diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 96ffa4502..a2a2be972 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -164,6 +164,13 @@ There are two ways to fix this:
     sudo -y add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ppa
     sudo apt install libgdal-dev
     ```
+  * Rocky Linux users can install a newer GDAL as follows
+    ```shell
+    yum update -y
+    yum config-manager --set-enabled powertools
+    yum update -y
+    yum install -y gdal-devel
+    ```
 2. Pin fiona's version to a range that's compatible with your version of `libgdal-dev`
   * For Ubuntu20.04 ([GDAL v3.0.4](https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/libgdal-dev)):
     ```shell
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel_cuproj.sh b/ci/test_wheel_cuproj.sh
index 4144e8dab..594702479 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel_cuproj.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel_cuproj.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,16 @@ mkdir -p ./dist
 RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
 
 # install build dependencies for fiona
-apt update
-DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y --no-install-recommends libgdal-dev
+if type -f yum > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+  yum update -y
+  # some of gdal-devel's dependencies, like 'libdap', come from the powertools repo
+  yum config-manager --set-enabled powertools
+  yum update -y
+  yum install -y gdal-devel
+else
+  apt update
+  DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y --no-install-recommends libgdal-dev
+fi
 
 # Download the cuproj and cuspatial built in the previous step
 RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="cuproj_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 python ./dist
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel_cuspatial.sh b/ci/test_wheel_cuspatial.sh
index 8faa4e8d3..c4708e80e 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel_cuspatial.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel_cuspatial.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,16 @@ mkdir -p ./dist
 RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
 
 # install build dependencies for fiona
-apt update
-DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y --no-install-recommends libgdal-dev
+if type -f yum > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+  yum update -y
+  # some of gdal-devel's dependencies, like 'libdap', come from the powertools repo
+  yum config-manager --set-enabled powertools
+  yum update -y
+  yum install -y gdal-devel
+else
+  apt update
+  DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y --no-install-recommends libgdal-dev
+fi
 
 # Download the cuspatial built in the previous step
 RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="cuspatial_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 python ./dist