diff --git a/cmake/Modules/OpenCLLoader.cmake b/cmake/Modules/OpenCLLoader.cmake
index 23ca81a5f2..e0d1fbaf18 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/OpenCLLoader.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/OpenCLLoader.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 message(STATUS "Downloading and building OpenCL loader library")
-set(OPENCL_LOADER_URL "${LAMMPS_THIRDPARTY_URL}/opencl-loader-2022.01.04.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "URL for OpenCL loader tarball")
-set(OPENCL_LOADER_MD5 "8d3a801e87a2c6653bf0e27707063914" CACHE STRING "MD5 checksum of OpenCL loader tarball")
+set(OPENCL_LOADER_URL "${LAMMPS_THIRDPARTY_URL}/opencl-loader-2024.02.09.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "URL for OpenCL loader tarball")
+set(OPENCL_LOADER_MD5 "2f365597659a0c3d140190dec1de77ef" CACHE STRING "MD5 checksum of OpenCL loader tarball")
 mark_as_advanced(OPENCL_LOADER_URL)
 mark_as_advanced(OPENCL_LOADER_MD5)
 
@@ -8,4 +8,3 @@ set(INSTALL_LIBOPENCL OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 include(ExternalCMakeProject)
 ExternalCMakeProject(opencl_loader ${OPENCL_LOADER_URL} ${OPENCL_LOADER_MD5} opencl-loader . "")
 
-add_library(OpenCL::OpenCL ALIAS OpenCL)