-22.04]
         rocm_version: ["6.2.4", "6.3.4", "6.4.4", "7.0.2", "7.1.1", "7.2.4"]
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 65f8347a4..2834b4312 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -333,13 +333,29 @@ elseif(BUILD_MPS)
     add_custom_target(metallib DEPENDS "bitsandbytes/bitsandbytes.metallib")
 elseif(BUILD_XPU)
     list(APPEND SRC_FILES ${XPU_FILES})
-    string(APPEND BNB_OUTPUT_NAME "_xpu")
     add_compile_definitions(BUILD_XPU)
     set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER icx)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER icpx)
     if(WIN32)
         set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER icx)
     endif()
+
+    # Get the oneAPI year (2025, 2026, ...) so we can name the library with it.
+    execute_process(
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} --version
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE _XPU_COMPILER_VERSION_OUTPUT
+        ERROR_VARIABLE _XPU_COMPILER_VERSION_OUTPUT
+        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+    )
+    string(REGEX MATCH "20[0-9][0-9]" XPU_VERSION "${_XPU_COMPILER_VERSION_OUTPUT}")
+
+    if(XPU_VERSION)
+        message(STATUS "XPU oneAPI Version: ${XPU_VERSION}")
+        string(APPEND BNB_OUTPUT_NAME "_xpu${XPU_VERSION}")
+    else()
+        message(WARNING "Could not detect oneAPI version from icpx; building unversioned libbitsandbytes_xpu.")
+        string(APPEND BNB_OUTPUT_NAME "_xpu")
+    endif()
 else()
     string(APPEND BNB_OUTPUT_NAME "_cpu")
     set(GPU_SOURCES)
diff --git a/bitsandbytes/cextension.py b/bitsandbytes/cextension.py
index 6f0a0916b..e234f20d3 100644
--- a/bitsandbytes/cextension.py
+++ b/bitsandbytes/cextension.py
@@ -331,6 +331,20 @@ def __getitem__(self, name):
         return self.__getattr__(name)
 
 
+def get_xpu_bnb_library_path() -> Path:
+    """Get the path to the XPU native library matching the oneAPI toolchain.
+
+    Prefers the versioned library (e.g. libbitsandbytes_xpu2026) matching the first
+    4 digits of torch.version.xpu, falling back to an unversioned libbitsandbytes_xpu.
+    """
+    xpu_version = getattr(torch.version, "xpu", None)
+    if xpu_version:
+        versioned = PACKAGE_DIR / f"libbitsandbytes_xpu{xpu_version[:4]}{DYNAMIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}"
+        if versioned.exists():
+            return versioned
+    return PACKAGE_DIR / f"libbitsandbytes_xpu{DYNAMIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}"
+
+
 def get_native_library() -> BNBNativeLibrary:
     """
     Load CUDA library XOR CPU, as the latter contains a subset of symbols of the former.
@@ -347,7 +361,7 @@ def get_native_library() -> BNBNativeLibrary:
         binary_path = cuda_binary_path
 
     if torch._C._has_xpu:
-        binary_path = PACKAGE_DIR / f"libbitsandbytes_xpu{DYNAMIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}"
+        binary_path = get_xpu_bnb_library_path()
 
     logger.debug(f"Loading bitsandbytes native library from: {binary_path}")