diff --git a/conda/recipes/libraft/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/libraft/meta.yaml
index c5d8b0ff24..57f42f56b0 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/libraft/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/libraft/meta.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Usage:
 #   conda build . -c conda-forge -c nvidia -c rapidsai
-{% set version = environ.get('RAPIDS_PACKAGE_VERSION', '0.0.0.dev').strip('"').lstrip('v') + environ.get('VERSION_SUFFIX', '') %}
+{% set version = environ['RAPIDS_PACKAGE_VERSION'].strip('"').lstrip('v') + environ.get('VERSION_SUFFIX', '') %}
 {% set minor_version = version.split('.')[0] + '.' + version.split('.')[1] %}
 {% set cuda_version = '.'.join(environ['RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION'].split('.')[:2]) %}
 {% set cuda_major = cuda_version.split('.')[0] %}
diff --git a/conda/recipes/pylibraft/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/pylibraft/meta.yaml
index d3654a7ccd..f9a7e677be 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/pylibraft/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/pylibraft/meta.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Usage:
 #   conda build . -c conda-forge -c numba -c rapidsai -c pytorch
-{% set version = environ.get('RAPIDS_PACKAGE_VERSION', '0.0.0.dev').strip('"').lstrip('v') + environ.get('VERSION_SUFFIX', '') %}
+{% set version = environ['RAPIDS_PACKAGE_VERSION'].strip('"').lstrip('v') + environ.get('VERSION_SUFFIX', '') %}
 {% set minor_version = version.split('.')[0] + '.' + version.split('.')[1] %}
 {% set py_version = environ['CONDA_PY'] %}
 {% set cuda_version = '.'.join(environ['RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION'].split('.')[:2]) %}
diff --git a/conda/recipes/raft-ann-bench-cpu/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/raft-ann-bench-cpu/meta.yaml
index 0ace7b1aff..878ad933a2 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/raft-ann-bench-cpu/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/raft-ann-bench-cpu/meta.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Usage:
 #   conda build . -c conda-forge -c nvidia -c rapidsai
-{% set version = environ.get('RAPIDS_PACKAGE_VERSION', '0.0.0.dev').strip('"').lstrip('v') + environ.get('VERSION_SUFFIX', '') %}
+{% set version = environ['RAPIDS_PACKAGE_VERSION'].strip('"').lstrip('v') + environ.get('VERSION_SUFFIX', '') %}
 {% set minor_version = version.split('.')[0] + '.' + version.split('.')[1] %}
 {% set py_version = environ['CONDA_PY'] %}
 {% set cuda_version = '.'.join(environ['RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION'].split('.')[:2]) %}
diff --git a/conda/recipes/raft-ann-bench/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/raft-ann-bench/meta.yaml
index 4f2113926a..ece72fbeef 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/raft-ann-bench/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/raft-ann-bench/meta.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Usage:
 #   conda build . -c conda-forge -c nvidia -c rapidsai
-{% set version = environ.get('RAPIDS_PACKAGE_VERSION', '0.0.0.dev').strip('"').lstrip('v') + environ.get('VERSION_SUFFIX', '') %}
+{% set version = environ['RAPIDS_PACKAGE_VERSION'].strip('"').lstrip('v') + environ.get('VERSION_SUFFIX', '') %}
 {% set minor_version = version.split('.')[0] + '.' + version.split('.')[1] %}
 {% set py_version = environ['CONDA_PY'] %}
 {% set cuda_version = '.'.join(environ['RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION'].split('.')[:2]) %}
diff --git a/conda/recipes/raft-dask/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/raft-dask/meta.yaml
index bf07832870..5b4c101a57 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/raft-dask/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/raft-dask/meta.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Usage:
 #   conda build . -c conda-forge -c numba -c rapidsai -c pytorch
-{% set version = environ.get('RAPIDS_PACKAGE_VERSION', '0.0.0.dev').strip('"').lstrip('v') + environ.get('VERSION_SUFFIX', '') %}
+{% set version = environ['RAPIDS_PACKAGE_VERSION'].strip('"').lstrip('v') + environ.get('VERSION_SUFFIX', '') %}
 {% set minor_version = version.split('.')[0] + '.' + version.split('.')[1] %}
 {% set py_version = environ['CONDA_PY'] %}
 {% set cuda_version = '.'.join(environ['RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION'].split('.')[:2]) %}