diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 485dd3020b..276ee08645 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ per-file-ignores =
     dpctl/utils/_compute_follows_data.pyx: E999, E225, E227
     dpctl/utils/_onetrace_context.py: E501, W505
     dpctl/tensor/_array_api.py: E501, W505
-    examples/cython/sycl_buffer/syclbuffer/_buffer_example.pyx: E999, E225, E402
-    examples/cython/usm_memory/blackscholes/blackscholes.pyx: E999, E225, E226, E402
+    examples/cython/sycl_buffer/syclbuffer/_syclbuffer.pyx: E999, E225, E402
+    examples/cython/usm_memory/blackscholes/_blackscholes_usm.pyx: E999, E225, E226, E402
     examples/cython/use_dpctl_sycl/use_dpctl_sycl/_cython_api.pyx: E999, E225, E226, E402
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
index 87fceb1830..55e90d8062 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install example requirements
         shell: bash -ex -l {0}
         env:
-          DPCPP_CMPLR: "dpcpp_linux-64>=2024.2"
+          DPCPP_CMPLR: "dpcpp_linux-64>=2025.0"
         run: |
           CHANNELS="${{ env.CHANNELS }}"
           . $CONDA/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
@@ -569,6 +569,7 @@ jobs:
               ${{ env.DPCPP_CMPLR }} "${DPCTL_DEPENDS}" \
               "sysroot_linux-64>=2.28"
           echo "Compiler installed"
+          conda list -n ${{ env.BUILD_ENV_NAME }}
       - name: Install dpctl
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
@@ -586,14 +587,8 @@ jobs:
           for d in $(find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -not -path ".")
           do
             pushd $d
-            export MKLROOT=${CONDA_PREFIX}
-            export TBBROOT=${CONDA_PREFIX}
             conda activate --stack build_env
-            CC=icx CXX=icpx python setup.py build_ext --inplace -G Ninja -- \
-                -DTBB_LIBRARY_DIR=${TBBROOT}/lib \
-                -DMKL_LIBRARY_DIR=${MKLROOT}/lib \
-                -DMKL_INCLUDE_DIR=${MKLROOT}/include \
-                -DTBB_INCLUDE_DIR=${TBBROOT}/include || exit 1
+            CC=icx CXX=icpx python setup.py build_ext --inplace -G Ninja || exit 1
             conda deactivate
             if [ -e tests ]
             then
@@ -614,7 +609,7 @@ jobs:
           do
             pushd $d
             conda activate --stack ${{ env.BUILD_ENV_NAME }}
-            python setup.py build_ext --inplace || exit 1
+            CC=icx CXX=icpx python setup.py develop -G Ninja  || exit 1
             conda deactivate
             python -m pytest tests || exit 1
             popd
diff --git a/examples/cython/sycl_buffer/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/cython/sycl_buffer/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a30fbb2f35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cython/sycl_buffer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22...3.27 FATAL_ERROR)
+
+project(example_cython_syclbuffer VERSION 0.1 LANGUAGES CXX
+  DESCRIPTION "Example of Cython extension to work on host allocated NumPy array using SYCL buffers and SYCL functions.")
+set(DPCTL_CMAKE_MODULES_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../cmake")
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${DPCTL_CMAKE_MODULES_PATH})
+
+find_package(IntelSYCL REQUIRED PATHS ${DPCTL_CMAKE_MODULES_PATH} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+
+
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED True)
+
+# Define CMAKE_INSTALL_xxx: LIBDIR, INCLUDEDIR
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
+find_package(Python REQUIRED COMPONENTS Development.Module NumPy)
+find_package(Dpctl REQUIRED)
+
+# -w is to set working directory (and correctly set __pyx_f[] array of filenames)
+set(CYTHON_FLAGS "-t -w \"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}\"")
+find_package(Cython REQUIRED)
+
+set(py_module_name _syclbuffer)
+
+set(_cy_source syclbuffer/_syclbuffer.pyx)
+add_cython_target(${py_module_name} ${_cy_source} CXX OUTPUT_VAR _generated_cy_src)
+Python_add_library(${py_module_name} MODULE WITH_SOABI ${_generated_cy_src})
+add_sycl_to_target(TARGET ${py_module_name} SOURCES ${_generated_cy_src})
+target_include_directories(${py_module_name} PUBLIC src ${Dpctl_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+target_link_libraries(${py_module_name} PRIVATE Python::NumPy)
+
+install(TARGETS ${py_module_name} DESTINATION syclbuffer)
+
+foreach(_src_fn ${_sources})
+    get_source_file_property(_compile_options ${_src_fn} COMPILE_OPTIONS)
+    set(_combined_options ${_compile_options} "-O3")
+    set_source_files_properties(${_src_fn}
+        PROPERTIES
+        COMPILE_OPTIONS "${_combined_options}"
+    )
+endforeach()
+target_link_options(${py_module_name} PRIVATE -fsycl-device-code-split=per_kernel)
+
+set(ignoreMe "${SKBUILD}")
diff --git a/examples/cython/sycl_buffer/setup.py b/examples/cython/sycl_buffer/setup.py
index e7d64bab4e..00e556063f 100644
--- a/examples/cython/sycl_buffer/setup.py
+++ b/examples/cython/sycl_buffer/setup.py
@@ -14,46 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from setuptools import Extension, setup
-from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
-
-import dpctl
-
-
-class custom_build_ext(build_ext):
-    def build_extensions(self):
-        self.compiler.set_executable("compiler_so", "icpx -fsycl -fPIC")
-        self.compiler.set_executable("compiler_cxx", "icpx -fsycl -fPIC")
-        self.compiler.set_executable(
-            "linker_so",
-            "icpx -fsycl -shared -fpic -fsycl-device-code-split=per_kernel",
-        )
-        build_ext.build_extensions(self)
-
-
-ext_modules = [
-    Extension(
-        name="syclbuffer._syclbuffer",
-        sources=[
-            "syclbuffer/_buffer_example.pyx",
-        ],
-        depends=[
-            "src/use_sycl_buffer.hpp",
-        ],
-        include_dirs=[
-            ".",
-            "./src",
-            dpctl.get_include(),
-        ],
-        extra_compile_args=[
-            "-Wall",
-            "-Wextra",
-            "-fsycl",
-        ],
-        extra_link_args=["-fPIC"],
-        language="c++",
-    )
-]
+from skbuild import setup
 
 setup(
     name="syclbuffer",
@@ -68,6 +29,5 @@ def build_extensions(self):
     license="Apache 2.0",
     author="Intel Corporation",
     url="https://github.com/IntelPython/dpctl",
-    ext_modules=ext_modules,
-    cmdclass={"build_ext": custom_build_ext},
+    packages=["syclbuffer"],
 )
diff --git a/examples/cython/sycl_buffer/syclbuffer/_buffer_example.pyx b/examples/cython/sycl_buffer/syclbuffer/_syclbuffer.pyx
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/cython/sycl_buffer/syclbuffer/_buffer_example.pyx
rename to examples/cython/sycl_buffer/syclbuffer/_syclbuffer.pyx
diff --git a/examples/cython/use_dpctl_sycl/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/cython/use_dpctl_sycl/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9445ae08f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cython/use_dpctl_sycl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22...3.27 FATAL_ERROR)
+
+project(example_cython_use_dpctl_sycl VERSION 0.1 LANGUAGES CXX
+  DESCRIPTION "Example of Cython extension to use Cython API to SYCL objects.")
+set(DPCTL_CMAKE_MODULES_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../cmake")
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${DPCTL_CMAKE_MODULES_PATH})
+
+find_package(IntelSYCL REQUIRED PATHS ${DPCTL_CMAKE_MODULES_PATH} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+
+
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED True)
+
+# Define CMAKE_INSTALL_xxx: LIBDIR, INCLUDEDIR
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
+find_package(Python REQUIRED COMPONENTS Development.Module NumPy)
+find_package(Dpctl REQUIRED)
+
+# -w is to set working directory (and correctly set __pyx_f[] array of filenames)
+set(CYTHON_FLAGS "-t -w \"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}\"")
+find_package(Cython REQUIRED)
+
+set(py_module_name _cython_api)
+
+set(_cy_source use_dpctl_sycl/_cython_api.pyx)
+add_cython_target(${py_module_name} ${_cy_source} CXX OUTPUT_VAR _generated_cy_src)
+Python_add_library(${py_module_name} MODULE WITH_SOABI ${_generated_cy_src})
+add_sycl_to_target(TARGET ${py_module_name} SOURCES ${_generated_cy_src})
+target_include_directories(${py_module_name} PUBLIC include ${Dpctl_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+target_link_libraries(${py_module_name} PRIVATE Python::NumPy)
+
+install(TARGETS ${py_module_name} DESTINATION use_dpctl_sycl)
+
+foreach(_src_fn ${_sources})
+    get_source_file_property(_compile_options ${_src_fn} COMPILE_OPTIONS)
+    set(_combined_options ${_compile_options} "-O3")
+    set_source_files_properties(${_src_fn}
+        PROPERTIES
+        COMPILE_OPTIONS "${_combined_options}"
+    )
+endforeach()
+target_link_options(${py_module_name} PRIVATE -fsycl-device-code-split=per_kernel)
+
+set(ignoreMe "${SKBUILD}")
diff --git a/examples/cython/use_dpctl_sycl/use_dpctl_sycl/utils.hpp b/examples/cython/use_dpctl_sycl/include/utils.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/cython/use_dpctl_sycl/use_dpctl_sycl/utils.hpp
rename to examples/cython/use_dpctl_sycl/include/utils.hpp
diff --git a/examples/cython/use_dpctl_sycl/setup.py b/examples/cython/use_dpctl_sycl/setup.py
index 863590d856..4a3bbf79d4 100644
--- a/examples/cython/use_dpctl_sycl/setup.py
+++ b/examples/cython/use_dpctl_sycl/setup.py
@@ -14,40 +14,20 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import Cython.Build
-import setuptools
-from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext as build_ext_base
+from skbuild import setup
 
-import dpctl
-
-
-class custom_build_ext(build_ext_base):
-    def build_extensions(self):
-        self.compiler.set_executable("compiler_so", "icx -fsycl -fPIC")
-        self.compiler.set_executable("compiler_cxx", "icpx -fsycl -fPIC")
-        self.compiler.set_executable(
-            "linker_so",
-            "icpx -fsycl -shared -fpic -fsycl-device-code-split=per_kernel",
-        )
-        super().build_extensions()
-
-
-ext = setuptools.Extension(
-    "use_dpctl_sycl._cython_api",
-    ["./use_dpctl_sycl/_cython_api.pyx"],
-    include_dirs=[dpctl.get_include(), "./use_dpctl_sycl"],
-    language="c++",
-)
-
-(cythonized_ext,) = Cython.Build.cythonize(
-    [
-        ext,
-    ]
-)
-
-setuptools.setup(
+setup(
     name="use_dpctl_sycl",
     version="0.0.0",
-    ext_modules=[cythonized_ext],
-    cmdclass={"build_ext": custom_build_ext},
+    description="An example of Cython extension calling SYCL Cython API",
+    long_description="""
+    Example of using SYCL to work on host allocated NumPy array using
+    SYCL buffers and SYCL functions.
+
+    See README.md for more details.
+    """,
+    license="Apache 2.0",
+    author="Intel Corporation",
+    url="https://github.com/IntelPython/dpctl",
+    packages=["use_dpctl_sycl"],
 )
diff --git a/examples/cython/usm_memory/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/cython/usm_memory/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a422d26d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cython/usm_memory/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22...3.27 FATAL_ERROR)
+
+project(example_cython_blackscholes_usm VERSION 0.1 LANGUAGES CXX
+  DESCRIPTION "Example of Cython extension calling SYCL routines")
+set(DPCTL_CMAKE_MODULES_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../cmake")
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${DPCTL_CMAKE_MODULES_PATH})
+
+find_package(IntelSYCL REQUIRED PATHS ${DPCTL_CMAKE_MODULES_PATH} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+
+
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED True)
+
+# Define CMAKE_INSTALL_xxx: LIBDIR, INCLUDEDIR
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
+find_package(Python REQUIRED COMPONENTS Development.Module NumPy)
+find_package(Dpctl REQUIRED)
+
+# -t is to only Cythonize sources with timestamps newer than existing CXX files (if present)
+# -w is to set working directory (and correctly set __pyx_f[] array of filenames)
+set(CYTHON_FLAGS "-t -w \"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}\"")
+find_package(Cython REQUIRED)
+
+find_package(TBB REQUIRED)
+
+set(MKL_ARCH "intel64")
+set(MKL_LINK "dynamic")
+set(MKL_THREADING "tbb_thread")
+set(MKL_INTERFACE "ilp64")
+find_package(MKL REQUIRED)
+
+set(py_module_name _blackscholes_usm)
+
+set(_cy_source blackscholes/_blackscholes_usm.pyx)
+add_cython_target(${py_module_name} ${_cy_source} CXX OUTPUT_VAR _generated_cy_src)
+Python_add_library(${py_module_name} MODULE WITH_SOABI ${_generated_cy_src})
+add_sycl_to_target(TARGET ${py_module_name} SOURCES ${_generated_cy_src})
+target_compile_definitions(${py_module_name} PRIVATE -DMKL_ILP64)
+target_include_directories(${py_module_name} PUBLIC src ${Dpctl_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+target_link_libraries(${py_module_name} PRIVATE MKL::MKL_SYCL Python::NumPy)
+
+install(TARGETS ${py_module_name} DESTINATION blackscholes)
+
+foreach(_src_fn ${_sources})
+    get_source_file_property(_compile_options ${_src_fn} COMPILE_OPTIONS)
+    set(_combined_options ${_compile_options} "-O3")
+    set_source_files_properties(${_src_fn}
+        PROPERTIES
+        COMPILE_OPTIONS "${_combined_options}"
+    )
+endforeach()
+target_link_options(${py_module_name} PRIVATE -fsycl-device-code-split=per_kernel)
+
+set(ignoreMe "${SKBUILD}")
diff --git a/examples/cython/usm_memory/blackscholes/blackscholes.pyx b/examples/cython/usm_memory/blackscholes/_blackscholes_usm.pyx
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/cython/usm_memory/blackscholes/blackscholes.pyx
rename to examples/cython/usm_memory/blackscholes/_blackscholes_usm.pyx
diff --git a/examples/cython/usm_memory/setup.py b/examples/cython/usm_memory/setup.py
index ae3c7b85c5..f09d146c73 100644
--- a/examples/cython/usm_memory/setup.py
+++ b/examples/cython/usm_memory/setup.py
@@ -14,65 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import os.path
-import sysconfig
-
-import numpy as np
-from setuptools import Extension, setup
-from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
-
-import dpctl
-
-
-class custom_build_ext(build_ext):
-    def build_extensions(self):
-        self.compiler.set_executable("compiler_so", "icpx -fsycl -fPIC")
-        self.compiler.set_executable("compiler_cxx", "icpx -fsycl -fPIC")
-        self.compiler.set_executable(
-            "linker_so",
-            "icpx -fsycl -shared -fpic -fsycl-device-code-split=per_kernel",
-        )
-        build_ext.build_extensions(self)
-
-
-ext_modules = [
-    Extension(
-        name="blackscholes._blackscholes_usm",
-        sources=[
-            "blackscholes/blackscholes.pyx",
-        ],
-        depends=[
-            "src/sycl_black_scholes.hpp",
-        ],
-        include_dirs=[
-            "./src",
-            np.get_include(),
-            dpctl.get_include(),
-            os.path.join(sysconfig.get_paths()["include"], ".."),
-        ],
-        library_dirs=[
-            os.path.join(sysconfig.get_paths()["stdlib"], ".."),
-        ],
-        libraries=["sycl"]
-        + [
-            "mkl_sycl",
-            "mkl_intel_ilp64",
-            "mkl_tbb_thread",
-            "mkl_core",
-            "tbb",
-        ],
-        runtime_library_dirs=[],
-        extra_compile_args=[
-            "-Wall",
-            "-Wextra",
-            "-fsycl",
-            "-fno-fast-math",
-        ],
-        extra_link_args=["-fPIC"],
-        language="c++",
-    )
-]
-
+from skbuild import setup
 
 setup(
     name="blackscholes_usm",
@@ -86,6 +28,5 @@ def build_extensions(self):
     license="Apache 2.0",
     author="Intel Corporation",
     url="https://github.com/IntelPython/dpctl",
-    ext_modules=ext_modules,
-    cmdclass={"build_ext": custom_build_ext},
+    packages=["blackscholes"],
 )
diff --git a/examples/pybind11/onemkl_gemv/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/pybind11/onemkl_gemv/CMakeLists.txt
index 46709840fb..08dda0b288 100644
--- a/examples/pybind11/onemkl_gemv/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/pybind11/onemkl_gemv/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,28 +27,21 @@ FetchContent_MakeAvailable(pybind11)
 find_package(Python REQUIRED COMPONENTS Development.Module NumPy)
 find_package(Dpctl REQUIRED)
 
-find_library(mkl_core NAMES mkl_core PATHS ${MKL_LIBRARY_DIR} REQUIRED)
-find_library(mkl_sycl NAMES mkl_sycl PATHS ${MKL_LIBRARY_DIR} REQUIRED)
-find_library(mkl_intel_ilp64 NAMES mkl_intel_ilp64 PATHS ${MKL_LIBRARY_DIR} REQUIRED)
-find_library(mkl_tbb_thread NAMES mkl_tbb_thread PATHS ${MKL_LIBRARY_DIR} REQUIRED)
-find_library(tbb NAMES tbb PATHS ${TBB_LIBRARY_DIR} REQUIRED)
-find_library(OpenCL NAMES OpenCL REQUIRED)
+find_package(TBB REQUIRED)
+
+set(MKL_ARCH "intel64")
+set(MKL_LINK "dynamic")
+set(MKL_THREADING "tbb_thread")
+set(MKL_INTERFACE "ilp64")
+find_package(MKL REQUIRED)
 
 set(py_module_name _onemkl)
 
 set(_sources sycl_gemm/_onemkl.cpp)
-pybind11_add_module(${py_module_name}
-    MODULE
-    ${_sources}
-)
+pybind11_add_module(${py_module_name} MODULE ${_sources})
 add_sycl_to_target(TARGET ${py_module_name} SOURCES ${_sources})
-target_compile_definitions(${py_module_name} PRIVATE -DMKL_ILP64)
-target_include_directories(${py_module_name}
-    PUBLIC ${MKL_INCLUDE_DIR} sycl_gemm
-)
-target_link_libraries(${py_module_name}
-    PRIVATE ${mkl_sycl} ${mkl_intel_ilp64} ${mkl_tbb_thread} ${mkl_core} ${tbb}
-)
+target_include_directories(${py_module_name} PUBLIC sycl_gemm)
+target_link_libraries(${py_module_name} PRIVATE MKL::MKL_SYCL)
 
 install(TARGETS ${py_module_name} DESTINATION sycl_gemm)
 target_include_directories(${py_module_name} PUBLIC ${Dpctl_INCLUDE_DIRS})
@@ -70,11 +63,7 @@ add_executable(standalone_cpp
 target_compile_options(standalone_cpp
   PRIVATE -O3 -Wno-deprecated-declarations
 )
-target_include_directories(standalone_cpp
-  PUBLIC ${MKL_INCLUDE_DIR} ${TBB_INCLUDE_DIR} sycl_gemm
-  )
-target_link_libraries(standalone_cpp
-    PRIVATE ${mkl_sycl} ${mkl_intel_ilp64} ${mkl_tbb_thread} ${mkl_core} ${tbb} ${OpenCL}
-)
+target_include_directories(standalone_cpp PUBLIC sycl_gemm)
+target_link_libraries(standalone_cpp PRIVATE MKL::MKL_SYCL)
 
 set(ignoreMe "${SKBUILD}")