diff --git a/.github/workflows/cpp_testing.yml b/.github/workflows/cpp_testing.yml
index b9624abd6..5e5c28f7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cpp_testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cpp_testing.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ jobs:
 
   gtest:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      MKL_VERSION: 2023.1.0
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repostiory
@@ -24,22 +22,16 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Configure
         run: |
-          pip install mkl==${MKL_VERSION} mkl-include==${MKL_VERSION} mkl-devel==${MKL_VERSION}
+          export MKL_VERSION=`python -c 'from tools.mkl_ver import compatible_mkl_ver;print(compatible_mkl_ver())'`
+          pip install mkl-include==${MKL_VERSION} mkl-static==${MKL_VERSION}
 
           export _BLAS_INCLUDE_DIR=`python -c 'import os;import sysconfig;data=sysconfig.get_path("data");print(f"{data}{os.sep}include")'`
-          export LIBS_DIR=`python -c 'import os;import sysconfig;data=sysconfig.get_path("data");print(f"{data}{os.sep}lib")'`
           export MKL_DIR=`python -c 'import os;import sysconfig;data=sysconfig.get_path("data");print(f"{data}{os.sep}lib{os.sep}cmake{os.sep}mkl")'`
 
-          cd $LIBS_DIR
-          for library in `ls *.so.2`; do
-            ln -s ${library} ${library::-2} || true
-          done
-          cd -
-
           mkdir build
           cd build
 
-          Torch_DIR=`python -c 'import torch;print(torch.utils.cmake_prefix_path)'` cmake .. -GNinja -DBUILD_TEST=ON -DWITH_COV=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG -DUSE_MKL_BLAS=OFF -DBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR=$_BLAS_INCLUDE_DIR -DMKL_DIR=${MKL_DIR}
+          Torch_DIR=`python -c 'import torch;print(torch.utils.cmake_prefix_path)'` cmake .. -GNinja -DBUILD_TEST=ON -DWITH_COV=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG -DUSE_MKL_BLAS=ON -DBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR=$_BLAS_INCLUDE_DIR -DMKL_DIR=${MKL_DIR}
           unset _BLAS_INCLUDE_DIR
           cd ..
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 05d885bac..ade23f6a0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ def maybe_append_with_mkl(dependencies):
                 product_version = match.group(0).split(' ')[-1]
 
             dependencies.append(f'mkl-include=={product_version}')
-            dependencies.append(f'mkl=={product_version}')
-            dependencies.append(f'mkl-devel=={product_version}')
+            dependencies.append(f'mkl-static=={product_version}')
 
 
 install_requires = []
diff --git a/tools/mkl_ver.py b/tools/mkl_ver.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..207f908b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/mkl_ver.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import re
+
+import torch
+
+
+def compatible_mkl_ver():
+    torch_config = torch.__config__.show()
+    with_mkl_blas = 'BLAS_INFO=mkl' in torch_config
+    if torch.backends.mkl.is_available() and with_mkl_blas:
+        product_version = '2023.1.0'
+        pattern = r'oneAPI Math Kernel Library Version [0-9]{4}\.[0-9]+'
+        match = re.search(pattern, torch_config)
+        if match:
+            product_version = match.group(0).split(' ')[-1]
+
+        return product_version
+
+    return None