diff --git a/src/plugins/mpi/pmix/mpi_pmix.c b/src/plugins/mpi/pmix/mpi_pmix.c
index c4bdeafc6b..eda8b39e0a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mpi/pmix/mpi_pmix.c
+++ b/src/plugins/mpi/pmix/mpi_pmix.c
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ const uint32_t plugin_version = SLURM_VERSION_NUMBER;
 
 void *libpmix_plug = NULL;
 
+static const char *pmix_libraries[] = { "libpmix.so", "libpmix.so.2" };
+
 static void _libpmix_close(void *lib_plug)
 {
 	xassert(lib_plug);
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ static void *_libpmix_open(void)
 {
 	void *lib_plug = NULL;
 	char *full_path = NULL;
+	size_t sz = 0;
 
 #ifdef PMIXP_V1_LIBPATH
 	xstrfmtcat(full_path, "%s/", PMIXP_V1_LIBPATH);
@@ -112,6 +115,13 @@ static void *_libpmix_open(void)
 	lib_plug = dlopen(full_path, RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_GLOBAL);
 	xfree(full_path);
 
+	while (!lib_plug && (sz < sizeof(pmix_libraries)/sizeof(pmix_libraries[0]))) {
+		xstrfmtcat(full_path, "%s", pmix_libraries[sz]);
+		lib_plug = dlopen(full_path, RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_GLOBAL);
+		xfree(full_path);
+		++sz;
+	}
+
 	if (lib_plug && (HAVE_PMIX_VER != pmixp_lib_get_version())) {
 		PMIXP_ERROR("pmi/pmix: incorrect PMIx library version loaded %d was loaded, required %d version",
 			    pmixp_lib_get_version(), (int)HAVE_PMIX_VER);
diff --git a/src/plugins/mpi/pmix/pmixp_dconn_ucx.c b/src/plugins/mpi/pmix/pmixp_dconn_ucx.c
index f6c91adc93..506a18e3c1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mpi/pmix/pmixp_dconn_ucx.c
+++ b/src/plugins/mpi/pmix/pmixp_dconn_ucx.c
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ static struct io_operations _progress_ops = {
 	.handle_read = _progress_read
 };
 
+static const char *ucx_libraries[] = { "libucp.so", "libucp.so.0" };
+
 static void *_ucx_init(int nodeid, pmixp_p2p_data_t direct_hdr);
 static void _ucx_fini(void *_priv);
 static int _ucx_connect(void *_priv, void *ep_data, size_t ep_len,
@@ -161,6 +163,8 @@ static int _load_ucx_lib()
 	setenv("UCX_MEM_MALLOC_RELOC", "no", 1);
 	setenv("UCX_MEM_EVENTS", "no", 1);
 
+	size_t sz = 0;
+
 #ifdef PMIXP_UCX_LIBPATH
 	/* If this Slurm build doesn't allow RPATH's
 	 * try to open library by it's full path that
@@ -170,6 +174,12 @@ static int _load_ucx_lib()
 	xstrfmtcat(full_path, "%s/libucp.so", PMIXP_UCX_LIBPATH);
 	_ucx_lib_handler = dlopen(full_path, RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_GLOBAL);
 	xfree(full_path);
+	while (!_ucx_lib_handler && (sz < sizeof(ucx_libraries)/sizeof(ucx_libraries[0]))) {
+		xstrfmtcat(full_path, "%s/%s", PMIXP_UCX_LIBPATH, ucx_libraries[sz]);
+		_ucx_lib_handler = dlopen(full_path, RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_GLOBAL);
+		xfree(full_path);
+		++sz;
+	}
 	if (_ucx_lib_handler) {
 		/* successful, exit now */
 		return SLURM_SUCCESS;
@@ -179,6 +189,13 @@ static int _load_ucx_lib()
 	 */
 #endif
 	_ucx_lib_handler = dlopen("libucp.so", RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_GLOBAL);
+	sz = 0;
+	while (!_ucx_lib_handler && (sz < sizeof(ucx_libraries)/sizeof(ucx_libraries[0]))) {
+		xstrfmtcat(full_path, "%s", ucx_libraries[sz]);
+		_ucx_lib_handler = dlopen(full_path, RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_GLOBAL);
+		xfree(full_path);
+		++sz;
+	}
 	if (!_ucx_lib_handler) {
 		char *err = dlerror();
 		PMIXP_ERROR("Cannot open UCX lib: %s", (err) ? err : "unknown");