diff --git a/.github/scripts/install_fbgemm.sh b/.github/scripts/install_fbgemm.sh
index 08765d62f..acab6e61c 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/install_fbgemm.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/install_fbgemm.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ echo "CHANNEL"
 echo "$CHANNEL"
 
 if [ "$CHANNEL" = "nightly" ]; then
-    ${CONDA_RUN} pip install fbgemm-gpu --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/"$CU_VERSION"
+    ${CONDA_RUN} pip --pre install fbgemm-gpu --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/"$CU_VERSION"
 elif [ "$CHANNEL" = "test" ]; then
-    ${CONDA_RUN} pip install fbgemm-gpu --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/test/"$CU_VERSION"
+    ${CONDA_RUN} pip --pre install fbgemm-gpu --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/test/"$CU_VERSION"
 fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 51217790e..275e0b1fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup conda
       run: |
         wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O ~/miniconda.sh
-        bash ~/miniconda.sh -b -p $HOME/miniconda
+        bash ~/miniconda.sh -b -p $HOME/miniconda -u
+        conda update -n base -c defaults -y conda
     - name: setup Path
       run: |
         echo "/home/ec2-user/miniconda/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
@@ -51,7 +52,26 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install gcc
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        sudo apt-get install build-essential
+        conda install -n build_binary -c conda-forge -y gxx_linux-64=11.4.0 sysroot_linux-64=2.17
+        echo "[INSTALL] Setting the C/C++ compiler symlinks ..."
+        cc_path=$(conda run -n build_binary printenv CC)
+        cxx_path=$(conda run -n build_binary printenv CXX)
+        ln -sf "${cc_path}" "$(dirname "$cc_path")/cc"
+        ln -sf "${cc_path}" "$(dirname "$cc_path")/gcc"
+        ln -sf "${cxx_path}" "$(dirname "$cxx_path")/c++"
+        ln -sf "${cxx_path}" "$(dirname "$cxx_path")/g++"
+
+        conda_prefix=$(conda run -n build_binary printenv CONDA_PREFIX)
+        echo "[TEST] Enumerating libstdc++.so files ..."
+        all_libcxx_libs=$(find "${conda_prefix}/lib" -type f -name 'libstdc++.so*' -print | sort)
+        for f in $all_libcxx_libs; do
+          echo "$f";
+          objdump -TC "$f" | grep GLIBCXX_ | sed 's/.*GLIBCXX_\([.0-9]*\).*/GLIBCXX_\1/g' | sort -Vu | cat
+          echo ""
+        done
+
+        echo "[TEST] Appending the Conda-installed libstdc++ to LD_PRELOAD ..."
+        conda env config vars set -n build_binary LD_PRELOAD="${all_libcxx_libs[0]}"
     - name: setup Path
       run: |
         echo /usr/local/bin >> $GITHUB_PATH
@@ -61,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
         conda install -n build_binary --yes pytorch cpuonly -c pytorch-nightly
     - name: Install fbgemm
       run: |
-        conda run -n build_binary pip install fbgemm-gpu --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cpu
+        conda run -n build_binary pip install --pre fbgemm-gpu --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cpu
     - name: Install torchmetrics
       run: |
         conda run -n build_binary pip install torchmetrics==1.0.3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pyre.yml b/.github/workflows/pyre.yml
index ed25404e7..e9cae9ca0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pyre.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pyre.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: >
           pip install torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cpu &&
-          pip install fbgemm-gpu --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cpu &&
+          pip install --pre fbgemm-gpu --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cpu &&
           pip install -r requirements.txt &&
           pip install pyre-check-nightly==$(cat .pyre_configuration | grep version | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's/\"//g')
       - name: Pyre check
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_build.yml b/.github/workflows/release_build.yml
index 1ea837d4b..f6431d2f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_build.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O ~/miniconda.sh
         bash ~/miniconda.sh -b -p $HOME/miniconda -u
+        conda update -n base -c defaults -y conda
     - name: setup Path
       run: |
         echo "/home/ec2-user/miniconda/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
@@ -62,9 +63,28 @@ jobs:
     - name: check python version
       run: |
         conda run -n build_binary python --version
-    - name: Install C/C++ compilers
-      run: |
-        sudo yum install -y gcc gcc-c++
+    - name: Install gcc
+      run: |
+        conda install -n build_binary -c conda-forge -y gxx_linux-64=11.4.0 sysroot_linux-64=2.17
+        echo "[INSTALL] Setting the C/C++ compiler symlinks ..."
+        cc_path=$(conda run -n build_binary printenv CC)
+        cxx_path=$(conda run -n build_binary printenv CXX)
+        ln -sf "${cc_path}" "$(dirname "$cc_path")/cc"
+        ln -sf "${cc_path}" "$(dirname "$cc_path")/gcc"
+        ln -sf "${cxx_path}" "$(dirname "$cxx_path")/c++"
+        ln -sf "${cxx_path}" "$(dirname "$cxx_path")/g++"
+
+        conda_prefix=$(conda run -n build_binary printenv CONDA_PREFIX)
+        echo "[TEST] Enumerating libstdc++.so files ..."
+        all_libcxx_libs=$(find "${conda_prefix}/lib" -type f -name 'libstdc++.so*' -print | sort)
+        for f in $all_libcxx_libs; do
+          echo "$f";
+          objdump -TC "$f" | grep GLIBCXX_ | sed 's/.*GLIBCXX_\([.0-9]*\).*/GLIBCXX_\1/g' | sort -Vu | cat
+          echo ""
+        done
+
+        echo "[TEST] Appending the Conda-installed libstdc++ to LD_PRELOAD ..."
+        conda env config vars set -n build_binary LD_PRELOAD="${all_libcxx_libs[0]}"
     - name: Install PyTorch and CUDA
       shell: bash
       run: |
@@ -73,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         conda run -n build_binary pip install numpy
-        conda run -n build_binary pip install fbgemm-gpu
+        conda run -n build_binary pip install --pre fbgemm-gpu
     - name: Install Dependencies
       shell: bash
       run: |
@@ -179,7 +199,7 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         conda run -n build_binary pip install numpy
-        conda run -n build_binary pip install fbgemm-gpu
+        conda run -n build_binary pip install --pre fbgemm-gpu
     - name: Install torchmetrics
       shell: bash
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittest_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/unittest_ci.yml
index 0b3fe0638..7c4b92eaa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unittest_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittest_ci.yml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
         conda run -n build_binary \
           python -c "import torch.distributed"
         conda run -n build_binary \
-          pip install fbgemm-gpu --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/${{ matrix.cuda-tag }}
+          pip install --pre fbgemm-gpu --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/${{ matrix.cuda-tag }}
         conda run -n build_binary \
           python -c "import fbgemm_gpu"
         echo "fbgemm_gpu succeeded"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittest_ci_cpu.yml b/.github/workflows/unittest_ci_cpu.yml
index 1efe64178..cb00b1d23 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unittest_ci_cpu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittest_ci_cpu.yml
@@ -45,17 +45,41 @@ jobs:
         conda info
         python --version
         conda run -n build_binary python --version
+
+        echo "[INSTALL] Installing gcc..."
+        conda install -n build_binary -c conda-forge -y gxx_linux-64=11.4.0 sysroot_linux-64=2.17
+
+        echo "[INSTALL] Setting the C/C++ compiler symlinks ..."
+        cc_path=$(conda run -n build_binary printenv CC)
+        cxx_path=$(conda run -n build_binary printenv CXX)
+        ln -sf "${cc_path}" "$(dirname "$cc_path")/cc"
+        ln -sf "${cc_path}" "$(dirname "$cc_path")/gcc"
+        ln -sf "${cxx_path}" "$(dirname "$cxx_path")/c++"
+        ln -sf "${cxx_path}" "$(dirname "$cxx_path")/g++"
+
+        conda_prefix=$(conda run -n build_binary printenv CONDA_PREFIX)
+        echo "[INSTALL] Enumerating libstdc++.so files ..."
+        all_libcxx_libs=$(find "${conda_prefix}/lib" -type f -name 'libstdc++.so*' -print | sort)
+        for f in $all_libcxx_libs; do
+          echo "$f";
+          objdump -TC "$f" | grep GLIBCXX_ | sed 's/.*GLIBCXX_\([.0-9]*\).*/GLIBCXX_\1/g' | sort -Vu | cat
+          echo ""
+        done
+
+        echo "[INSTALL] Appending the Conda-installed libstdc++ to LD_PRELOAD ..."
+        conda env config vars set -n build_binary LD_PRELOAD="${all_libcxx_libs[0]}"
+
         conda run -n build_binary \
           pip install torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cpu
         conda run -n build_binary \
-          python -c "import torch"
+          python -c "import torch; print(torch.__version__, torch.version.cuda); "
         echo "torch succeeded"
         conda run -n build_binary \
           python -c "import torch.distributed"
         conda run -n build_binary \
-          pip install fbgemm-gpu --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cpu
+          pip install --pre fbgemm-gpu --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cpu
         conda run -n build_binary \
-          python -c "import fbgemm_gpu"
+          python -c "import torch; import fbgemm_gpu; print(fbgemm_gpu.__version__)"
         echo "fbgemm_gpu succeeded"
         conda run -n build_binary \
           pip install -r requirements.txt
@@ -73,9 +97,6 @@ jobs:
           python -m pytest torchrec -v -s -W ignore::pytest.PytestCollectionWarning --continue-on-collection-errors \
           --ignore-glob=**/test_utils/
         echo "Starting C++ Tests"
-        conda install -n build_binary -y gxx_linux-64
-        conda run -n build_binary \
-          x86_64-conda-linux-gnu-g++ --version
         conda install -n build_binary -c anaconda redis -y
         conda run -n build_binary redis-server --daemonize yes
         mkdir cpp-build
diff --git a/torchrec/distributed/utils.py b/torchrec/distributed/utils.py
index 8a3db1209..830fef412 100644
--- a/torchrec/distributed/utils.py
+++ b/torchrec/distributed/utils.py
@@ -525,7 +525,9 @@ def create_global_tensor_shape_stride_from_metadata(
     """
     size = None
     if parameter_sharding.sharding_type == ShardingType.COLUMN_WISE.value:
-        row_dim = parameter_sharding.sharding_spec.shards[0].shard_sizes[0]  # pyre-ignore[16]
+        row_dim = parameter_sharding.sharding_spec.shards[0].shard_sizes[
+            0
+        ]  # pyre-ignore[16]
         col_dim = 0
         for shard in parameter_sharding.sharding_spec.shards:
             col_dim += shard.shard_sizes[1]
@@ -551,4 +553,6 @@ def create_global_tensor_shape_stride_from_metadata(
         for _ in range(devices_per_node):
             row_dim += parameter_sharding.sharding_spec.shards[0].shard_sizes[0]
         size = torch.Size([row_dim, col_dim])
-    return size, (size[1], 1) if size else (torch.Size([0, 0]), (0, 1))  # pyre-ignore[7]
+    return size, (
+        (size[1], 1) if size else (torch.Size([0, 0]), (0, 1))
+    )  # pyre-ignore[7]