diff --git a/F/Faiss/Faiss/build_tarballs.jl b/F/Faiss/Faiss/build_tarballs.jl
index bca8fa27748..0b7d7956741 100644
--- a/F/Faiss/Faiss/build_tarballs.jl
+++ b/F/Faiss/Faiss/build_tarballs.jl
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ include(joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "common.jl"))
 
 # Build the tarballs, and possibly a `build.jl` as well.
 build_tarballs(ARGS, name, version, sources, script, platforms, products, dependencies;
-    julia_compat="1.6",
-    preferred_gcc_version=v"10", # Not using v"7", since OpenBLAS v0.3.29+ on PowerPC64LE requires libgfortran5, and not using v"8", and v"9" due to internal compiler errors on aarch64-linux-gnu
+    julia_compat="1.9",
+    preferred_gcc_version=v"7",
 )
diff --git a/F/Faiss/Faiss_CUDA/build_tarballs.jl b/F/Faiss/Faiss_CUDA/build_tarballs.jl
index d0fc49f2e45..f5c523d3fb7 100644
--- a/F/Faiss/Faiss_CUDA/build_tarballs.jl
+++ b/F/Faiss/Faiss_CUDA/build_tarballs.jl
@@ -39,10 +39,9 @@ for platform in platforms
 
     build_tarballs(ARGS, name, version, sources, script, [platform], products, [dependencies; cuda_deps];
                    lazy_artifacts=true,
-                   julia_compat="1.6",
+                   julia_compat="1.9",
                    preferred_gcc_version=v"7",
                    augment_platform_block=CUDA.augment,
                    skip_audit=true,
                    dont_dlopen=true)
 end
-# trigger yggy
diff --git a/F/Faiss/bundled/patches/faiss-cmake-mkl-optional.patch b/F/Faiss/bundled/patches/faiss-cmake-mkl-optional.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a61215b778e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/F/Faiss/bundled/patches/faiss-cmake-mkl-optional.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index c4fea46a..12f8aef5 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
+ # Valid values are "generic", "avx2", "avx512", "sve".
+ option(FAISS_OPT_LEVEL "" "generic")
+ option(FAISS_ENABLE_GPU "Enable support for GPU indexes." ON)
++option(FAISS_ENABLE_MKL "Enable MKL." ON)
+ option(FAISS_ENABLE_RAFT "Enable RAFT for GPU indexes." OFF)
+ option(FAISS_ENABLE_ROCM "Enable ROCm for GPU indexes." OFF)
+ option(FAISS_ENABLE_PYTHON "Build Python extension." ON)
+diff --git a/faiss/CMakeLists.txt b/faiss/CMakeLists.txt
+index 2871d974..6588b2d2 100644
+--- a/faiss/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/faiss/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -354,7 +354,9 @@ target_link_libraries(faiss_avx2 PRIVATE OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
+ target_link_libraries(faiss_avx512 PRIVATE OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
+ target_link_libraries(faiss_sve PRIVATE OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
+ 
+-find_package(MKL)
++if(FAISS_ENABLE_MKL)
++  find_package(MKL)
++endif()
+ if(MKL_FOUND)
+   target_link_libraries(faiss PRIVATE ${MKL_LIBRARIES})
+   target_link_libraries(faiss_avx2 PRIVATE ${MKL_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/F/Faiss/common.jl b/F/Faiss/common.jl
index d31a935b233..e6ae9f86c83 100644
--- a/F/Faiss/common.jl
+++ b/F/Faiss/common.jl
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ apk del cmake
 
 cd faiss
 
+atomic_patch -p1 ../patches/faiss-cmake-mkl-optional.patch
 atomic_patch -p1 ../patches/faiss-mingw32-cmake.patch
 atomic_patch -p1 ../patches/faiss-mingw32-InvertedListsIOHook.patch
 atomic_patch -p1 ../patches/faiss-mingw32.patch
@@ -41,14 +42,16 @@ if [[ $bb_full_target == *cuda* ]]; then
 fi
 
 cmake -B build \
+    -DBLA_VENDOR=libblastrampoline \
+    -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
+    -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$prefix \
     -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${CMAKE_TARGET_TOOLCHAIN} \
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+    -DFAISS_ENABLE_C_API=ON \
     -DFAISS_ENABLE_GPU=OFF \
+    -DFAISS_ENABLE_MKL=OFF \
     -DFAISS_ENABLE_PYTHON=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
-    -DFAISS_ENABLE_C_API=ON \
     ${cmake_extra_args[@]}
 cmake --build build --parallel ${nproc}
 cmake --install build
@@ -62,19 +65,7 @@ fi
 
 # These are the platforms we will build for by default, unless further
 # platforms are passed in on the command line
-platforms = supported_platforms()
-
-mkl_platforms = Platform[
-    Platform("x86_64", "Linux"),
-    Platform("x86_64", "MacOS"),
-    Platform("x86_64", "Windows"),
-]
-
-openblas_platforms = filter(p -> p ∉ mkl_platforms, platforms)
-
-platforms = expand_cxxstring_abis(platforms)
-mkl_platforms = expand_cxxstring_abis(mkl_platforms)
-openblas_platforms = expand_cxxstring_abis(openblas_platforms)
+platforms = expand_cxxstring_abis(supported_platforms())
 
 # The products that we will ensure are always built
 products = Product[
@@ -90,9 +81,6 @@ dependencies = [
      # systems), and libgomp from `CompilerSupportLibraries_jll` everywhere else.
     Dependency(PackageSpec(name="CompilerSupportLibraries_jll", uuid="e66e0078-7015-5450-92f7-15fbd957f2ae"); platforms=filter(!Sys.isbsd, platforms)),
     Dependency(PackageSpec(name="LLVMOpenMP_jll", uuid="1d63c593-3942-5779-bab2-d838dc0a180e"); platforms=filter(Sys.isbsd, platforms)),
-    Dependency("LAPACK_jll"; platforms = openblas_platforms),
-    Dependency("MKL_jll"; platforms = mkl_platforms),
-    BuildDependency("MKL_Headers_jll"; platforms = mkl_platforms),
-    Dependency("OpenBLAS32_jll"; platforms = openblas_platforms),
-    HostBuildDependency(PackageSpec("CMake_jll", v"3.28.1")),
+    Dependency("libblastrampoline_jll"; compat="5.4"),
+    HostBuildDependency(PackageSpec("CMake_jll", v"3.30.2")),
 ]