diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 76ca7b29e5..4a7ad7eec8 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14 FATAL_ERROR)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18 FATAL_ERROR)
 project(torchserve_cpp VERSION 0.1)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
diff --git a/cpp/build.sh b/cpp/build.sh
index 165cf17cbb..e9f4a4d3d2 100755
--- a/cpp/build.sh
+++ b/cpp/build.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function install_folly() {
     echo -e "${COLOR_GREEN}[ INFO ] Cloning folly repo ${COLOR_OFF}"
     git clone https://github.com/facebook/folly.git "$FOLLY_SRC_DIR"
     cd $FOLLY_SRC_DIR
-    git checkout tags/v2022.06.27.00
+    git checkout tags/v2024.01.29.00
   fi
 
   if [ ! -d "$FOLLY_BUILD_DIR" ] ; then
@@ -74,11 +74,21 @@ function install_kineto() {
 }
 
 function install_libtorch() {
-  if [ "$PLATFORM" = "Mac" ]; then
-    echo -e "${COLOR_GREEN}[ INFO ] Skip install libtorch on Mac ${COLOR_OFF}"
-  elif [ ! -d "$DEPS_DIR/libtorch" ] ; then
+  if [ ! -d "$DEPS_DIR/libtorch" ] ; then
     cd "$DEPS_DIR" || exit
-    if [ "$PLATFORM" = "Linux" ]; then
+    if [ "$PLATFORM" = "Mac" ]; then
+      if [[ $(uname -m) == 'x86_64' ]]; then
+        echo -e "${COLOR_GREEN}[ INFO ] Install libtorch on Mac x86_64 ${COLOR_OFF}"
+        wget https://download.pytorch.org/libtorch/cpu/libtorch-macos-x86_64-2.2.0.zip
+        unzip libtorch-macos-x86_64-2.2.0.zip
+        rm libtorch-macos-x86_64-2.2.0.zip
+      else
+        echo -e "${COLOR_GREEN}[ INFO ] Install libtorch on Mac arm64 ${COLOR_OFF}"
+        wget https://download.pytorch.org/libtorch/cpu/libtorch-macos-arm64-2.2.0.zip
+        unzip libtorch-macos-arm64-2.2.0.zip
+        rm libtorch-macos-arm64-2.2.0.zip
+      fi
+    elif [ "$PLATFORM" = "Linux" ]; then
       echo -e "${COLOR_GREEN}[ INFO ] Install libtorch on Linux ${COLOR_OFF}"
       if [ "$CUDA" = "cu118" ]; then
         wget https://download.pytorch.org/libtorch/cu118/libtorch-cxx11-abi-shared-with-deps-2.1.1%2Bcu118.zip
@@ -113,7 +123,7 @@ function install_yaml_cpp() {
     echo -e "${COLOR_GREEN}[ INFO ] Cloning yaml-cpp repo ${COLOR_OFF}"
     git clone https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp.git "$YAML_CPP_SRC_DIR"
     cd $YAML_CPP_SRC_DIR
-    git checkout tags/yaml-cpp-0.7.0
+    git checkout tags/0.8.0
   fi
 
   if [ ! -d "$YAML_CPP_BUILD_DIR" ] ; then
@@ -136,11 +146,42 @@ function install_yaml_cpp() {
   cd "$BWD" || exit
 }
 
+function install_sentencepiece() {
+  SENTENCEPIECE_SRC_DIR=$BASE_DIR/third-party/sentencepiece
+  SENTENCEPIECE_BUILD_DIR=$DEPS_DIR/sentencepiece-build
+
+  if [ ! -d "$SENTENCEPIECE_SRC_DIR" ] ; then
+    echo -e "${COLOR_GREEN}[ INFO ] Cloning sentencepiece repo ${COLOR_OFF}"
+    git clone https://github.com/google/sentencepiece.git "$SENTENCEPIECE_SRC_DIR"
+    cd $SENTENCEPIECE_SRC_DIR
+    git checkout tags/v0.1.99
+  fi
+
+  if [ ! -d "$SENTENCEPIECE_BUILD_DIR" ] ; then
+    echo -e "${COLOR_GREEN}[ INFO ] Building sentencepiece ${COLOR_OFF}"
+
+    mkdir $SENTENCEPIECE_BUILD_DIR
+    cd $SENTENCEPIECE_BUILD_DIR
+    cmake $SENTENCEPIECE_SRC_DIR
+    make -i $(nproc)
+    if [ "$PLATFORM" = "Linux" ]; then
+      sudo make install
+      sudo ldconfig -v
+    elif [ "$PLATFORM" = "Mac" ]; then
+      make install
+    fi
+
+    echo -e "${COLOR_GREEN}[ INFO ] sentencepiece is installed ${COLOR_OFF}"
+  fi
+
+  cd "$BWD" || exit
+}
+
 function build_llama_cpp() {
   BWD=$(pwd)
   LLAMA_CPP_SRC_DIR=$BASE_DIR/third-party/llama.cpp
   cd "${LLAMA_CPP_SRC_DIR}"
-  make
+  make LLAMA_METAL=OFF
   cd "$BWD" || exit
 }
 
@@ -191,7 +232,7 @@ function build() {
     fi
   elif [ "$PLATFORM" = "Mac" ]; then
     cmake                                                                                     \
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$(python -c 'import torch; print(torch.utils.cmake_prefix_path)');$DEPS_DIR;$FOLLY_CMAKE_DIR;$YAML_CPP_CMAKE_DIR"   \
+    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$DEPS_DIR;$FOLLY_CMAKE_DIR;$YAML_CPP_CMAKE_DIR;$DEPS_DIR/libtorch"    \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$PREFIX"                                                          \
     "$MAYBE_BUILD_QUIC"                                                                       \
     "$MAYBE_BUILD_TESTS"                                                                      \
@@ -225,7 +266,7 @@ function build() {
 
 function symlink_torch_libs() {
   if [ "$PLATFORM" = "Linux" ]; then
-    ln -sf ${DEPS_DIR}/libtorch/lib/*.so* ${BUILD_DIR}/libs/
+    ln -sf ${DEPS_DIR}/libtorch/lib/*.so* ${LIBS_DIR}
   fi
 }
 
@@ -315,6 +356,7 @@ install_folly
 install_kineto
 install_libtorch
 install_yaml_cpp
+install_sentencepiece
 build_llama_cpp
 build
 symlink_torch_libs
diff --git a/cpp/src/backends/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/src/backends/CMakeLists.txt
index 9824d41f62..8f17339ef8 100644
--- a/cpp/src/backends/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/src/backends/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ list(APPEND BACKEND_SOURCE_FILES ${TS_BACKENDS_SRC_DIR}/handler/base_handler.cc)
 list(APPEND BACKEND_SOURCE_FILES ${TS_BACKENDS_SRC_DIR}/handler/torch_scripted_handler.cc)
 add_library(ts_backends_core SHARED ${BACKEND_SOURCE_FILES})
 target_include_directories(ts_backends_core PUBLIC ${TS_BACKENDS_CORE_SRC_DIR})
-target_link_libraries(ts_backends_core PUBLIC ts_utils ts_backends_protocol ${FOLLY_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(ts_backends_core PUBLIC ts_utils ts_backends_protocol ${FOLLY_LIBRARIES} ${TORCH_LIBRARIES})
 install(TARGETS ts_backends_core DESTINATION ${torchserve_cpp_SOURCE_DIR}/_build/libs)
 
 # build exe model_worker_socket
diff --git a/cpp/src/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/src/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index a313616270..09e9f710e2 100644
--- a/cpp/src/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/src/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
-add_subdirectory("../../../examples/cpp/babyllama/" "../../../test/resources/examples/babyllama/babyllama_handler/")
+add_subdirectory("../../../examples/cpp/babyllama/" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../test/resources/examples/babyllama/babyllama_handler/")
 
-add_subdirectory("../../../examples/cpp/llamacpp/" "../../../test/resources/examples/llamacpp/llamacpp_handler/")
+add_subdirectory("../../../examples/cpp/llamacpp/" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../test/resources/examples/llamacpp/llamacpp_handler/")
 
-add_subdirectory("../../../examples/cpp/mnist/" "../../../test/resources/examples/mnist/mnist_handler/")
+add_subdirectory("../../../examples/cpp/mnist/" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../test/resources/examples/mnist/mnist_handler/")
diff --git a/cpp/src/utils/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/src/utils/CMakeLists.txt
index ab7940fab4..666b26a5eb 100644
--- a/cpp/src/utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/src/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ list(APPEND TS_UTILS_SOURCE_FILES ${TS_UTILS_SRC_DIR}/metrics/registry.cc)
 add_library(ts_utils SHARED ${TS_UTILS_SOURCE_FILES})
 target_include_directories(ts_utils PUBLIC ${TS_UTILS_SRC_DIR})
 target_include_directories(ts_utils PRIVATE ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-target_link_libraries(ts_utils ${FOLLY_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} yaml-cpp)
+target_link_libraries(ts_utils ${FOLLY_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} yaml-cpp::yaml-cpp)
 install(TARGETS ts_utils DESTINATION ${torchserve_cpp_SOURCE_DIR}/_build/libs)
 
 list(APPEND FOO_SOURCE_FILES ${TS_UTILS_SRC_DIR}/ifoo.hh)