diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 83188b577f9..c929a2154bb 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ test --test_env=OCL_ICD_FILENAMES \
 # This variable is needed for MPI
 test --test_env=FI_PROVIDER_PATH
 
+# This flag is added for migration to Bazel 9.0.0:
+# In Bazel 9.0.0, the strict action environment for tests is enabled by default
+# (see https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/9.0.0)
+# Instead of using --incompatible_strict_action_env, we explicitly pass
+# the required environment variable to tests for compatibility:
+test --test_env=LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+
 # This variable is used to determine location of datasets for testing
 test --test_env=DAAL_DATASETS
 
diff --git a/.bazelversion b/.bazelversion
index f9c71a52e2f..f7ee06693c1 100644
--- a/.bazelversion
+++ b/.bazelversion
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.5.1
+9.0.0
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 324a9444a96..0ef160a5c85 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ module(name = "onedal")
 bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "1.0.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.9.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.2.16")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_shell", version = "0.6.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "fmt", version = "12.1.0")
 
 declare_onedal_config = use_repo_rule("@onedal//dev/bazel/config:config.bzl", "declare_onedal_config")
diff --git a/dev/bazel/AGENTS.md b/dev/bazel/AGENTS.md
index 46c3293aaf6..3f50ee414cc 100644
--- a/dev/bazel/AGENTS.md
+++ b/dev/bazel/AGENTS.md
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ module(
     version = "1.0.0",
 )
 
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.0.9")
-bazel_dep(name = "catch2", version = "3.4.0")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.2.16")
+bazel_dep(name = "catch2", version = "3.9.1")
 ```
 
 ## 🔧 Build Rules and Patterns
diff --git a/dev/bazel/cc.bzl b/dev/bazel/cc.bzl
index 76c210e23e0..772a7d68729 100644
--- a/dev/bazel/cc.bzl
+++ b/dev/bazel/cc.bzl
@@ -19,9 +19,13 @@ load("@onedal//dev/bazel:utils.bzl",
     "paths",
     "sets",
 )
+
+load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")
 load("@onedal//dev/bazel/config:config.bzl",
     "CpuInfo",
 )
+load("@rules_cc//cc/common:cc_common.bzl", "cc_common")
+load("@rules_cc//cc/common:cc_info.bzl", "CcInfo")
 load("@onedal//dev/bazel/cc:common.bzl",
     onedal_cc_common = "common",
 )
@@ -123,7 +127,7 @@ def cc_module(name, hdrs=[], deps=[], **kwargs):
     # > The list of possible extensions for 'public_hdrs' is:
     #   .h,.hh,.hpp,.ipp,.hxx,.h++,.inc,.inl,.tlh,.tli,.H,.tcc
     if hdrs:
-        native.cc_library(
+        cc_library(
             name = "__{}_headers__".format(name),
             hdrs = hdrs,
         )
diff --git a/dev/bazel/cc/common.bzl b/dev/bazel/cc/common.bzl
index e98dd75a5dd..17c9052fe59 100644
--- a/dev/bazel/cc/common.bzl
+++ b/dev/bazel/cc/common.bzl
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #===============================================================================
 
+load("@rules_cc//cc/common:cc_common.bzl", "cc_common")
+load("@rules_cc//cc/common:cc_info.bzl", "CcInfo")
+
 load("@onedal//dev/bazel:utils.bzl",
     "utils",
     "paths",
diff --git a/dev/bazel/cc/compile.bzl b/dev/bazel/cc/compile.bzl
index 41fab6f5ae8..fb2b46096bf 100644
--- a/dev/bazel/cc/compile.bzl
+++ b/dev/bazel/cc/compile.bzl
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #===============================================================================
 
+load("@rules_cc//cc/common:cc_common.bzl", "cc_common")
+
 load("@onedal//dev/bazel:utils.bzl",
     "utils",
     "paths",
diff --git a/dev/bazel/cc/link.bzl b/dev/bazel/cc/link.bzl
index 9db8883984d..63ceb3b2b81 100644
--- a/dev/bazel/cc/link.bzl
+++ b/dev/bazel/cc/link.bzl
@@ -14,11 +14,14 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #===============================================================================
 
+load("@rules_cc//cc/common:cc_common.bzl", "cc_common")
+
 load("@onedal//dev/bazel:utils.bzl",
     "utils",
     "paths",
     "sets",
 )
+
 load("@onedal//dev/bazel/toolchains:action_names.bzl",
     "CPP_MERGE_STATIC_LIBRARIES"
 )
diff --git a/dev/bazel/dal.bzl b/dev/bazel/dal.bzl
index c00cb02c352..3d5e016410a 100644
--- a/dev/bazel/dal.bzl
+++ b/dev/bazel/dal.bzl
@@ -345,12 +345,10 @@ def _test_deps_on_daal():
         ],
         "@config//:test_link_mode_release_static": [
             "@onedal_release//:core_static",
-            "@onedal_release//:parameters_static",
             "@onedal//cpp/daal:threading_release_static",
         ],
         "@config//:test_link_mode_release_dynamic": [
             "@onedal_release//:core_dynamic",
-            "@onedal_release//:parameters_dynamic",
             "@onedal//cpp/daal:threading_release_dynamic",
         ],
     })
diff --git a/dev/bazel/deps/catch2.BUILD b/dev/bazel/deps/catch2.BUILD
index b5bd605a933..3168938e651 100644
--- a/dev/bazel/deps/catch2.BUILD
+++ b/dev/bazel/deps/catch2.BUILD
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSL-1.0
 
 load("@bazel_skylib//rules:expand_template.bzl", "expand_template")
+load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")
 
-# oneDAL verison of catch2 bazel build file
+# oneDAL version of catch2 bazel build file
 expand_template(
     name = "catch_user_config",
     out = "catch2/catch_user_config.hpp",
diff --git a/dev/bazel/deps/ccl.tpl.BUILD b/dev/bazel/deps/ccl.tpl.BUILD
index de3f0f6e3ef..5fc8f93623c 100644
--- a/dev/bazel/deps/ccl.tpl.BUILD
+++ b/dev/bazel/deps/ccl.tpl.BUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
-
+load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")
 cc_library(
     name = "headers",
     features = [ "dpc++" ],
diff --git a/dev/bazel/deps/dpl.tpl.BUILD b/dev/bazel/deps/dpl.tpl.BUILD
index b5d588a37fa..9f272732ca6 100644
--- a/dev/bazel/deps/dpl.tpl.BUILD
+++ b/dev/bazel/deps/dpl.tpl.BUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
-
+load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")
 cc_library(
     name = "headers",
     hdrs = glob(["include/**/**/*"]),
diff --git a/dev/bazel/deps/mkl.tpl.BUILD b/dev/bazel/deps/mkl.tpl.BUILD
index 63c29c23c9e..064d8cc4548 100644
--- a/dev/bazel/deps/mkl.tpl.BUILD
+++ b/dev/bazel/deps/mkl.tpl.BUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
-
+load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")
 cc_library(
     name = "headers",
     hdrs = glob([
diff --git a/dev/bazel/deps/mpi.tpl.BUILD b/dev/bazel/deps/mpi.tpl.BUILD
index aafa1c7f327..6bd5dfb5386 100644
--- a/dev/bazel/deps/mpi.tpl.BUILD
+++ b/dev/bazel/deps/mpi.tpl.BUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
-
+load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")
+load("@rules_shell//shell:sh_binary.bzl", "sh_binary")
 filegroup(
     name = "mpi_runfiles",
     srcs = glob([
diff --git a/dev/bazel/deps/onedal.tpl.BUILD b/dev/bazel/deps/onedal.tpl.BUILD
index 439cf78be00..12ebfa094bf 100644
--- a/dev/bazel/deps/onedal.tpl.BUILD
+++ b/dev/bazel/deps/onedal.tpl.BUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
-
+load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")
 cc_library(
     name = "headers",
     hdrs = glob([
@@ -34,31 +34,11 @@ cc_library(
     ],
 )
 
-cc_library(
-    name = "parameters_static",
-    srcs = [
-        "lib/intel64/libonedal_parameters.a",
-    ],
-    deps = [
-        ":headers",
-    ],
-)
-
 cc_library(
     name = "onedal_static",
     srcs = [
         "lib/intel64/libonedal.a",
-    ],
-    deps = [
-        ":headers",
-        ":parameters_static",
-    ],
-)
-
-cc_library(
-    name = "parameters_static_dpc",
-    srcs = [
-        "lib/intel64/libonedal_parameters_dpc.a",
+        "lib/intel64/libonedal_parameters.a",
     ],
     deps = [
         ":headers",
@@ -69,11 +49,11 @@ cc_library(
     name = "onedal_static_dpc",
     srcs = [
         "lib/intel64/libonedal_dpc.a",
+        "lib/intel64/libonedal_parameters_dpc.a",
     ],
     deps = [
         ":headers",
         "@mkl//:mkl_dpc",
-        ":parameters_static_dpc",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -102,31 +82,11 @@ cc_library(
     ],
 )
 
-cc_library(
-    name = "parameters_dynamic",
-    srcs = [
-        "lib/intel64/libonedal_parameters.so",
-    ],
-    deps = [
-        ":headers",
-    ],
-)
-
 cc_library(
     name = "onedal_dynamic",
     srcs = [
         "lib/intel64/libonedal.so",
-    ],
-    deps = [
-        ":headers",
-        ":parameters_dynamic",
-    ],
-)
-
-cc_library(
-    name = "parameters_dynamic_dpc",
-    srcs = [
-        "lib/intel64/libonedal_parameters_dpc.so",
+        "lib/intel64/libonedal_parameters.so",
     ],
     deps = [
         ":headers",
@@ -137,10 +97,10 @@ cc_library(
     name = "onedal_dynamic_dpc",
     srcs = [
         "lib/intel64/libonedal_dpc.so",
+        "lib/intel64/libonedal_parameters_dpc.so",
     ],
     deps = [
         ":headers",
         "@mkl//:mkl_dpc",
-        ":parameters_dynamic_dpc",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/dev/bazel/deps/openblas.tpl.BUILD b/dev/bazel/deps/openblas.tpl.BUILD
index 9a5a7dc0af2..de810d1d26f 100644
--- a/dev/bazel/deps/openblas.tpl.BUILD
+++ b/dev/bazel/deps/openblas.tpl.BUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
-
+load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")
 cc_library(
     name = "headers",
     hdrs = glob(["include/**/*.h"]),
diff --git a/dev/bazel/deps/opencl.bzl b/dev/bazel/deps/opencl.bzl
index 05e95fb556b..93205257064 100644
--- a/dev/bazel/deps/opencl.bzl
+++ b/dev/bazel/deps/opencl.bzl
@@ -26,9 +26,13 @@ def _opencl_repo_impl(repo_ctx):
     if dpcpp_root:
         lib_dir = paths.join(dpcpp_root, "lib")
         libs = [
-            "libOpenCL.so",
-            "libOpenCL.so.1",
-            "libOpenCL.so.1.2",
+            "libOpenCL*.so*",
+            "libsvml.so",
+            "libirng.so",
+            "libimf.so",
+            "libintlc.so*",
+            "libsycl.so.*",
+            "libur_loader.so.*",
         ]
         repos.create_symlinks(repo_ctx, lib_dir, libs)
     repo_ctx.template(
diff --git a/dev/bazel/deps/opencl.tpl.BUILD b/dev/bazel/deps/opencl.tpl.BUILD
index a5a88986de6..5a5e3e84a69 100644
--- a/dev/bazel/deps/opencl.tpl.BUILD
+++ b/dev/bazel/deps/opencl.tpl.BUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
-
+load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")
 cc_library(
     name = "opencl_binary",
+    srcs = glob(
+        [
+            "*.so",
+            "*.so.*",
+        ],
+        allow_empty = True,
+        exclude = ["*.py", "*.cmake", "*.a"],
+    ),
     linkopts = ["-lOpenCL"],
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
diff --git a/dev/bazel/deps/tbb.tpl.BUILD b/dev/bazel/deps/tbb.tpl.BUILD
index 0863830fb0d..c6ba070e650 100644
--- a/dev/bazel/deps/tbb.tpl.BUILD
+++ b/dev/bazel/deps/tbb.tpl.BUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
-
+load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")
 cc_library(
     name = "headers",
     hdrs = glob(["include/**/*.h"]),
diff --git a/dev/bazel/release.bzl b/dev/bazel/release.bzl
index 9d785b20f12..c11a19d0b8b 100644
--- a/dev/bazel/release.bzl
+++ b/dev/bazel/release.bzl
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 load("@onedal//dev/bazel:utils.bzl", "utils", "paths")
 load("@onedal//dev/bazel:cc.bzl", "ModuleInfo")
+load("@rules_cc//cc/common:cc_info.bzl", "CcInfo")
 
 def _match_file_name(file, entries):
     for entry in entries:
diff --git a/dev/bazel/repos.bzl b/dev/bazel/repos.bzl
index 881937aa713..fc34842d185 100644
--- a/dev/bazel/repos.bzl
+++ b/dev/bazel/repos.bzl
@@ -91,12 +91,49 @@ def _normalize_download_info(repo_ctx):
         ))
     return result
 
-def _create_symlinks(repo_ctx, root, entries, substitutions={}, mapping={}):
+def _create_symlinks(repo_ctx, root, entries, substitutions=None, mapping=None):
+    substitutions = substitutions or {}
+    mapping = mapping or {}
+
     for entry in entries:
         entry_fmt = utils.substitute(entry, substitutions)
-        src_entry_path = utils.substitute(paths.join(root, entry_fmt), mapping)
-        dst_entry_path = entry_fmt
-        repo_ctx.symlink(src_entry_path, dst_entry_path)
+        if "*" in entry_fmt:
+            pattern = entry_fmt.split("/")[-1]
+            dir_part = entry_fmt[:entry_fmt.rfind("/")] if "/" in entry_fmt else ""
+            root_with_dir = utils.substitute(
+                paths.join(root, dir_part) if dir_part else root,
+                mapping
+            )
+            matched = False
+            for fs_entry in repo_ctx.path(root_with_dir).readdir():
+                if _matches_glob(fs_entry.basename, pattern):
+                    matched = True
+                    dst = (paths.join(dir_part, fs_entry.basename)
+                           if dir_part else fs_entry.basename)
+                    repo_ctx.symlink(str(fs_entry), dst)
+            if not matched:
+                fail("No files matched pattern '%s' in directory '%s' while creating symlinks for entry '%s'" %
+                     (pattern, root_with_dir, entry_fmt))
+        else:
+            src_entry_path = utils.substitute(paths.join(root, entry_fmt), mapping)
+            dst_entry_path = entry_fmt
+            repo_ctx.symlink(src_entry_path, dst_entry_path)
+
+def _matches_glob(name, pattern):
+    if "*" not in pattern:
+        return name == pattern
+    parts = pattern.split("*")
+    if not name.startswith(parts[0]):
+        return False
+    if not name.endswith(parts[-1]):
+        return False
+    pos = len(parts[0])
+    for part in parts[1:-1]:
+        idx = name.find(part, pos)
+        if idx == -1:
+            return False
+        pos = idx + len(part)
+    return True
 
 def _download(repo_ctx):
     output = repo_ctx.path("archive")
diff --git a/dev/bazel/toolchains/cc_toolchain_config_lnx.bzl b/dev/bazel/toolchains/cc_toolchain_config_lnx.bzl
index 8df1a194adc..4f0c30fffef 100644
--- a/dev/bazel/toolchains/cc_toolchain_config_lnx.bzl
+++ b/dev/bazel/toolchains/cc_toolchain_config_lnx.bzl
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #===============================================================================
 
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/cpp:cc_toolchain_config_lib.bzl",
+load("@rules_cc//cc:action_names.bzl", "ACTION_NAMES")
+
+load("@rules_cc//cc:cc_toolchain_config_lib.bzl",
     "feature",
     "feature_set",
     "flag_group",
@@ -26,8 +28,9 @@ load("@bazel_tools//tools/cpp:cc_toolchain_config_lib.bzl",
     "tool",
     "artifact_name_pattern",
 )
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/cc:action_names.bzl", "ACTION_NAMES")
 load("@onedal//dev/bazel/toolchains:action_names.bzl", "CPP_MERGE_STATIC_LIBRARIES")
+load("@rules_cc//cc/common:cc_common.bzl", "cc_common")
+load("@rules_cc//cc/toolchains:cc_toolchain_config_info.bzl", "CcToolchainConfigInfo")
 
 all_compile_actions = [
     ACTION_NAMES.c_compile,
diff --git a/dev/bazel/toolchains/cc_toolchain_lnx.tpl.BUILD b/dev/bazel/toolchains/cc_toolchain_lnx.tpl.BUILD
index bff6fc0aa75..7ac4f60bad2 100644
--- a/dev/bazel/toolchains/cc_toolchain_lnx.tpl.BUILD
+++ b/dev/bazel/toolchains/cc_toolchain_lnx.tpl.BUILD
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
 load("@onedal//dev/bazel/toolchains:cc_toolchain_config_lnx.bzl", "cc_toolchain_config")
+load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_toolchain")
 
 filegroup(
     name = "empty",