diff --git a/ci/test_python.sh b/ci/test_python.sh
index 5183dc37a49..851cbd7e61a 100755
--- a/ci/test_python.sh
+++ b/ci/test_python.sh
@@ -65,10 +65,7 @@ popd
 
 rapids-logger "pytest cugraph"
 pushd python/cugraph/cugraph
-DASK_WORKER_DEVICES="0" \
-DASK_DISTRIBUTED__SCHEDULER__WORKER_TTL="1000s" \
-DASK_DISTRIBUTED__COMM__TIMEOUTS__CONNECT="1000s" \
-DASK_CUDA_WAIT_WORKERS_MIN_TIMEOUT=20 \
+DASK_WORKER_DEVICES="0" 
 pytest \
   -v \
   --benchmark-disable \
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel.sh b/ci/test_wheel.sh
index d6ec67cd9e9..3ac3549f143 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel.sh
@@ -21,9 +21,5 @@ arch=$(uname -m)
 if [[ "${arch}" == "aarch64" && ${RAPIDS_BUILD_TYPE} == "pull-request" ]]; then
     python ./ci/wheel_smoke_test_${package_name}.py
 else
-    RAPIDS_DATASET_ROOT_DIR=`pwd`/datasets \
-    DASK_DISTRIBUTED__SCHEDULER__WORKER_TTL="1000s" \
-    DASK_DISTRIBUTED__COMM__TIMEOUTS__CONNECT="1000s" \
-    DASK_CUDA_WAIT_WORKERS_MIN_TIMEOUT=20 \
-    python -m pytest ./python/${package_name}/${python_package_name}/tests
+    RAPIDS_DATASET_ROOT_DIR=`pwd`/datasets python -m pytest ./python/${package_name}/${python_package_name}/tests
 fi
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel_cugraph.sh b/ci/test_wheel_cugraph.sh
index ac18459128a..f9e2aa6d8da 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel_cugraph.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel_cugraph.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="pylibcugraph_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-whe
 python -m pip install --no-deps ./local-pylibcugraph-dep/pylibcugraph*.whl
 
 # Always install latest dask for testing
-python -m pip install git+https://github.com/dask/dask.git@2023.9.2 git+https://github.com/dask/distributed.git@2023.9.2
+python -m pip install git+https://github.com/dask/dask.git@main git+https://github.com/dask/distributed.git@main
 
 ./ci/test_wheel.sh cugraph python/cugraph
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
index 42a218fcf66..b7472ebedda 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies:
 - cupy>=12.0.0
 - cxx-compiler
 - cython>=3.0.0
-- dask-core==2023.9.2
+- dask-core>=2023.7.1
 - dask-cuda==23.12.*
 - dask-cudf==23.12.*
 - dask>=2023.7.1
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-120_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-120_arch-x86_64.yaml
index 0a1774b769f..4eacc01076a 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-120_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-120_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies:
 - cupy>=12.0.0
 - cxx-compiler
 - cython>=3.0.0
-- dask-core==2023.9.2
+- dask-core>=2023.7.1
 - dask-cuda==23.12.*
 - dask-cudf==23.12.*
 - dask>=2023.7.1
diff --git a/conda/recipes/cugraph-pyg/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/cugraph-pyg/meta.yaml
index 1dc5a75c41b..2d7ed2f4cda 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cugraph-pyg/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cugraph-pyg/meta.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ requirements:
     - python
     - scikit-build >=0.13.1
   run:
-    - distributed ==2023.9.2
+    - distributed >=2023.7.1
     - numba >=0.57
     - numpy >=1.21
     - python
diff --git a/conda/recipes/cugraph-service/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/cugraph-service/meta.yaml
index 2daf0438351..f3229c27364 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cugraph-service/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cugraph-service/meta.yaml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ outputs:
         - cupy >=12.0.0
         - dask-cuda ={{ minor_version }}
         - dask-cudf ={{ minor_version }}
-        - distributed ==2023.9.2
+        - distributed >=2023.7.1
         - numba >=0.57
         - numpy >=1.21
         - python
diff --git a/conda/recipes/cugraph/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/cugraph/meta.yaml
index f9bf54a2ef4..ad5965ad20c 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cugraph/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cugraph/meta.yaml
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ requirements:
     - cupy >=12.0.0
     - dask-cuda ={{ minor_version }}
     - dask-cudf ={{ minor_version }}
-    - dask ==2023.9.2
-    - dask-core ==2023.9.2
-    - distributed ==2023.9.2
+    - dask >=2023.7.1
+    - dask-core >=2023.7.1
+    - distributed >=2023.7.1
     - fsspec>=0.6.0
     - libcugraph ={{ version }}
     - pylibcugraph ={{ version }}
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 7b63f6dc536..2257d2ebf78 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ dependencies:
       - output_types: conda
         packages:
           - aiohttp
-          - &dask-core_conda dask-core==2023.9.2
+          - &dask-core_conda dask-core>=2023.7.1
           - fsspec>=0.6.0
           - libcudf==23.12.*
           - requests