diff --git a/sycl/cmake/modules/FetchUnifiedRuntime.cmake b/sycl/cmake/modules/FetchUnifiedRuntime.cmake
index 8f59101cbeb32..7dbb2f4c604ea 100644
--- a/sycl/cmake/modules/FetchUnifiedRuntime.cmake
+++ b/sycl/cmake/modules/FetchUnifiedRuntime.cmake
@@ -117,11 +117,13 @@ if(SYCL_UR_USE_FETCH_CONTENT)
   endfunction()
 
   set(UNIFIED_RUNTIME_REPO "https://github.com/oneapi-src/unified-runtime.git")
-  # commit af7e275b509b41f54a66743ebf748dfb51668abf
-  # Author: Maosu Zhao <maosu.zhao@intel.com>
-  # Date:   Thu Oct 17 16:31:21 2024 +0800
-  #     [DeviceSanitizer] Refactor the code to manage shadow memory (#2127)
-  set(UNIFIED_RUNTIME_TAG af7e275b509b41f54a66743ebf748dfb51668abf)
+  # commit c742ca49efb12380a35b8b0b467e6577ab8174ce
+  # Merge: 3a8bf2c5 504d3b63
+  # Author: Kenneth Benzie (Benie) <k.benzie@codeplay.com>
+  # Date:   Mon Oct 21 11:55:23 2024 +0100
+  #     Merge pull request #2131 from Bensuo/ben/command-handle-fix
+  #     [EXP][CMDBUF] Make command handle behaviour consistent
+  set(UNIFIED_RUNTIME_TAG c742ca49efb12380a35b8b0b467e6577ab8174ce)
 
   set(UMF_BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF CACHE INTERNAL "EXAMPLES")
   # Due to the use of dependentloadflag and no installer for UMF and hwloc we need
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/graph_impl.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/graph_impl.cpp
index afe32ed7a4fbc..ec847888357f2 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/graph_impl.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/graph_impl.cpp
@@ -706,9 +706,11 @@ exec_graph_impl::enqueueNodeDirect(sycl::context Ctx,
   ur_result_t Res = sycl::detail::enqueueImpCommandBufferKernel(
       Ctx, DeviceImpl, CommandBuffer,
       *static_cast<sycl::detail::CGExecKernel *>((Node->MCommandGroup.get())),
-      Deps, &NewSyncPoint, &NewCommand, nullptr);
+      Deps, &NewSyncPoint, MIsUpdatable ? &NewCommand : nullptr, nullptr);
 
-  MCommandMap[Node] = NewCommand;
+  if (MIsUpdatable) {
+    MCommandMap[Node] = NewCommand;
+  }
 
   if (Res != UR_RESULT_SUCCESS) {
     throw sycl::exception(errc::invalid,
@@ -744,7 +746,10 @@ ur_exp_command_buffer_sync_point_t exec_graph_impl::enqueueNode(
           Node->getCGCopy(), AllocaQueue, /*EventNeeded=*/true, CommandBuffer,
           Deps);
 
-  MCommandMap[Node] = Event->getCommandBufferCommand();
+  if (MIsUpdatable) {
+    MCommandMap[Node] = Event->getCommandBufferCommand();
+  }
+
   return Event->getSyncPoint();
 }
 void exec_graph_impl::createCommandBuffers(
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/scheduler/commands.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/scheduler/commands.cpp
index 6556b8008b30a..1d24a2bb41c40 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/scheduler/commands.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/scheduler/commands.cpp
@@ -2558,12 +2558,22 @@ ur_result_t enqueueImpCommandBufferKernel(
       LocalSize = RequiredWGSize;
   }
 
+  // Command-buffers which are not updatable cannot return command handles, so
+  // we query the descriptor here to check if a handle is required.
+  ur_exp_command_buffer_desc_t CommandBufferDesc{};
+
+  Adapter->call<UrApiKind::urCommandBufferGetInfoExp>(
+      CommandBuffer,
+      ur_exp_command_buffer_info_t::UR_EXP_COMMAND_BUFFER_INFO_DESCRIPTOR,
+      sizeof(ur_exp_command_buffer_desc_t), &CommandBufferDesc, nullptr);
+
   ur_result_t Res =
       Adapter->call_nocheck<UrApiKind::urCommandBufferAppendKernelLaunchExp>(
           CommandBuffer, UrKernel, NDRDesc.Dims, &NDRDesc.GlobalOffset[0],
           &NDRDesc.GlobalSize[0], LocalSize, 0, nullptr, SyncPoints.size(),
           SyncPoints.size() ? SyncPoints.data() : nullptr, 0, nullptr,
-          OutSyncPoint, nullptr, OutCommand);
+          OutSyncPoint, nullptr,
+          CommandBufferDesc.isUpdatable ? OutCommand : nullptr);
 
   if (!SyclKernelImpl && !Kernel) {
     Adapter->call<UrApiKind::urKernelRelease>(UrKernel);