diff --git a/ci/build_python.sh b/ci/build_python.sh
index 71f37428e08..2e3f70ba767 100755
--- a/ci/build_python.sh
+++ b/ci/build_python.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ RAPIDS_PACKAGE_VERSION=$(head -1 ./VERSION) rapids-conda-retry mambabuild \
 RAPIDS_PACKAGE_VERSION=$(head -1 ./VERSION) rapids-conda-retry mambabuild \
   --no-test \
   --channel "${CPP_CHANNEL}" \
+  --channel "${RAPIDS_CONDA_BLD_OUTPUT_DIR}" \
   conda/recipes/cudf
 
 RAPIDS_PACKAGE_VERSION=$(head -1 ./VERSION) rapids-conda-retry mambabuild \
diff --git a/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
index 8d7ef63715b..7e86147732e 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ requirements:
     - numpy 1.23
     - pyarrow ==16.1.0.*
     - libcudf ={{ version }}
+    - pylibcudf ={{ version }}
     - rmm ={{ minor_version }}
     {% if cuda_major == "11" %}
     - cudatoolkit
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ requirements:
     - numpy >=1.23,<2.0a0
     - {{ pin_compatible('pyarrow', max_pin='x.x') }}
     - libcudf ={{ version }}
+    - pylibcudf ={{ version }}
     - {{ pin_compatible('rmm', max_pin='x.x') }}
     - fsspec >=0.6.0
     {% if cuda_major == "11" %}
diff --git a/conda/recipes/cudf_kafka/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/cudf_kafka/meta.yaml
index 748a32e5518..d04d9b21a46 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cudf_kafka/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cudf_kafka/meta.yaml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ requirements:
     - python
     - cython >=3.0.3
     - cuda-version ={{ cuda_version }}
-    - cudf ={{ version }}
+    - pylibcudf ={{ version }}
     - libcudf_kafka ={{ version }}
     - rapids-build-backend >=0.3.0,<0.4.0.dev0
     - scikit-build-core >=0.10.0
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ requirements:
     - python
     - {{ pin_compatible('cuda-version', max_pin='x', min_pin='x') }}
     - libcudf_kafka ={{ version }}
-    - cudf ={{ version }}
+    - pylibcudf ={{ version }}
     {% if cuda_major != "11" %}
     - cuda-cudart
     {% endif %}