diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
index 0d7c2d53aea..4b2e25140d7 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dependencies:
 - cupy>=12.0.0
 - cxx-compiler
 - cython>=3.0.3
-- dask-cuda==24.8.*
+- dask-cuda==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - dlpack>=0.8,<1.0
 - doxygen=1.9.1
 - fastavro>=0.22.9
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ dependencies:
 - libcufile=1.4.0.31
 - libcurand-dev=10.3.0.86
 - libcurand=10.3.0.86
-- libkvikio==24.8.*
+- libkvikio==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - libparquet==16.1.0.*
 - librdkafka>=1.9.0,<1.10.0a0
-- librmm==24.8.*
+- librmm==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - make
 - moto>=4.0.8
 - msgpack-python
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ dependencies:
 - python>=3.9,<3.12
 - pytorch>=2.1.0
 - rapids-build-backend>=0.3.0,<0.4.0.dev0
-- rapids-dask-dependency==24.8.*
+- rapids-dask-dependency==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - rich
-- rmm==24.8.*
+- rmm==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - s3fs>=2022.3.0
 - scikit-build-core>=0.7.0
 - scipy
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-125_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-125_arch-x86_64.yaml
index 848483edecb..1117c9014c2 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-125_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-125_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dependencies:
 - cupy>=12.0.0
 - cxx-compiler
 - cython>=3.0.3
-- dask-cuda==24.8.*
+- dask-cuda==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - dlpack>=0.8,<1.0
 - doxygen=1.9.1
 - fastavro>=0.22.9
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ dependencies:
 - libarrow==16.1.0.*
 - libcufile-dev
 - libcurand-dev
-- libkvikio==24.8.*
+- libkvikio==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - libparquet==16.1.0.*
 - librdkafka>=1.9.0,<1.10.0a0
-- librmm==24.8.*
+- librmm==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - make
 - moto>=4.0.8
 - msgpack-python
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ dependencies:
 - python>=3.9,<3.12
 - pytorch>=2.1.0
 - rapids-build-backend>=0.3.0,<0.4.0.dev0
-- rapids-dask-dependency==24.8.*
+- rapids-dask-dependency==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - rich
-- rmm==24.8.*
+- rmm==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - s3fs>=2022.3.0
 - scikit-build-core>=0.7.0
 - scipy
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 168f75701af..6704c54296d 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ dependencies:
         packages:
           - fmt>=10.1.1,<11
           - flatbuffers==24.3.25
-          - librmm==24.8.*
-          - libkvikio==24.8.*
+          - librmm==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
+          - libkvikio==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - librdkafka>=1.9.0,<1.10.0a0
           # Align nvcomp version with rapids-cmake
           - nvcomp==3.0.6
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ dependencies:
     common:
       - output_types: conda
         packages:
-          - &rmm_unsuffixed rmm==24.8.*
+          - &rmm_unsuffixed rmm==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - pip
           - pip:
               - git+https://github.com/python-streamz/streamz.git@master
@@ -348,12 +348,12 @@ dependencies:
               cuda: "12.*"
               cuda_suffixed: "true"
             packages:
-              - rmm-cu12==24.8.*
+              - rmm-cu12==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - matrix:
               cuda: "11.*"
               cuda_suffixed: "true"
             packages:
-              - rmm-cu11==24.8.*
+              - rmm-cu11==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - {matrix: null, packages: [*rmm_unsuffixed]}
   libarrow_build:
     common:
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ dependencies:
       - output_types: [conda]
         packages:
           - breathe>=4.35.0
-          - dask-cuda==24.8.*
+          - dask-cuda==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - *doxygen
           - make
           - myst-nb
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ dependencies:
               cuda: "12.*"
               cuda_suffixed: "true"
             packages:
-              - rmm-cu12==24.8.*
+              - rmm-cu12==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
               - pynvjitlink-cu12
           - matrix:
               cuda: "12.*"
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ dependencies:
               cuda: "11.*"
               cuda_suffixed: "true"
             packages:
-              - rmm-cu11==24.8.*
+              - rmm-cu11==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
               - cubinlinker-cu11
               - ptxcompiler-cu11
           - matrix:
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ dependencies:
     common:
       - output_types: [conda, requirements, pyproject]
         packages:
-          - rapids-dask-dependency==24.8.*
+          - rapids-dask-dependency==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
   run_custreamz:
     common:
       - output_types: conda
@@ -722,13 +722,13 @@ dependencies:
     common:
       - output_types: [conda, requirements, pyproject]
         packages:
-          - dask-cuda==24.8.*
+          - dask-cuda==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - *numba
   depends_on_cudf:
     common:
       - output_types: conda
         packages:
-          - &cudf_unsuffixed cudf==24.8.*
+          - &cudf_unsuffixed cudf==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
       - output_types: requirements
         packages:
           # pip recognizes the index as a global option for the requirements.txt file
@@ -742,18 +742,18 @@ dependencies:
               cuda: "12.*"
               cuda_suffixed: "true"
             packages:
-              - cudf-cu12==24.8.*
+              - cudf-cu12==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - matrix:
               cuda: "11.*"
               cuda_suffixed: "true"
             packages:
-              - cudf-cu11==24.8.*
+              - cudf-cu11==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - {matrix: null, packages: [*cudf_unsuffixed]}
   depends_on_cudf_kafka:
     common:
       - output_types: conda
         packages:
-          - &cudf_kafka_unsuffixed cudf_kafka==24.8.*
+          - &cudf_kafka_unsuffixed cudf_kafka==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
       - output_types: requirements
         packages:
           # pip recognizes the index as a global option for the requirements.txt file
@@ -767,12 +767,12 @@ dependencies:
               cuda: "12.*"
               cuda_suffixed: "true"
             packages:
-              - cudf_kafka-cu12==24.8.*
+              - cudf_kafka-cu12==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - matrix:
               cuda: "11.*"
               cuda_suffixed: "true"
             packages:
-              - cudf_kafka-cu11==24.8.*
+              - cudf_kafka-cu11==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - {matrix: null, packages: [*cudf_kafka_unsuffixed]}
   depends_on_cupy:
     common:
diff --git a/python/cudf/pyproject.toml b/python/cudf/pyproject.toml
index eff430b49b2..30b0f6249f9 100644
--- a/python/cudf/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cudf/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "ptxcompiler",
     "pyarrow>=16.1.0,<16.2.0a0",
     "rich",
-    "rmm==24.8.*",
+    "rmm==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0",
     "typing_extensions>=4.0.0",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
 classifiers = [
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ requires = [
     "ninja",
     "numpy==1.23.*",
     "pyarrow==16.1.0.*",
-    "rmm==24.8.*",
+    "rmm==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
 
 [tool.scikit-build]
diff --git a/python/cudf_kafka/pyproject.toml b/python/cudf_kafka/pyproject.toml
index 0fb01cd0469..eba4e808a89 100644
--- a/python/cudf_kafka/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cudf_kafka/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ authors = [
 license = { text = "Apache 2.0" }
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
-    "cudf==24.8.*",
+    "cudf==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/pyproject.toml b/python/cudf_polars/pyproject.toml
index 8e1d2f7dd41..def1d086cc1 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ authors = [
 license = { text = "Apache 2.0" }
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
-    "cudf==24.8.*",
+    "cudf==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0",
     "polars>=1.0",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
 classifiers = [
diff --git a/python/custreamz/pyproject.toml b/python/custreamz/pyproject.toml
index 971fd387b9a..70d16c4b07f 100644
--- a/python/custreamz/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/custreamz/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ license = { text = "Apache 2.0" }
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
     "confluent-kafka>=1.9.0,<1.10.0a0",
-    "cudf==24.8.*",
-    "cudf_kafka==24.8.*",
+    "cudf==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0",
+    "cudf_kafka==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0",
     "streamz",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
 classifiers = [
diff --git a/python/dask_cudf/pyproject.toml b/python/dask_cudf/pyproject.toml
index b01a85dee47..16e07428d6b 100644
--- a/python/dask_cudf/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/dask_cudf/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ authors = [
 license = { text = "Apache 2.0" }
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
-    "cudf==24.8.*",
+    "cudf==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0",
     "cupy-cuda11x>=12.0.0",
     "fsspec>=0.6.0",
     "numpy>=1.23,<2.0a0",
     "pandas>=2.0,<2.2.3dev0",
-    "rapids-dask-dependency==24.8.*",
+    "rapids-dask-dependency==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
 classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ cudf = "dask_cudf.backends:CudfDXBackendEntrypoint"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = [
-    "dask-cuda==24.8.*",
+    "dask-cuda==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0",
     "numba>=0.57",
     "pytest-cov",
     "pytest-xdist",