diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/Stencil.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/Stencil.cpp
index 7bc07960e103d..9486eaba555c6 100644
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/Stencil.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/Stencil.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ bool CheckResults(float *out, float *in, unsigned n) {
                     in[(i + 5) * n + (j + 0)] * 0.02f;
 
         // check result
-        if (abs(res - out[i * n + j]) >= 0.0015f) {
+        if (std::abs(res - out[i * n + j]) >= 0.0015f) {
           std::cout << "out[" << i << "][" << j << "] = " << out[i * n + j]
                     << " expect result " << res << std::endl;
           return false;
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/api/bin_and_cmp_ops_heavy.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/api/bin_and_cmp_ops_heavy.cpp
index 012a2f20cbe94..66b434d9f9cef 100644
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/api/bin_and_cmp_ops_heavy.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/api/bin_and_cmp_ops_heavy.cpp
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ template <class T1, class T2, class OpClass> struct verify_n {
     using Tint = esimd_test::int_type_t<sizeof(T)>;
     Tint res_bits = *(Tint *)&res;
     Tint gold_bits = *(Tint *)&gold;
-    return (abs(gold_bits - res_bits) > n) ? false : true;
+    return (std::abs(gold_bits - res_bits) > n) ? false : true;
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/api/unary_ops_heavy.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/api/unary_ops_heavy.cpp
index 50778fef19ff8..f360630478e8e 100644
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/api/unary_ops_heavy.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/api/unary_ops_heavy.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ bool test(Ops ops, queue &q) {
                             ? 1
                             : 0;
 
-            if ((Gold != Res) && (abs(ResBits - GoldBits) > delta)) {
+            if ((Gold != Res) && (std::abs(ResBits - GoldBits) > delta)) {
               if (++err_cnt < 10) {
                 std::cout << "  failed at index " << (res_off + j) << ", op "
                           << esimd_test::Op2Str(op) << ": " << cast(Res)
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/esimd_test_utils.hpp b/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/esimd_test_utils.hpp
index 422b09b62d9da..0de584191bd41 100644
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/esimd_test_utils.hpp
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/esimd_test_utils.hpp
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ bool cmp_binary_files(const char *testOutFile, const char *referenceFile,
   double maxRelativeDiff = 0;
   bool status = true;
   for (size_t i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-    const auto diff = abs(testVec[i] - referenceVec[i]);
+    const auto diff = std::abs(testVec[i] - referenceVec[i]);
     if (diff > tolerance) {
       if (!mismatchRateTolerance || (totalMismatches < mismatchReportLimit)) {
 
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/ext_math.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/ext_math.cpp
index 215868a367233..47a9e7b251532 100644
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/ext_math.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/ext_math.cpp
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ bool test(queue &Q, const std::string &Name,
     }
 
     bool BothFinite = std::isfinite(Test) && std::isfinite(Gold);
-    if (BothFinite && abs(Test - Gold) > delta) {
+    if (BothFinite && std::abs(Test - Gold) > delta) {
       if (++ErrCnt < 10) {
         std::cout << "    failed at index " << I << ", " << Test
                   << " != " << Gold << " (gold)\n";
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/kmeans/kmeans.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/kmeans/kmeans.cpp
index 180f2db54a214..50328431ea0c0 100644
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/kmeans/kmeans.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/kmeans/kmeans.cpp
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ bool verify_result(Centroid4 *centroids4, // gpu centroids result
     float errY = std::fabs(centroids4[j].y[k] - centroids[i].y) /
                  max(std::fabs(centroids4[j].y[k]), std::fabs(centroids[i].y));
     float errSize =
-        abs(centroids4[j].num_points[k] - centroids[i].num_points) /
-        max(abs(centroids4[j].num_points[k]), abs(centroids[i].num_points));
+        std::abs(centroids4[j].num_points[k] - centroids[i].num_points) /
+        max(std::abs(centroids4[j].num_points[k]),
+            std::abs(centroids[i].num_points));
     // std::cout << i << ": Wanted (" << centroids[i].x << ", " <<
     // centroids[i].y
     //        << ", " << centroids[i].num_points << ")" << std::endl;
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/linear/bitmap_helpers.h b/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/linear/bitmap_helpers.h
index e6c8863bd4c82..466ecf79f0882 100644
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/linear/bitmap_helpers.h
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/linear/bitmap_helpers.h
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ __SYCL_INLINE_VER_NAMESPACE(_V1) {
         return false;
       }
 
-      width = abs(*(short *)&header_out[18]);
-      height = abs(*(short *)&header_out[22]);
+      width = std::abs(*(short *)&header_out[18]);
+      height = std::abs(*(short *)&header_out[22]);
 
       img_out = (unsigned char *)std::malloc(width * height * 3);
       img_gold = (unsigned char *)std::malloc(width * height * 3);
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ __SYCL_INLINE_VER_NAMESPACE(_V1) {
       fclose(f_gold);
 
       for (i = 0; i < width * height * 3; i++) {
-        if (abs(img_out[i] - img_gold[i]) > tolerance) {
+        if (std::abs(img_out[i] - img_gold[i]) > tolerance) {
           return false;
         }
       }
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/stencil2.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/stencil2.cpp
index 0589b446b1911..c7969ce2c1398 100644
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/stencil2.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/stencil2.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ bool CheckResults(float *out, float *in, unsigned n) {
                     in[(i + 5) * n + (j + 0)] * 0.02f;
 
         // check result
-        if (abs(res - out[i * n + j]) >= 0.0015f) {
+        if (std::abs(res - out[i * n + j]) >= 0.0015f) {
           std::cout << "out[" << i << "][" << j << "] = " << out[i * n + j]
                     << " expect result " << res << std::endl;
           return false;
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/vadd_half.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/vadd_half.cpp
index 23a0e1944c6ba..dde3e845e5cbf 100644
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/vadd_half.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/ESIMD/vadd_half.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     Tint ResBits = *(Tint *)&Res;
     Tint GoldBits = *(Tint *)&Gold;
 
-    if (abs(ResBits - GoldBits) > 1) {
+    if (std::abs(ResBits - GoldBits) > 1) {
       if (++err_cnt < 100) {
         std::cout << "failed at index " << i << ": " << cast(Res) << "(0x"
                   << std::hex << ResBits << ")"
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/GroupAlgorithm/SYCL2020/reduce_over_group_size.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/GroupAlgorithm/SYCL2020/reduce_over_group_size.cpp
index 40e2b4fa04794..47dca77127e27 100644
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/GroupAlgorithm/SYCL2020/reduce_over_group_size.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/GroupAlgorithm/SYCL2020/reduce_over_group_size.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ int main() {
     }
     for (int j = 0; j < NV; j++) {
       auto d = s[j] - r[k * NV + j];
-      if (abs(d) > 1e-10) {
+      if (std::abs(d) > 1e-10) {
         printf("partial fail ");
         printf("%i\t%i\t%g\t%g\n", k, j, s[j], r[k * NV + j]);
         fails++;