diff --git a/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/backends.py b/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/backends.py
index 2470b4d50f1..e3f4f04eb85 100644
--- a/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/backends.py
+++ b/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/backends.py
@@ -20,11 +20,14 @@
 from dask.dataframe.dispatch import (
     categorical_dtype_dispatch,
     concat_dispatch,
+    from_pyarrow_table_dispatch,
     group_split_dispatch,
     grouper_dispatch,
     hash_object_dispatch,
     is_categorical_dtype_dispatch,
     make_meta_dispatch,
+    pyarrow_schema_dispatch,
+    to_pyarrow_table_dispatch,
     tolist_dispatch,
     union_categoricals_dispatch,
 )
@@ -317,16 +320,6 @@ def get_grouper_cudf(obj):
     return cudf.core.groupby.Grouper
 
 
-try:
-    from dask.dataframe.dispatch import pyarrow_schema_dispatch
-
-    @pyarrow_schema_dispatch.register((cudf.DataFrame,))
-    def get_pyarrow_schema_cudf(obj):
-        return obj.to_arrow().schema
-
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-
 try:
     try:
         from dask.array.dispatch import percentile_lookup
@@ -378,35 +371,37 @@ def percentile_cudf(a, q, interpolation="linear"):
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-try:
-    # Requires dask>2023.6.0
-    from dask.dataframe.dispatch import (
-        from_pyarrow_table_dispatch,
-        to_pyarrow_table_dispatch,
-    )
 
-    @to_pyarrow_table_dispatch.register(cudf.DataFrame)
-    def _cudf_to_table(obj, preserve_index=True, **kwargs):
-        if kwargs:
-            warnings.warn(
-                "Ignoring the following arguments to "
-                f"`to_pyarrow_table_dispatch`: {list(kwargs)}"
-            )
-        return obj.to_arrow(preserve_index=preserve_index)
-
-    @from_pyarrow_table_dispatch.register(cudf.DataFrame)
-    def _table_to_cudf(obj, table, self_destruct=None, **kwargs):
-        # cudf ignores self_destruct.
-        kwargs.pop("self_destruct", None)
-        if kwargs:
-            warnings.warn(
-                f"Ignoring the following arguments to "
-                f"`from_pyarrow_table_dispatch`: {list(kwargs)}"
-            )
-        return obj.from_arrow(table)
+@pyarrow_schema_dispatch.register((cudf.DataFrame,))
+def _get_pyarrow_schema_cudf(obj, preserve_index=True, **kwargs):
+    if kwargs:
+        warnings.warn(
+            "Ignoring the following arguments to "
+            f"`pyarrow_schema_dispatch`: {list(kwargs)}"
+        )
+    return meta_nonempty(obj).to_arrow(preserve_index=preserve_index).schema
 
-except ImportError:
-    pass
+
+@to_pyarrow_table_dispatch.register(cudf.DataFrame)
+def _cudf_to_table(obj, preserve_index=True, **kwargs):
+    if kwargs:
+        warnings.warn(
+            "Ignoring the following arguments to "
+            f"`to_pyarrow_table_dispatch`: {list(kwargs)}"
+        )
+    return obj.to_arrow(preserve_index=preserve_index)
+
+
+@from_pyarrow_table_dispatch.register(cudf.DataFrame)
+def _table_to_cudf(obj, table, self_destruct=None, **kwargs):
+    # cudf ignores self_destruct.
+    kwargs.pop("self_destruct", None)
+    if kwargs:
+        warnings.warn(
+            f"Ignoring the following arguments to "
+            f"`from_pyarrow_table_dispatch`: {list(kwargs)}"
+        )
+    return obj.from_arrow(table)
 
 
 @union_categoricals_dispatch.register((cudf.Series, cudf.BaseIndex))
diff --git a/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/tests/test_dispatch.py b/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/tests/test_dispatch.py
index 22cc0f161e2..cf49b1df4f4 100644
--- a/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/tests/test_dispatch.py
+++ b/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/tests/test_dispatch.py
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 import pytest
-from packaging import version
 
-import dask
 from dask.base import tokenize
 from dask.dataframe import assert_eq
 from dask.dataframe.methods import is_categorical_dtype
@@ -24,10 +22,6 @@ def test_is_categorical_dispatch():
     assert is_categorical_dtype(cudf.Index([1, 2, 3], dtype="category"))
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(
-    version.parse(dask.__version__) <= version.parse("2023.6.0"),
-    reason="Pyarrow-conversion dispatch requires dask>2023.6.0",
-)
 def test_pyarrow_conversion_dispatch():
     from dask.dataframe.dispatch import (
         from_pyarrow_table_dispatch,
@@ -79,3 +73,18 @@ def test_deterministic_tokenize(index):
     df2 = df.set_index(["B", "C"], drop=False)
     assert tokenize(df) != tokenize(df2)
     assert tokenize(df2) == tokenize(df2)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("preserve_index", [True, False])
+def test_pyarrow_schema_dispatch(preserve_index):
+    from dask.dataframe.dispatch import (
+        pyarrow_schema_dispatch,
+        to_pyarrow_table_dispatch,
+    )
+
+    df = cudf.DataFrame(np.random.randn(10, 3), columns=list("abc"))
+    df["d"] = cudf.Series(["cat", "dog"] * 5)
+    table = to_pyarrow_table_dispatch(df, preserve_index=preserve_index)
+    schema = pyarrow_schema_dispatch(df, preserve_index=preserve_index)
+
+    assert schema.equals(table.schema)