diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 25475fc6f2..eaab637338 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -565,7 +565,6 @@ if(RAFT_COMPILE_LIBRARY)
     src/spatial/knn/detail/fused_l2_knn_int32_t_float.cu
     src/spatial/knn/detail/fused_l2_knn_int64_t_float.cu
     src/spatial/knn/detail/fused_l2_knn_uint32_t_float.cu
-    src/util/memory_pool.cpp
   )
   set_target_properties(
     raft_objs
diff --git a/cpp/bench/ann/src/raft/raft_ann_bench_utils.h b/cpp/bench/ann/src/raft/raft_ann_bench_utils.h
index 40c1ecfa5e..72a2c0bb05 100644
--- a/cpp/bench/ann/src/raft/raft_ann_bench_utils.h
+++ b/cpp/bench/ann/src/raft/raft_ann_bench_utils.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include <rmm/cuda_stream_view.hpp>
 #include <rmm/device_uvector.hpp>
+#include <rmm/mr/device/device_memory_resource.hpp>
 #include <rmm/mr/device/failure_callback_resource_adaptor.hpp>
 #include <rmm/mr/device/pool_memory_resource.hpp>
 
@@ -130,8 +131,8 @@ class configured_raft_resources {
   {
   }
 
-  configured_raft_resources(configured_raft_resources&&)            = default;
-  configured_raft_resources& operator=(configured_raft_resources&&) = default;
+  configured_raft_resources(configured_raft_resources&&)            = delete;
+  configured_raft_resources& operator=(configured_raft_resources&&) = delete;
   ~configured_raft_resources()                                      = default;
   configured_raft_resources(const configured_raft_resources& res)
     : configured_raft_resources{res.shared_res_}
diff --git a/cpp/bench/ann/src/raft/raft_cagra_hnswlib.cu b/cpp/bench/ann/src/raft/raft_cagra_hnswlib.cu
index 709b08db76..d9ef1d74a3 100644
--- a/cpp/bench/ann/src/raft/raft_cagra_hnswlib.cu
+++ b/cpp/bench/ann/src/raft/raft_cagra_hnswlib.cu
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <rmm/cuda_device.hpp>
 #include <rmm/mr/device/pool_memory_resource.hpp>
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
 
 #define JSON_DIAGNOSTICS 1
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
@@ -89,10 +90,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
   // and is initially sized to half of free device memory.
   rmm::mr::pool_memory_resource<rmm::mr::cuda_memory_resource> pool_mr{
     &cuda_mr, rmm::percent_of_free_device_memory(50)};
-  rmm::mr::set_current_device_resource(
-    &pool_mr);  // Updates the current device resource pointer to `pool_mr`
-  rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr =
-    rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource();  // Points to `pool_mr`
-  return raft::bench::ann::run_main(argc, argv);
+  // Updates the current device resource pointer to `pool_mr`
+  auto old_mr = rmm::mr::set_current_device_resource(&pool_mr);
+  auto ret    = raft::bench::ann::run_main(argc, argv);
+  // Restores the current device resource pointer to its previous value
+  rmm::mr::set_current_device_resource(old_mr);
+  return ret;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/cpp/bench/ann/src/raft/raft_cagra_wrapper.h b/cpp/bench/ann/src/raft/raft_cagra_wrapper.h
index 70fd22001e..46da8c52e6 100644
--- a/cpp/bench/ann/src/raft/raft_cagra_wrapper.h
+++ b/cpp/bench/ann/src/raft/raft_cagra_wrapper.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include <raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp>
 
 #include <rmm/device_uvector.hpp>
-#include <rmm/mr/device/device_memory_resource.hpp>
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
 
 #include <cassert>
 #include <fstream>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class RaftCagra : public ANN<T>, public AnnGPU {
   std::shared_ptr<raft::device_matrix<T, int64_t, row_major>> dataset_;
   std::shared_ptr<raft::device_matrix_view<const T, int64_t, row_major>> input_dataset_v_;
 
-  inline rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* get_mr(AllocatorType mem_type)
+  inline rmm::device_async_resource_ref get_mr(AllocatorType mem_type)
   {
     switch (mem_type) {
       case (AllocatorType::HostPinned): return &mr_pinned_;
diff --git a/cpp/bench/ann/src/raft/raft_ivf_flat_wrapper.h b/cpp/bench/ann/src/raft/raft_ivf_flat_wrapper.h
index 7f2996d77a..48d2b9de80 100644
--- a/cpp/bench/ann/src/raft/raft_ivf_flat_wrapper.h
+++ b/cpp/bench/ann/src/raft/raft_ivf_flat_wrapper.h
@@ -134,7 +134,14 @@ void RaftIvfFlatGpu<T, IdxT>::search(
   const T* queries, int batch_size, int k, size_t* neighbors, float* distances) const
 {
   static_assert(sizeof(size_t) == sizeof(IdxT), "IdxT is incompatible with size_t");
-  raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::search(
-    handle_, search_params_, *index_, queries, batch_size, k, (IdxT*)neighbors, distances);
+  raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::search(handle_,
+                                    search_params_,
+                                    *index_,
+                                    queries,
+                                    batch_size,
+                                    k,
+                                    (IdxT*)neighbors,
+                                    distances,
+                                    resource::get_workspace_resource(handle_));
 }
 }  // namespace raft::bench::ann
diff --git a/cpp/bench/ann/src/raft/raft_ivf_pq_wrapper.h b/cpp/bench/ann/src/raft/raft_ivf_pq_wrapper.h
index 5d8b682264..1d73bd2e51 100644
--- a/cpp/bench/ann/src/raft/raft_ivf_pq_wrapper.h
+++ b/cpp/bench/ann/src/raft/raft_ivf_pq_wrapper.h
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
 #include <raft/neighbors/refine.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp>
 
-#include <rmm/device_uvector.hpp>
-#include <rmm/mr/device/device_memory_resource.hpp>
-
 #include <type_traits>
 
 namespace raft::bench::ann {
diff --git a/cpp/bench/prims/common/benchmark.hpp b/cpp/bench/prims/common/benchmark.hpp
index 4ecad6df3d..3ce43cc1e7 100644
--- a/cpp/bench/prims/common/benchmark.hpp
+++ b/cpp/bench/prims/common/benchmark.hpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <rmm/cuda_stream.hpp>
 #include <rmm/cuda_stream_view.hpp>
 #include <rmm/device_buffer.hpp>
+#include <rmm/mr/device/device_memory_resource.hpp>
 #include <rmm/mr/device/per_device_resource.hpp>
 #include <rmm/mr/device/pool_memory_resource.hpp>
 
diff --git a/cpp/bench/prims/matrix/gather.cu b/cpp/bench/prims/matrix/gather.cu
index 078f9e6198..876e47525c 100644
--- a/cpp/bench/prims/matrix/gather.cu
+++ b/cpp/bench/prims/matrix/gather.cu
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <raft/util/itertools.hpp>
 
 #include <rmm/device_uvector.hpp>
+#include <rmm/mr/device/device_memory_resource.hpp>
 #include <rmm/mr/device/pool_memory_resource.hpp>
 
 namespace raft::bench::matrix {
diff --git a/cpp/bench/prims/neighbors/knn.cuh b/cpp/bench/prims/neighbors/knn.cuh
index aea7168142..6499078623 100644
--- a/cpp/bench/prims/neighbors/knn.cuh
+++ b/cpp/bench/prims/neighbors/knn.cuh
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@
 #include <raft/spatial/knn/knn.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/itertools.hpp>
 
+#include <rmm/mr/device/device_memory_resource.hpp>
 #include <rmm/mr/device/managed_memory_resource.hpp>
 #include <rmm/mr/device/per_device_resource.hpp>
 #include <rmm/mr/host/new_delete_resource.hpp>
 #include <rmm/mr/host/pinned_memory_resource.hpp>
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
 
 #include <thrust/sequence.h>
 
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ struct device_resource {
     if (managed_) { delete res_; }
   }
 
-  [[nodiscard]] auto get() const -> rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* { return res_; }
+  [[nodiscard]] auto get() const -> rmm::device_async_resource_ref { return res_; }
 
  private:
   const bool managed_;
@@ -158,8 +160,15 @@ struct ivf_flat_knn {
               IdxT* out_idxs)
   {
     search_params.n_probes = 20;
-    raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::search(
-      handle, search_params, *index, search_items, ps.n_queries, ps.k, out_idxs, out_dists);
+    raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::search(handle,
+                                      search_params,
+                                      *index,
+                                      search_items,
+                                      ps.n_queries,
+                                      ps.k,
+                                      out_idxs,
+                                      out_dists,
+                                      resource::get_workspace_resource(handle));
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/cpp/bench/prims/random/subsample.cu b/cpp/bench/prims/random/subsample.cu
index 4c8ca2bf31..70a9c65e0d 100644
--- a/cpp/bench/prims/random/subsample.cu
+++ b/cpp/bench/prims/random/subsample.cu
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp>
 
 #include <rmm/device_scalar.hpp>
+#include <rmm/mr/device/per_device_resource.hpp>
 #include <rmm/mr/device/pool_memory_resource.hpp>
 
 #include <cub/cub.cuh>
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/cluster/detail/kmeans_balanced.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/cluster/detail/kmeans_balanced.cuh
index 6d3f430e88..0a5a3ba5aa 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/cluster/detail/kmeans_balanced.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/cluster/detail/kmeans_balanced.cuh
@@ -43,15 +43,14 @@
 
 #include <rmm/cuda_stream_view.hpp>
 #include <rmm/device_scalar.hpp>
-#include <rmm/device_vector.hpp>
-#include <rmm/mr/device/device_memory_resource.hpp>
 #include <rmm/mr/device/managed_memory_resource.hpp>
-#include <rmm/mr/device/per_device_resource.hpp>
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
 
 #include <thrust/gather.h>
 #include <thrust/transform.h>
 
 #include <limits>
+#include <optional>
 #include <tuple>
 #include <type_traits>
 
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ inline std::enable_if_t<std::is_floating_point_v<MathT>> predict_core(
   const MathT* dataset_norm,
   IdxT n_rows,
   LabelT* labels,
-  rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr)
+  rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
 {
   auto stream = resource::get_cuda_stream(handle);
   switch (params.metric) {
@@ -263,10 +262,9 @@ void calc_centers_and_sizes(const raft::resources& handle,
                             const LabelT* labels,
                             bool reset_counters,
                             MappingOpT mapping_op,
-                            rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr = nullptr)
+                            rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
 {
   auto stream = resource::get_cuda_stream(handle);
-  if (mr == nullptr) { mr = resource::get_workspace_resource(handle); }
 
   if (!reset_counters) {
     raft::linalg::matrixVectorOp(
@@ -322,12 +320,12 @@ void compute_norm(const raft::resources& handle,
                   IdxT dim,
                   IdxT n_rows,
                   MappingOpT mapping_op,
-                  rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr = nullptr)
+                  std::optional<rmm::device_async_resource_ref> mr = std::nullopt)
 {
   common::nvtx::range<common::nvtx::domain::raft> fun_scope("compute_norm");
   auto stream = resource::get_cuda_stream(handle);
-  if (mr == nullptr) { mr = resource::get_workspace_resource(handle); }
-  rmm::device_uvector<MathT> mapped_dataset(0, stream, mr);
+  rmm::device_uvector<MathT> mapped_dataset(
+    0, stream, mr.value_or(resource::get_workspace_resource(handle)));
 
   const MathT* dataset_ptr = nullptr;
 
@@ -338,7 +336,7 @@ void compute_norm(const raft::resources& handle,
 
     linalg::unaryOp(mapped_dataset.data(), dataset, n_rows * dim, mapping_op, stream);
 
-    dataset_ptr = (const MathT*)mapped_dataset.data();
+    dataset_ptr = static_cast<const MathT*>(mapped_dataset.data());
   }
 
   raft::linalg::rowNorm<MathT, IdxT>(
@@ -376,22 +374,22 @@ void predict(const raft::resources& handle,
              IdxT n_rows,
              LabelT* labels,
              MappingOpT mapping_op,
-             rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr = nullptr,
-             const MathT* dataset_norm           = nullptr)
+             std::optional<rmm::device_async_resource_ref> mr = std::nullopt,
+             const MathT* dataset_norm                        = nullptr)
 {
   auto stream = resource::get_cuda_stream(handle);
   common::nvtx::range<common::nvtx::domain::raft> fun_scope(
     "predict(%zu, %u)", static_cast<size_t>(n_rows), n_clusters);
-  if (mr == nullptr) { mr = resource::get_workspace_resource(handle); }
+  auto mem_res = mr.value_or(resource::get_workspace_resource(handle));
   auto [max_minibatch_size, _mem_per_row] =
     calc_minibatch_size<MathT>(n_clusters, n_rows, dim, params.metric, std::is_same_v<T, MathT>);
   rmm::device_uvector<MathT> cur_dataset(
-    std::is_same_v<T, MathT> ? 0 : max_minibatch_size * dim, stream, mr);
+    std::is_same_v<T, MathT> ? 0 : max_minibatch_size * dim, stream, mem_res);
   bool need_compute_norm =
     dataset_norm == nullptr && (params.metric == raft::distance::DistanceType::L2Expanded ||
                                 params.metric == raft::distance::DistanceType::L2SqrtExpanded);
   rmm::device_uvector<MathT> cur_dataset_norm(
-    need_compute_norm ? max_minibatch_size : 0, stream, mr);
+    need_compute_norm ? max_minibatch_size : 0, stream, mem_res);
   const MathT* dataset_norm_ptr = nullptr;
   auto cur_dataset_ptr          = cur_dataset.data();
   for (IdxT offset = 0; offset < n_rows; offset += max_minibatch_size) {
@@ -407,7 +405,7 @@ void predict(const raft::resources& handle,
     // Compute the norm now if it hasn't been pre-computed.
     if (need_compute_norm) {
       compute_norm(
-        handle, cur_dataset_norm.data(), cur_dataset_ptr, dim, minibatch_size, mapping_op, mr);
+        handle, cur_dataset_norm.data(), cur_dataset_ptr, dim, minibatch_size, mapping_op, mem_res);
       dataset_norm_ptr = cur_dataset_norm.data();
     } else if (dataset_norm != nullptr) {
       dataset_norm_ptr = dataset_norm + offset;
@@ -422,7 +420,7 @@ void predict(const raft::resources& handle,
                  dataset_norm_ptr,
                  minibatch_size,
                  labels + offset,
-                 mr);
+                 mem_res);
   }
 }
 
@@ -530,7 +528,7 @@ auto adjust_centers(MathT* centers,
                     MathT threshold,
                     MappingOpT mapping_op,
                     rmm::cuda_stream_view stream,
-                    rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* device_memory) -> bool
+                    rmm::device_async_resource_ref device_memory) -> bool
 {
   common::nvtx::range<common::nvtx::domain::raft> fun_scope(
     "adjust_centers(%zu, %u)", static_cast<size_t>(n_rows), n_clusters);
@@ -628,7 +626,7 @@ void balancing_em_iters(const raft::resources& handle,
                         uint32_t balancing_pullback,
                         MathT balancing_threshold,
                         MappingOpT mapping_op,
-                        rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* device_memory)
+                        rmm::device_async_resource_ref device_memory)
 {
   auto stream                = resource::get_cuda_stream(handle);
   uint32_t balancing_counter = balancing_pullback;
@@ -711,7 +709,7 @@ void build_clusters(const raft::resources& handle,
                     LabelT* cluster_labels,
                     CounterT* cluster_sizes,
                     MappingOpT mapping_op,
-                    rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* device_memory,
+                    rmm::device_async_resource_ref device_memory,
                     const MathT* dataset_norm = nullptr)
 {
   auto stream = resource::get_cuda_stream(handle);
@@ -853,8 +851,8 @@ auto build_fine_clusters(const raft::resources& handle,
                          IdxT fine_clusters_nums_max,
                          MathT* cluster_centers,
                          MappingOpT mapping_op,
-                         rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* managed_memory,
-                         rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* device_memory) -> IdxT
+                         rmm::device_async_resource_ref managed_memory,
+                         rmm::device_async_resource_ref device_memory) -> IdxT
 {
   auto stream = resource::get_cuda_stream(handle);
   rmm::device_uvector<IdxT> mc_trainset_ids_buf(mesocluster_size_max, stream, managed_memory);
@@ -971,7 +969,7 @@ void build_hierarchical(const raft::resources& handle,
 
   // TODO: Remove the explicit managed memory- we shouldn't be creating this on the user's behalf.
   rmm::mr::managed_memory_resource managed_memory;
-  rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* device_memory = resource::get_workspace_resource(handle);
+  rmm::device_async_resource_ref device_memory = resource::get_workspace_resource(handle);
   auto [max_minibatch_size, mem_per_row] =
     calc_minibatch_size<MathT>(n_clusters, n_rows, dim, params.metric, std::is_same_v<T, MathT>);
 
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/cluster/kmeans_balanced.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/cluster/kmeans_balanced.cuh
index 8cd7730814..a1a182608b 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/cluster/kmeans_balanced.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/cluster/kmeans_balanced.cuh
@@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ void calc_centers_and_sizes(const raft::resources& handle,
                                  X.extent(0),
                                  labels.data_handle(),
                                  reset_counters,
-                                 mapping_op);
+                                 mapping_op,
+                                 resource::get_workspace_resource(handle));
 }
 
 }  // namespace helpers
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/core/device_container_policy.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/core/device_container_policy.hpp
index 8c6eff582b..18d8b77364 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/core/device_container_policy.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/core/device_container_policy.hpp
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 
 #include <rmm/cuda_stream_view.hpp>
 #include <rmm/device_uvector.hpp>
-#include <rmm/mr/device/device_memory_resource.hpp>
+#include <rmm/mr/device/per_device_resource.hpp>
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
 
 #include <thrust/device_ptr.h>
 
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ class device_uvector {
    */
   explicit device_uvector(std::size_t size,
                           rmm::cuda_stream_view stream,
-                          rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr)
+                          rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
     : data_{size, stream, mr}
   {
   }
@@ -164,19 +165,11 @@ class device_uvector_policy {
  public:
   auto create(raft::resources const& res, size_t n) -> container_type
   {
-    if (mr_ == nullptr) {
-      // NB: not using the workspace resource by default!
-      //     The workspace resource is for short-lived temporary allocations.
-      return container_type(n, resource::get_cuda_stream(res));
-    } else {
-      return container_type(n, resource::get_cuda_stream(res), mr_);
-    }
+    return container_type(n, resource::get_cuda_stream(res), mr_);
   }
 
   constexpr device_uvector_policy() = default;
-  constexpr explicit device_uvector_policy(rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr) noexcept : mr_(mr)
-  {
-  }
+  explicit device_uvector_policy(rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr) noexcept : mr_(mr) {}
 
   [[nodiscard]] constexpr auto access(container_type& c, size_t n) const noexcept -> reference
   {
@@ -192,7 +185,7 @@ class device_uvector_policy {
   [[nodiscard]] auto make_accessor_policy() const noexcept { return const_accessor_policy{}; }
 
  private:
-  rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr_{nullptr};
+  rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr_{rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource()};
 };
 
 }  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/core/device_mdarray.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/core/device_mdarray.hpp
index 855642cd76..a34f6e2e02 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/core/device_mdarray.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/core/device_mdarray.hpp
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #include <raft/core/mdarray.hpp>
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
+
 #include <cstdint>
 
 namespace raft {
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ template <typename ElementType,
           typename LayoutPolicy = layout_c_contiguous,
           size_t... Extents>
 auto make_device_mdarray(raft::resources const& handle,
-                         rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr,
+                         rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr,
                          extents<IndexType, Extents...> exts)
 {
   using mdarray_t = device_mdarray<ElementType, decltype(exts), LayoutPolicy>;
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/core/device_resources.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/core/device_resources.hpp
index 366e387fdd..496c65d91f 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/core/device_resources.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/core/device_resources.hpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 #include <rmm/cuda_stream_pool.hpp>
 #include <rmm/exec_policy.hpp>
+#include <rmm/mr/device/device_memory_resource.hpp>
 
 #include <cuda_runtime.h>
 
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/distance/detail/masked_nn.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/distance/detail/masked_nn.cuh
index 3e3699766f..951e030cbd 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/distance/detail/masked_nn.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/distance/detail/masked_nn.cuh
@@ -256,9 +256,8 @@ void masked_l2_nn_impl(raft::resources const& handle,
   static_assert(P::Mblk == 64, "masked_l2_nn_impl only supports a policy with 64 rows per block.");
 
   // Get stream and workspace memory resource
-  rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* ws_mr =
-    dynamic_cast<rmm::mr::device_memory_resource*>(resource::get_workspace_resource(handle));
   auto stream = resource::get_cuda_stream(handle);
+  auto ws_mr  = resource::get_workspace_resource(handle);
 
   // Acquire temporary buffers and initialize to zero:
   // 1) Adjacency matrix bitfield
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_k-ext.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_k-ext.cuh
index 506cbffcb9..6db1a5acac 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_k-ext.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_k-ext.cuh
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
 #include <raft/matrix/select_k_types.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/raft_explicit.hpp>  // RAFT_EXPLICIT
 
-#include <rmm/cuda_stream_view.hpp>                  // rmm:cuda_stream_view
-#include <rmm/mr/device/device_memory_resource.hpp>  // rmm::mr::device_memory_resource
-
 #include <cuda_fp16.h>  // __half
 
 #include <cstdint>  // uint32_t
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_radix.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_radix.cuh
index 83d4845c31..9480c8e202 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_radix.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_radix.cuh
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
 #include <raft/util/pow2_utils.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/vectorized.cuh>
 
+#include <rmm/cuda_stream_view.hpp>
 #include <rmm/device_uvector.hpp>
-#include <rmm/mr/device/device_memory_resource.hpp>
-#include <rmm/mr/device/managed_memory_resource.hpp>
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
 
 #include <cub/block/block_load.cuh>
 #include <cub/block/block_scan.cuh>
@@ -894,14 +894,12 @@ void radix_topk(const T* in,
                 unsigned grid_dim,
                 int sm_cnt,
                 rmm::cuda_stream_view stream,
-                rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr)
+                rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr = rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource())
 {
   // TODO: is it possible to relax this restriction?
   static_assert(calc_num_passes<T, BitsPerPass>() > 1);
   constexpr int num_buckets = calc_num_buckets<BitsPerPass>();
 
-  if (mr == nullptr) { mr = rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource(); }
-
   auto kernel = radix_kernel<T, IdxT, BitsPerPass, BlockSize, false, len_or_indptr>;
   const size_t max_chunk_size =
     calc_chunk_size<T, IdxT, BlockSize>(batch_size, len, sm_cnt, kernel, false);
@@ -1179,7 +1177,7 @@ void radix_topk_one_block(const T* in,
                           const IdxT* len_i,
                           int sm_cnt,
                           rmm::cuda_stream_view stream,
-                          rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr)
+                          rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
 {
   static_assert(calc_num_passes<T, BitsPerPass>() > 1);
 
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_warpsort.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_warpsort.cuh
index 2cb32585d5..7da659291c 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_warpsort.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/matrix/detail/select_warpsort.cuh
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@
 #include <raft/util/integer_utils.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/pow2_utils.cuh>
 
+#include <rmm/cuda_stream_view.hpp>
 #include <rmm/device_uvector.hpp>
-#include <rmm/mr/device/device_memory_resource.hpp>
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <functional>
@@ -1032,7 +1033,7 @@ void select_k_(int num_of_block,
                IdxT* out_idx,
                bool select_min,
                rmm::cuda_stream_view stream,
-               rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr)
+               rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
 {
   rmm::device_uvector<T> tmp_val(num_of_block * k * batch_size, stream, mr);
   rmm::device_uvector<IdxT> tmp_idx(num_of_block * k * batch_size, stream, mr);
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_build.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_build.cuh
index f6bb0bf8fe..40dcf68e68 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_build.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_build.cuh
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 #include <raft/neighbors/refine.cuh>
 #include <raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_utils.cuh>
 
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
+
 #include <chrono>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <vector>
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ void build_knn_graph(raft::resources const& res,
   bool first                    = true;
   const auto start_clock        = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
 
-  rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* device_memory = raft::resource::get_workspace_resource(res);
+  rmm::device_async_resource_ref device_memory = raft::resource::get_workspace_resource(res);
 
   raft::spatial::knn::detail::utils::batch_load_iterator<DataT> vec_batches(
     dataset.data_handle(),
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/utils.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/utils.hpp
index 265cbfdceb..ece95a7cb7 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/utils.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/utils.hpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/host_mdarray.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/integer_utils.hpp>
 
-#include <rmm/mr/device/device_memory_resource.hpp>
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
 
 #include <cuda.h>
 #include <cuda_fp16.h>
@@ -261,9 +261,8 @@ template <typename T, typename data_accessor>
 void copy_with_padding(raft::resources const& res,
                        raft::device_matrix<T, int64_t, row_major>& dst,
                        mdspan<const T, matrix_extent<int64_t>, row_major, data_accessor> src,
-                       rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr = nullptr)
+                       rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr = rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource())
 {
-  if (!mr) { mr = rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource(); }
   size_t padded_dim = round_up_safe<size_t>(src.extent(1) * sizeof(T), 16) / sizeof(T);
 
   if ((dst.extent(0) != src.extent(0)) || (static_cast<size_t>(dst.extent(1)) != padded_dim)) {
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/ivf_flat_search-ext.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/ivf_flat_search-ext.cuh
index 350b82ede7..c14b0e810f 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/ivf_flat_search-ext.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/ivf_flat_search-ext.cuh
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #include <raft/neighbors/sample_filter_types.hpp>  // none_ivf_sample_filter
 #include <raft/util/raft_explicit.hpp>             // RAFT_EXPLICIT
 
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
+
 #include <cuda_fp16.h>
 
 #include <cstdint>  // uintX_t
@@ -37,8 +39,8 @@ void search(raft::resources const& handle,
             uint32_t k,
             IdxT* neighbors,
             float* distances,
-            rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr = nullptr,
-            IvfSampleFilterT sample_filter      = IvfSampleFilterT()) RAFT_EXPLICIT;
+            rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr,
+            IvfSampleFilterT sample_filter = IvfSampleFilterT()) RAFT_EXPLICIT;
 
 }  // namespace raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::detail
 
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ void search(raft::resources const& handle,
     uint32_t k,                                                                      \
     IdxT* neighbors,                                                                 \
     float* distances,                                                                \
-    rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr,                                             \
+    rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr,                                               \
     IvfSampleFilterT sample_filter)
 
 instantiate_raft_neighbors_ivf_flat_detail_search(
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/ivf_flat_search-inl.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/ivf_flat_search-inl.cuh
index 441fb76b2f..388dd60f14 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/ivf_flat_search-inl.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/ivf_flat_search-inl.cuh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include <raft/neighbors/sample_filter_types.hpp>               // none_ivf_sample_filter
 #include <raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_utils.cuh>                // utils::mapping
 
-#include <rmm/mr/device/per_device_resource.hpp>  // rmm::device_memory_resource
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
 
 namespace raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::detail {
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ void search_impl(raft::resources const& handle,
                  bool select_min,
                  IdxT* neighbors,
                  AccT* distances,
-                 rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* search_mr,
+                 rmm::device_async_resource_ref search_mr,
                  IvfSampleFilterT sample_filter)
 {
   auto stream = resource::get_cuda_stream(handle);
@@ -276,13 +276,12 @@ inline void search(raft::resources const& handle,
                    uint32_t k,
                    IdxT* neighbors,
                    float* distances,
-                   rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr = nullptr,
-                   IvfSampleFilterT sample_filter      = IvfSampleFilterT())
+                   rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr = rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource(),
+                   IvfSampleFilterT sample_filter    = IvfSampleFilterT())
 {
   common::nvtx::range<common::nvtx::domain::raft> fun_scope(
     "ivf_flat::search(k = %u, n_queries = %u, dim = %zu)", k, n_queries, index.dim());
 
-  if (mr == nullptr) { mr = rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource(); }
   RAFT_EXPECTS(params.n_probes > 0,
                "n_probes (number of clusters to probe in the search) must be positive.");
   auto n_probes          = std::min<uint32_t>(params.n_probes, index.n_lists());
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/ivf_pq_build.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/ivf_pq_build.cuh
index 8e3f7dbaf3..24574642ef 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/ivf_pq_build.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/ivf_pq_build.cuh
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include <rmm/cuda_stream_view.hpp>
 #include <rmm/device_uvector.hpp>
 #include <rmm/mr/device/managed_memory_resource.hpp>
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
 
 #include <cuda_fp16.h>
 #include <thrust/extrema.h>
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ void select_residuals(raft::resources const& handle,
                       const float* center,           // [dim]
                       const T* dataset,              // [.., dim]
                       const IdxT* row_ids,           // [n_rows]
-                      rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* device_memory
+                      rmm::device_async_resource_ref device_memory
 
 )
 {
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ void flat_compute_residuals(
   device_matrix_view<const float, uint32_t, row_major> centers,          // [n_lists, dim_ext]
   const T* dataset,                                                      // [n_rows, dim]
   std::variant<uint32_t, const uint32_t*> labels,                        // [n_rows]
-  rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* device_memory)
+  rmm::device_async_resource_ref device_memory)
 {
   auto stream  = resource::get_cuda_stream(handle);
   auto dim     = rotation_matrix.extent(1);
@@ -397,7 +398,7 @@ void train_per_subset(raft::resources const& handle,
                       const float* trainset,   // [n_rows, dim]
                       const uint32_t* labels,  // [n_rows]
                       uint32_t kmeans_n_iters,
-                      rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* managed_memory)
+                      rmm::device_async_resource_ref managed_memory)
 {
   auto stream        = resource::get_cuda_stream(handle);
   auto device_memory = resource::get_workspace_resource(handle);
@@ -475,7 +476,7 @@ void train_per_cluster(raft::resources const& handle,
                        const float* trainset,   // [n_rows, dim]
                        const uint32_t* labels,  // [n_rows]
                        uint32_t kmeans_n_iters,
-                       rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* managed_memory)
+                       rmm::device_async_resource_ref managed_memory)
 {
   auto stream        = resource::get_cuda_stream(handle);
   auto device_memory = resource::get_workspace_resource(handle);
@@ -1325,7 +1326,7 @@ void process_and_fill_codes(raft::resources const& handle,
                             std::variant<IdxT, const IdxT*> src_offset_or_indices,
                             const uint32_t* new_labels,
                             IdxT n_rows,
-                            rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr)
+                            rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
 {
   auto new_vectors_residual =
     make_device_mdarray<float>(handle, mr, make_extents<IdxT>(n_rows, index.rot_dim()));
@@ -1516,7 +1517,7 @@ void extend(raft::resources const& handle,
                   std::is_same_v<T, int8_t>,
                 "Unsupported data type");
 
-  rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* device_memory = raft::resource::get_workspace_resource(handle);
+  rmm::device_async_resource_ref device_memory = raft::resource::get_workspace_resource(handle);
 
   // The spec defines how the clusters look like
   auto spec = list_spec<uint32_t, IdxT>{
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/ivf_pq_search.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/ivf_pq_search.cuh
index 4c5da38092..87e6d0a774 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/ivf_pq_search.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/ivf_pq_search.cuh
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@
 #include <raft/util/pow2_utils.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/vectorized.cuh>
 
-#include <rmm/cuda_stream_view.hpp>
-#include <rmm/mr/device/per_device_resource.hpp>
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
 
 #include <cub/cub.cuh>
 #include <cuda_fp16.h>
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ void select_clusters(raft::resources const& handle,
                      raft::distance::DistanceType metric,
                      const T* queries,              // [n_queries, dim]
                      const float* cluster_centers,  // [n_lists, dim_ext]
-                     rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr)
+                     rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
 {
   common::nvtx::range<common::nvtx::domain::raft> fun_scope(
     "ivf_pq::search::select_clusters(n_probes = %u, n_queries = %u, n_lists = %u, dim = %u)",
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/knn_brute_force.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/knn_brute_force.cuh
index adcb639301..daa2798b00 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/knn_brute_force.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/knn_brute_force.cuh
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #include <raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp>
 
 #include <rmm/cuda_device.hpp>
-#include <rmm/cuda_stream_pool.hpp>
 #include <rmm/device_uvector.hpp>
 
 #include <thrust/iterator/transform_iterator.h>
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/ivf_flat-ext.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/ivf_flat-ext.cuh
index a1783dfcfd..12ab0dc3a6 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/ivf_flat-ext.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/ivf_flat-ext.cuh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <raft/neighbors/ivf_flat_types.hpp>  // raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::index
 #include <raft/util/raft_explicit.hpp>        // RAFT_EXPLICIT
 
-#include <rmm/mr/device/per_device_resource.hpp>  // rmm::mr::device_memory_resource
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
 
 #include <cstdint>  // int64_t
 
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ void search_with_filtering(raft::resources const& handle,
                            uint32_t k,
                            IdxT* neighbors,
                            float* distances,
-                           rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr = nullptr,
-                           IvfSampleFilterT sample_filter      = IvfSampleFilterT()) RAFT_EXPLICIT;
+                           rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr,
+                           IvfSampleFilterT sample_filter = IvfSampleFilterT()) RAFT_EXPLICIT;
 
 template <typename T, typename IdxT>
 void search(raft::resources const& handle,
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ void search(raft::resources const& handle,
             uint32_t k,
             IdxT* neighbors,
             float* distances,
-            rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr = nullptr) RAFT_EXPLICIT;
+            rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr) RAFT_EXPLICIT;
 
 template <typename T, typename IdxT, typename IvfSampleFilterT>
 void search_with_filtering(raft::resources const& handle,
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ instantiate_raft_neighbors_ivf_flat_extend(uint8_t, int64_t);
     uint32_t k,                                                    \
     IdxT* neighbors,                                               \
     float* distances,                                              \
-    rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr);                          \
+    rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr);                            \
                                                                    \
   extern template void raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::search<T, IdxT>( \
     raft::resources const& handle,                                 \
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/ivf_flat-inl.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/ivf_flat-inl.cuh
index ed1d320795..ea7cff7060 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/ivf_flat-inl.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/ivf_flat-inl.cuh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <raft/neighbors/ivf_flat_types.hpp>
 
 #include <rmm/cuda_stream_view.hpp>
-#include <rmm/mr/device/per_device_resource.hpp>
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
 
 namespace raft::neighbors::ivf_flat {
 
@@ -462,8 +462,8 @@ void search_with_filtering(raft::resources const& handle,
                            uint32_t k,
                            IdxT* neighbors,
                            float* distances,
-                           rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr = nullptr,
-                           IvfSampleFilterT sample_filter      = IvfSampleFilterT())
+                           rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr,
+                           IvfSampleFilterT sample_filter = IvfSampleFilterT())
 {
   raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::detail::search(
     handle, params, index, queries, n_queries, k, neighbors, distances, mr, sample_filter);
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ void search(raft::resources const& handle,
             uint32_t k,
             IdxT* neighbors,
             float* distances,
-            rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr = nullptr)
+            rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
 {
   raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::detail::search(handle,
                                             params,
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/ivf_pq-ext.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/ivf_pq-ext.cuh
index 160a2753a5..620f4a244f 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/ivf_pq-ext.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/ivf_pq-ext.cuh
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 #include <raft/neighbors/ivf_pq_types.hpp>  // raft::neighbors::ivf_pq::index
 #include <raft/util/raft_explicit.hpp>      // RAFT_EXPLICIT
 
-#include <rmm/mr/device/per_device_resource.hpp>  // rmm::mr::device_memory_resource
-
 #include <cstdint>  // int64_t
 
 #ifdef RAFT_EXPLICIT_INSTANTIATE_ONLY
@@ -105,33 +103,6 @@ void search(raft::resources const& handle,
             IdxT* neighbors,
             float* distances) RAFT_EXPLICIT;
 
-template <typename T, typename IdxT, typename IvfSampleFilterT>
-[[deprecated(
-  "Drop the `mr` argument and use `raft::resource::set_workspace_resource` instead")]] void
-search_with_filtering(raft::resources const& handle,
-                      const raft::neighbors::ivf_pq::search_params& params,
-                      const index<IdxT>& idx,
-                      const T* queries,
-                      uint32_t n_queries,
-                      uint32_t k,
-                      IdxT* neighbors,
-                      float* distances,
-                      rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr,
-                      IvfSampleFilterT sample_filter = IvfSampleFilterT{}) RAFT_EXPLICIT;
-
-template <typename T, typename IdxT>
-[[deprecated(
-  "Drop the `mr` argument and use `raft::resource::set_workspace_resource` instead")]] void
-search(raft::resources const& handle,
-       const raft::neighbors::ivf_pq::search_params& params,
-       const index<IdxT>& idx,
-       const T* queries,
-       uint32_t n_queries,
-       uint32_t k,
-       IdxT* neighbors,
-       float* distances,
-       rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr) RAFT_EXPLICIT;
-
 }  // namespace raft::neighbors::ivf_pq
 
 #endif  // RAFT_EXPLICIT_INSTANTIATE_ONLY
@@ -209,8 +180,7 @@ instantiate_raft_neighbors_ivf_pq_extend(uint8_t, int64_t);
     uint32_t n_queries,                                              \
     uint32_t k,                                                      \
     IdxT* neighbors,                                                 \
-    float* distances,                                                \
-    rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr);                            \
+    float* distances);                                               \
                                                                      \
   extern template void raft::neighbors::ivf_pq::search<T, IdxT>(     \
     raft::resources const& handle,                                   \
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/ivf_pq-inl.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/ivf_pq-inl.cuh
index a893153e1a..77c4bb8553 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/ivf_pq-inl.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/ivf_pq-inl.cuh
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 #include <raft/neighbors/ivf_pq_serialize.cuh>
 #include <raft/neighbors/ivf_pq_types.hpp>
 
-#include <rmm/mr/device/device_memory_resource.hpp>
-
 #include <memory>  // shared_ptr
 
 namespace raft::neighbors::ivf_pq {
@@ -403,38 +401,6 @@ void search_with_filtering(raft::resources const& handle,
   detail::search(handle, params, idx, queries, n_queries, k, neighbors, distances, sample_filter);
 }
 
-/**
- * This function is deprecated and will be removed in a future.
- * Please drop the `mr` argument and use `raft::resource::set_workspace_resource` instead.
- */
-template <typename T, typename IdxT, typename IvfSampleFilterT>
-[[deprecated(
-  "Drop the `mr` argument and use `raft::resource::set_workspace_resource` instead")]] void
-search_with_filtering(raft::resources const& handle,
-                      const search_params& params,
-                      const index<IdxT>& idx,
-                      const T* queries,
-                      uint32_t n_queries,
-                      uint32_t k,
-                      IdxT* neighbors,
-                      float* distances,
-                      rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr,
-                      IvfSampleFilterT sample_filter = IvfSampleFilterT{})
-{
-  if (mr != nullptr) {
-    // Shallow copy of the resource with the automatic lifespan:
-    //                               change the workspace resource temporarily
-    raft::resources res_local(handle);
-    resource::set_workspace_resource(
-      res_local, std::shared_ptr<rmm::mr::device_memory_resource>{mr, void_op{}});
-    return search_with_filtering(
-      res_local, params, idx, queries, n_queries, k, neighbors, distances, sample_filter);
-  } else {
-    return search_with_filtering(
-      handle, params, idx, queries, n_queries, k, neighbors, distances, sample_filter);
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * @brief Search ANN using the constructed index.
  *
@@ -446,16 +412,13 @@ search_with_filtering(raft::resources const& handle,
  * eliminate entirely allocations happening within `search`:
  * @code{.cpp}
  *   ...
- *   // Create a pooling memory resource with a pre-defined initial size.
- *   rmm::mr::pool_memory_resource<rmm::mr::device_memory_resource> mr(
- *     rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource(), 1024 * 1024);
  *   // use default search parameters
  *   ivf_pq::search_params search_params;
  *   // Use the same allocator across multiple searches to reduce the number of
  *   // cuda memory allocations
- *   ivf_pq::search(handle, search_params, index, queries1, N1, K, out_inds1, out_dists1, &mr);
- *   ivf_pq::search(handle, search_params, index, queries2, N2, K, out_inds2, out_dists2, &mr);
- *   ivf_pq::search(handle, search_params, index, queries3, N3, K, out_inds3, out_dists3, &mr);
+ *   ivf_pq::search(handle, search_params, index, queries1, N1, K, out_inds1, out_dists1);
+ *   ivf_pq::search(handle, search_params, index, queries2, N2, K, out_inds2, out_dists2);
+ *   ivf_pq::search(handle, search_params, index, queries3, N3, K, out_inds3, out_dists3);
  *   ...
  * @endcode
  * The exact size of the temporary buffer depends on multiple factors and is an implementation
@@ -496,33 +459,4 @@ void search(raft::resources const& handle,
                                raft::neighbors::filtering::none_ivf_sample_filter{});
 }
 
-/**
- * This function is deprecated and will be removed in a future.
- * Please drop the `mr` argument and use `raft::resource::set_workspace_resource` instead.
- */
-template <typename T, typename IdxT>
-[[deprecated(
-  "Drop the `mr` argument and use `raft::resource::set_workspace_resource` instead")]] void
-search(raft::resources const& handle,
-       const search_params& params,
-       const index<IdxT>& idx,
-       const T* queries,
-       uint32_t n_queries,
-       uint32_t k,
-       IdxT* neighbors,
-       float* distances,
-       rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr)
-{
-  return search_with_filtering(handle,
-                               params,
-                               idx,
-                               queries,
-                               n_queries,
-                               k,
-                               neighbors,
-                               distances,
-                               mr,
-                               raft::neighbors::filtering::none_ivf_sample_filter{});
-}
-
 }  // namespace raft::neighbors::ivf_pq
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/multi_variable_gaussian.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/multi_variable_gaussian.cuh
index e88cbbdeea..c33bb8c348 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/multi_variable_gaussian.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/detail/multi_variable_gaussian.cuh
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@
 #include <raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp>
 
 #include <rmm/device_uvector.hpp>
-
-#include <stdio.h>
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
 
 #include <cmath>
+#include <cstdio>
 #include <memory>
 #include <optional>
 #include <type_traits>
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ class multi_variable_gaussian_setup_token;
 template <typename ValueType>
 multi_variable_gaussian_setup_token<ValueType> build_multi_variable_gaussian_token_impl(
   raft::resources const& handle,
-  rmm::mr::device_memory_resource& mem_resource,
+  rmm::device_async_resource_ref mem_resource,
   const int dim,
   const multi_variable_gaussian_decomposition_method method);
 
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ class multi_variable_gaussian_setup_token {
   template <typename T>
   friend multi_variable_gaussian_setup_token<T> build_multi_variable_gaussian_token_impl(
     raft::resources const& handle,
-    rmm::mr::device_memory_resource& mem_resource,
+    rmm::device_async_resource_ref mem_resource,
     const int dim,
     const multi_variable_gaussian_decomposition_method method);
 
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ class multi_variable_gaussian_setup_token {
   // Constructor, only for use by friend functions.
   // Hiding this will let us change the implementation in the future.
   multi_variable_gaussian_setup_token(raft::resources const& handle,
-                                      rmm::mr::device_memory_resource& mem_resource,
+                                      rmm::device_async_resource_ref mem_resource,
                                       const int dim,
                                       const multi_variable_gaussian_decomposition_method method)
     : impl_(std::make_unique<multi_variable_gaussian_impl<ValueType>>(
@@ -378,14 +378,14 @@ class multi_variable_gaussian_setup_token {
  private:
   std::unique_ptr<multi_variable_gaussian_impl<ValueType>> impl_;
   raft::resources const& handle_;
-  rmm::mr::device_memory_resource& mem_resource_;
+  rmm::device_async_resource_ref mem_resource_;
   int dim_ = 0;
 
   auto allocate_workspace() const
   {
     const auto num_elements = impl_->get_workspace_size();
     return rmm::device_uvector<ValueType>{
-      num_elements, resource::get_cuda_stream(handle_), &mem_resource_};
+      num_elements, resource::get_cuda_stream(handle_), mem_resource_};
   }
 
   int dim() const { return dim_; }
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ class multi_variable_gaussian_setup_token {
 template <typename ValueType>
 multi_variable_gaussian_setup_token<ValueType> build_multi_variable_gaussian_token_impl(
   raft::resources const& handle,
-  rmm::mr::device_memory_resource& mem_resource,
+  rmm::device_async_resource_ref mem_resource,
   const int dim,
   const multi_variable_gaussian_decomposition_method method)
 {
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ void compute_multi_variable_gaussian_impl(
 template <typename ValueType>
 void compute_multi_variable_gaussian_impl(
   raft::resources const& handle,
-  rmm::mr::device_memory_resource& mem_resource,
+  rmm::device_async_resource_ref mem_resource,
   std::optional<raft::device_vector_view<const ValueType, int>> x,
   raft::device_matrix_view<ValueType, int, raft::col_major> P,
   raft::device_matrix_view<ValueType, int, raft::col_major> X,
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/random/multi_variable_gaussian.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/random/multi_variable_gaussian.cuh
index ab3f433422..4b37e1ff65 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/random/multi_variable_gaussian.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/random/multi_variable_gaussian.cuh
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/random/random_types.hpp>
 
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
+
 namespace raft::random {
 
 /**
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ namespace raft::random {
 
 template <typename ValueType>
 void multi_variable_gaussian(raft::resources const& handle,
-                             rmm::mr::device_memory_resource& mem_resource,
+                             rmm::device_async_resource_ref mem_resource,
                              std::optional<raft::device_vector_view<const ValueType, int>> x,
                              raft::device_matrix_view<ValueType, int, raft::col_major> P,
                              raft::device_matrix_view<ValueType, int, raft::col_major> X,
@@ -49,12 +51,8 @@ void multi_variable_gaussian(raft::resources const& handle,
                              raft::device_matrix_view<ValueType, int, raft::col_major> X,
                              const multi_variable_gaussian_decomposition_method method)
 {
-  rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mem_resource_ptr = rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource();
-  RAFT_EXPECTS(mem_resource_ptr != nullptr,
-               "compute_multi_variable_gaussian: "
-               "rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource() returned null; "
-               "please report this bug to the RAPIDS RAFT developers.");
-  detail::compute_multi_variable_gaussian_impl(handle, *mem_resource_ptr, x, P, X, method);
+  detail::compute_multi_variable_gaussian_impl(
+    handle, rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource(), x, P, X, method);
 }
 
 /** @} */
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/detail/select_k-ext.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/detail/select_k-ext.cuh
index 08bdfa6f30..922356b040 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/detail/select_k-ext.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/matrix/detail/select_k-ext.cuh
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 #include <raft/matrix/select_k_types.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/raft_explicit.hpp>  // RAFT_EXPLICIT
 
-#include <rmm/cuda_stream_view.hpp>                  // rmm:cuda_stream_view
-#include <rmm/mr/device/device_memory_resource.hpp>  // rmm::mr::device_memory_resource
-
 #include <cuda_fp16.h>  // __half
 
 #include <cstdint>  // uint32_t
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_quantized.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_quantized.cuh
index 041ab225f9..351bcd5531 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_quantized.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_quantized.cuh
@@ -108,8 +108,15 @@ void approx_knn_search(raft::resources const& handle,
   if (index->ivf_flat<T, int64_t>()) {
     ivf_flat::search_params params;
     params.n_probes = index->nprobe;
-    ivf_flat::search(
-      handle, params, *(index->ivf_flat<T, int64_t>()), query_array, n, k, indices, distances);
+    ivf_flat::search(handle,
+                     params,
+                     *(index->ivf_flat<T, int64_t>()),
+                     query_array,
+                     n,
+                     k,
+                     indices,
+                     distances,
+                     resource::get_workspace_resource(handle));
   } else if (index->ivf_pq) {
     neighbors::ivf_pq::search_params params;
     params.n_probes = index->nprobe;
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_utils.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_utils.cuh
index d862e586e3..920249172f 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_utils.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_utils.cuh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <rmm/cuda_stream_view.hpp>
 #include <rmm/device_scalar.hpp>
 #include <rmm/device_uvector.hpp>
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
 
 #include <cuda_fp16.hpp>
 
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ struct batch_load_iterator {
           size_type row_width,
           size_type batch_size,
           rmm::cuda_stream_view stream,
-          rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr)
+          rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
       : stream_(stream),
         buf_(0, stream, mr),
         source_(source),
@@ -502,7 +503,7 @@ struct batch_load_iterator {
                       size_type row_width,
                       size_type batch_size,
                       rmm::cuda_stream_view stream,
-                      rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr = rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource())
+                      rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr = rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource())
     : cur_batch_(new batch(source, n_rows, row_width, batch_size, stream, mr)), cur_pos_(0)
   {
   }
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp
index e5ce15e8a3..2b334d1bbf 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 #include <raft/core/error.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/cuda_rt_essentials.hpp>
-#include <raft/util/memory_pool.hpp>
 
 #include <rmm/cuda_stream_view.hpp>
 
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/memory_pool-ext.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/util/memory_pool-ext.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 030a9c681e..0000000000
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/memory_pool-ext.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-#pragma once
-#include <rmm/mr/device/device_memory_resource.hpp>  // rmm::mr::device_memory_resource
-
-#include <cstddef>  // size_t
-#include <memory>   // std::unique_ptr
-
-namespace raft {
-
-std::unique_ptr<rmm::mr::device_memory_resource> get_pool_memory_resource(
-  rmm::mr::device_memory_resource*& mr, size_t initial_size);
-
-}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/memory_pool-inl.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/util/memory_pool-inl.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index bd7e0186b3..0000000000
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/memory_pool-inl.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>  // RAFT_INLINE_CONDITIONAL
-
-#include <rmm/aligned.hpp>
-#include <rmm/mr/device/managed_memory_resource.hpp>
-#include <rmm/mr/device/per_device_resource.hpp>
-#include <rmm/mr/device/pool_memory_resource.hpp>
-
-#include <cstddef>
-#include <memory>
-
-namespace raft {
-
-/**
- * @defgroup memory_pool Memory Pool
- * @{
- */
-/**
- * @brief Get a pointer to a pooled memory resource within the scope of the lifetime of the returned
- * unique pointer.
- *
- * This function is useful in the code where multiple repeated allocations/deallocations are
- * expected.
- * Use case example:
- * @code{.cpp}
- *   void my_func(..., size_t n, rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr = nullptr) {
- *     auto pool_guard = raft::get_pool_memory_resource(mr, 2 * n * sizeof(float));
- *     if (pool_guard){
- *       RAFT_LOG_INFO("Created a pool");
- *     } else {
- *       RAFT_LOG_INFO("Using the current default or explicitly passed device memory resource");
- *     }
- *     rmm::device_uvector<float> x(n, stream, mr);
- *     rmm::device_uvector<float> y(n, stream, mr);
- *     ...
- *   }
- * @endcode
- * Here, the new memory resource would be created within the function scope if the passed `mr` is
- * null and the default resource is not a pool. After the call, `mr` contains a valid memory
- * resource in any case.
- *
- * @param[inout] mr if not null do nothing; otherwise get the current device resource and wrap it
- * into a `pool_memory_resource` if necessary and return the pointer to the result.
- * @param initial_size if a new memory pool is created, this would be its initial size (rounded up
- * to 256 bytes).
- *
- * @return if a new memory pool is created, it returns a unique_ptr to it;
- *   this managed pointer controls the lifetime of the created memory resource.
- */
-RAFT_INLINE_CONDITIONAL std::unique_ptr<rmm::mr::device_memory_resource> get_pool_memory_resource(
-  rmm::mr::device_memory_resource*& mr, size_t initial_size)
-{
-  using pool_res_t = rmm::mr::pool_memory_resource<rmm::mr::device_memory_resource>;
-  std::unique_ptr<pool_res_t> pool_res{nullptr};
-  if (mr) return pool_res;
-  mr = rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource();
-  if (!dynamic_cast<pool_res_t*>(mr) &&
-      !dynamic_cast<rmm::mr::pool_memory_resource<rmm::mr::cuda_memory_resource>*>(mr) &&
-      !dynamic_cast<rmm::mr::pool_memory_resource<rmm::mr::managed_memory_resource>*>(mr)) {
-    pool_res = std::make_unique<pool_res_t>(
-      mr, rmm::align_down(initial_size, rmm::CUDA_ALLOCATION_ALIGNMENT));
-    mr = pool_res.get();
-  }
-  return pool_res;
-}
-
-/** @} */
-}  // namespace raft
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/memory_pool.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/util/memory_pool.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index c9d25ecb1f..0000000000
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/memory_pool.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "memory_pool-ext.hpp"
-
-#if !defined(RAFT_COMPILED)
-#include "memory_pool-inl.hpp"
-#endif  // RAFT_COMPILED
diff --git a/cpp/internal/raft_internal/neighbors/ivf_pq_search_test-ext.cuh b/cpp/internal/raft_internal/neighbors/ivf_pq_search_test-ext.cuh
index 7a65e2d2f8..1e6f4f9976 100644
--- a/cpp/internal/raft_internal/neighbors/ivf_pq_search_test-ext.cuh
+++ b/cpp/internal/raft_internal/neighbors/ivf_pq_search_test-ext.cuh
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 #include <raft_internal/neighbors/ivf_pq_compute_similarity_filters_test-ext.cuh>
 
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
+
 #include <cstdint>  // int64_t
 
 #define instantiate_raft_neighbors_ivf_pq_search(T, IdxT)            \
@@ -44,8 +46,7 @@
     uint32_t n_queries,                                              \
     uint32_t k,                                                      \
     IdxT* neighbors,                                                 \
-    float* distances,                                                \
-    rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr);                            \
+    float* distances);                                               \
                                                                      \
   extern template void raft::neighbors::ivf_pq::search<T, IdxT>(     \
     raft::resources const& handle,                                   \
diff --git a/cpp/internal/raft_internal/neighbors/naive_knn.cuh b/cpp/internal/raft_internal/neighbors/naive_knn.cuh
index 79206c7a43..c14a8e3e9f 100644
--- a/cpp/internal/raft_internal/neighbors/naive_knn.cuh
+++ b/cpp/internal/raft_internal/neighbors/naive_knn.cuh
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@
 #include <raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_utils.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh>
 
-#include <rmm/cuda_stream_view.hpp>
 #include <rmm/device_uvector.hpp>
-#include <rmm/mr/device/device_memory_resource.hpp>
 
 namespace raft::neighbors {
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/neighbors/detail/ivf_flat_search.cu b/cpp/src/neighbors/detail/ivf_flat_search.cu
index 9d39607750..336bea19b6 100644
--- a/cpp/src/neighbors/detail/ivf_flat_search.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/neighbors/detail/ivf_flat_search.cu
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2022-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include <raft/neighbors/detail/ivf_flat_search-inl.cuh>
 #include <raft/neighbors/sample_filter_types.hpp>
 
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
+
 #define instantiate_raft_neighbors_ivf_flat_detail_search(T, IdxT, IvfSampleFilterT)  \
   template void raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::detail::search<T, IdxT, IvfSampleFilterT>( \
     raft::resources const& handle,                                                    \
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@
     uint32_t k,                                                                       \
     IdxT* neighbors,                                                                  \
     float* distances,                                                                 \
-    rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr,                                              \
+    rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr,                                                \
     IvfSampleFilterT sample_filter)
 
 instantiate_raft_neighbors_ivf_flat_detail_search(
diff --git a/cpp/src/neighbors/ivf_flat_00_generate.py b/cpp/src/neighbors/ivf_flat_00_generate.py
index d987a4e17d..7b55cad4de 100644
--- a/cpp/src/neighbors/ivf_flat_00_generate.py
+++ b/cpp/src/neighbors/ivf_flat_00_generate.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 header = """/*
- * Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@
 
 search_macro = """
 #define instantiate_raft_neighbors_ivf_flat_search(T, IdxT)        \\
-  template void raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::search<T, IdxT>( \\
-    raft::resources const& handle,                          \\
+  template void raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::search<T, IdxT>(        \\
+    raft::resources const& handle,                                 \\
     const raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::search_params& params,        \\
     const raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::index<T, IdxT>& index,        \\
     const T* queries,                                              \\
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@
     uint32_t k,                                                    \\
     IdxT* neighbors,                                               \\
     float* distances,                                              \\
-    rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr );                         \\
+    rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr);                            \\
                                                                    \\
-  template void raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::search<T, IdxT>( \\
-    raft::resources const& handle,                          \\
+  template void raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::search<T, IdxT>(        \\
+    raft::resources const& handle,                                 \\
     const raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::search_params& params,        \\
     const raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::index<T, IdxT>& index,        \\
     raft::device_matrix_view<const T, IdxT, row_major> queries,    \\
diff --git a/cpp/src/neighbors/ivf_flat_search_float_int64_t.cu b/cpp/src/neighbors/ivf_flat_search_float_int64_t.cu
index 03dcfee817..e5cfe14e3f 100644
--- a/cpp/src/neighbors/ivf_flat_search_float_int64_t.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/neighbors/ivf_flat_search_float_int64_t.cu
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 #include <raft/neighbors/ivf_flat-inl.cuh>
 
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
+
 #define instantiate_raft_neighbors_ivf_flat_search(T, IdxT)     \
   template void raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::search<T, IdxT>(     \
     raft::resources const& handle,                              \
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@
     uint32_t k,                                                 \
     IdxT* neighbors,                                            \
     float* distances,                                           \
-    rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr);                       \
+    rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr);                         \
                                                                 \
   template void raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::search<T, IdxT>(     \
     raft::resources const& handle,                              \
diff --git a/cpp/src/neighbors/ivf_flat_search_int8_t_int64_t.cu b/cpp/src/neighbors/ivf_flat_search_int8_t_int64_t.cu
index 7646081183..35792a78a8 100644
--- a/cpp/src/neighbors/ivf_flat_search_int8_t_int64_t.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/neighbors/ivf_flat_search_int8_t_int64_t.cu
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 #include <raft/neighbors/ivf_flat-inl.cuh>
 
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
+
 #define instantiate_raft_neighbors_ivf_flat_search(T, IdxT)     \
   template void raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::search<T, IdxT>(     \
     raft::resources const& handle,                              \
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@
     uint32_t k,                                                 \
     IdxT* neighbors,                                            \
     float* distances,                                           \
-    rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr);                       \
+    rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr);                         \
                                                                 \
   template void raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::search<T, IdxT>(     \
     raft::resources const& handle,                              \
diff --git a/cpp/src/neighbors/ivf_flat_search_uint8_t_int64_t.cu b/cpp/src/neighbors/ivf_flat_search_uint8_t_int64_t.cu
index 5d2effd385..663e52cb99 100644
--- a/cpp/src/neighbors/ivf_flat_search_uint8_t_int64_t.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/neighbors/ivf_flat_search_uint8_t_int64_t.cu
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 #include <raft/neighbors/ivf_flat-inl.cuh>
 
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
+
 #define instantiate_raft_neighbors_ivf_flat_search(T, IdxT)     \
   template void raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::search<T, IdxT>(     \
     raft::resources const& handle,                              \
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@
     uint32_t k,                                                 \
     IdxT* neighbors,                                            \
     float* distances,                                           \
-    rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr);                       \
+    rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr);                         \
                                                                 \
   template void raft::neighbors::ivf_flat::search<T, IdxT>(     \
     raft::resources const& handle,                              \
diff --git a/cpp/src/neighbors/ivfpq_search_float_int64_t.cu b/cpp/src/neighbors/ivfpq_search_float_int64_t.cu
index e56c107735..2d15167099 100644
--- a/cpp/src/neighbors/ivfpq_search_float_int64_t.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/neighbors/ivfpq_search_float_int64_t.cu
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2022-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include <raft/neighbors/ivf_pq-inl.cuh>
 #include <raft/neighbors/ivf_pq_types.hpp>  // raft::neighbors::ivf_pq::index
 
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
+
 #define instantiate_raft_neighbors_ivf_pq_search(T, IdxT)            \
   template void raft::neighbors::ivf_pq::search<T, IdxT>(            \
     raft::resources const& handle,                                   \
@@ -34,8 +36,7 @@
     uint32_t n_queries,                                              \
     uint32_t k,                                                      \
     IdxT* neighbors,                                                 \
-    float* distances,                                                \
-    rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr)
+    float* distances)
 
 instantiate_raft_neighbors_ivf_pq_search(float, int64_t);
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/neighbors/ivfpq_search_half_int64_t.cu b/cpp/src/neighbors/ivfpq_search_half_int64_t.cu
index c9f2e6fdd5..c9a380e21f 100644
--- a/cpp/src/neighbors/ivfpq_search_half_int64_t.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/neighbors/ivfpq_search_half_int64_t.cu
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include <raft/neighbors/ivf_pq-inl.cuh>
 #include <raft/neighbors/ivf_pq_types.hpp>  // raft::neighbors::ivf_pq::index
 
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
+
 #include <cuda_fp16.h>
 
 #define instantiate_raft_neighbors_ivf_pq_search(T, IdxT)            \
@@ -36,8 +38,7 @@
     uint32_t n_queries,                                              \
     uint32_t k,                                                      \
     IdxT* neighbors,                                                 \
-    float* distances,                                                \
-    rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr)
+    float* distances)
 
 instantiate_raft_neighbors_ivf_pq_search(half, int64_t);
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/neighbors/ivfpq_search_int8_t_int64_t.cu b/cpp/src/neighbors/ivfpq_search_int8_t_int64_t.cu
index 1efe4f7fb2..e85c98d8dd 100644
--- a/cpp/src/neighbors/ivfpq_search_int8_t_int64_t.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/neighbors/ivfpq_search_int8_t_int64_t.cu
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2022-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include <raft/neighbors/ivf_pq-inl.cuh>
 #include <raft/neighbors/ivf_pq_types.hpp>  // raft::neighbors::ivf_pq::index
 
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
+
 #define instantiate_raft_neighbors_ivf_pq_search(T, IdxT)            \
   template void raft::neighbors::ivf_pq::search<T, IdxT>(            \
     raft::resources const& handle,                                   \
@@ -34,8 +36,7 @@
     uint32_t n_queries,                                              \
     uint32_t k,                                                      \
     IdxT* neighbors,                                                 \
-    float* distances,                                                \
-    rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr)
+    float* distances)
 
 instantiate_raft_neighbors_ivf_pq_search(int8_t, int64_t);
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/neighbors/ivfpq_search_uint8_t_int64_t.cu b/cpp/src/neighbors/ivfpq_search_uint8_t_int64_t.cu
index e746391443..42653254e9 100644
--- a/cpp/src/neighbors/ivfpq_search_uint8_t_int64_t.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/neighbors/ivfpq_search_uint8_t_int64_t.cu
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2022-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include <raft/neighbors/ivf_pq-inl.cuh>
 #include <raft/neighbors/ivf_pq_types.hpp>  // raft::neighbors::ivf_pq::index
 
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
+
 #define instantiate_raft_neighbors_ivf_pq_search(T, IdxT)            \
   template void raft::neighbors::ivf_pq::search<T, IdxT>(            \
     raft::resources const& handle,                                   \
@@ -34,8 +36,7 @@
     uint32_t n_queries,                                              \
     uint32_t k,                                                      \
     IdxT* neighbors,                                                 \
-    float* distances,                                                \
-    rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr)
+    float* distances)
 
 instantiate_raft_neighbors_ivf_pq_search(uint8_t, int64_t);
 
diff --git a/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 4d17aacffd..752dffdc16 100644
--- a/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ if(BUILD_TESTS)
     test/ext_headers/raft_spatial_knn_detail_fused_l2_knn.cu
     test/ext_headers/raft_distance_fused_l2_nn.cu
     test/ext_headers/raft_neighbors_ivf_pq.cu
-    test/ext_headers/raft_util_memory_pool.cpp
     test/ext_headers/raft_neighbors_ivf_flat.cu
     test/ext_headers/raft_core_logger.cpp
     test/ext_headers/raft_neighbors_refine.cu
diff --git a/cpp/test/core/device_resources_manager.cpp b/cpp/test/core/device_resources_manager.cpp
index b9b8996a09..c63d5896e5 100644
--- a/cpp/test/core/device_resources_manager.cpp
+++ b/cpp/test/core/device_resources_manager.cpp
@@ -115,16 +115,10 @@ TEST(DeviceResourcesManager, ObeysSetters)
 
     auto* mr = dynamic_cast<rmm::mr::pool_memory_resource<rmm::mr::cuda_memory_resource>*>(
       rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource());
-    rmm::device_async_resource_ref workspace_mr =
-      dynamic_cast<rmm::mr::limiting_resource_adaptor<rmm::mr::device_memory_resource>*>(
-        res.get_workspace_resource())
-        ->get_upstream_resource();
+
     if (upstream_mrs[i % devices.size()] != nullptr) {
       // Expect that the current memory resource is a pool memory resource as requested
       EXPECT_NE(mr, nullptr);
-
-      // We cannot easily check the type of a resource_ref
-      (void)workspace_mr;
     }
 
     {
diff --git a/cpp/test/ext_headers/00_generate.py b/cpp/test/ext_headers/00_generate.py
index 682cadbe89..d9c766979b 100644
--- a/cpp/test/ext_headers/00_generate.py
+++ b/cpp/test/ext_headers/00_generate.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 copyright_notice = """
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
     "raft/spatial/knn/detail/fused_l2_knn-ext.cuh",
     "raft/distance/fused_l2_nn-ext.cuh",
     "raft/neighbors/ivf_pq-ext.cuh",
-    "raft/util/memory_pool-ext.hpp",
     "raft/neighbors/ivf_flat-ext.cuh",
     "raft/core/logger-ext.hpp",
     "raft/neighbors/refine-ext.cuh",
diff --git a/cpp/test/ext_headers/raft_util_memory_pool.cpp b/cpp/test/ext_headers/raft_util_memory_pool.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 11a024b958..0000000000
--- a/cpp/test/ext_headers/raft_util_memory_pool.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-/*
- * NOTE: this file is generated by 00_generate.py
- *
- * Make changes there and run in this directory:
- *
- * > python 00_generate.py
- *
- */
-
-#include <raft/util/memory_pool.hpp>
diff --git a/cpp/test/matrix/select_k.cuh b/cpp/test/matrix/select_k.cuh
index 7f9b7b3fc3..f22f4f5fa7 100644
--- a/cpp/test/matrix/select_k.cuh
+++ b/cpp/test/matrix/select_k.cuh
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <raft_internal/matrix/select_k.cuh>
 
 #include <rmm/device_uvector.hpp>
-#include <rmm/mr/device/device_memory_resource.hpp>
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
diff --git a/cpp/test/neighbors/ann_ivf_pq/ivf_pq_search_float_uint32_t.cu b/cpp/test/neighbors/ann_ivf_pq/ivf_pq_search_float_uint32_t.cu
index 942d0fcc44..00baa59f58 100644
--- a/cpp/test/neighbors/ann_ivf_pq/ivf_pq_search_float_uint32_t.cu
+++ b/cpp/test/neighbors/ann_ivf_pq/ivf_pq_search_float_uint32_t.cu
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@
     uint32_t n_queries,                                              \
     uint32_t k,                                                      \
     IdxT* neighbors,                                                 \
-    float* distances,                                                \
-    rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr)
+    float* distances)
 
 instantiate_raft_neighbors_ivf_pq_search(float, uint32_t);
 
diff --git a/cpp/test/neighbors/ann_utils.cuh b/cpp/test/neighbors/ann_utils.cuh
index 3e0bead665..2139e97428 100644
--- a/cpp/test/neighbors/ann_utils.cuh
+++ b/cpp/test/neighbors/ann_utils.cuh
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@
 
 #include <raft_internal/neighbors/naive_knn.cuh>
 
-#include <rmm/cuda_stream_view.hpp>
-#include <rmm/device_uvector.hpp>
-#include <rmm/mr/device/device_memory_resource.hpp>
-
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
 #include <iostream>
diff --git a/cpp/test/random/multi_variable_gaussian.cu b/cpp/test/random/multi_variable_gaussian.cu
index 62bad8e543..bed9515a53 100644
--- a/cpp/test/random/multi_variable_gaussian.cu
+++ b/cpp/test/random/multi_variable_gaussian.cu
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp>
 
 #include <rmm/device_uvector.hpp>
+#include <rmm/resource_ref.hpp>
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
@@ -287,10 +288,8 @@ class MVGMdspanTest : public ::testing::TestWithParam<MVGInputs<T>> {
     raft::device_matrix_view<T, int, raft::col_major> P_view(P_d.data(), dim, dim);
     raft::device_matrix_view<T, int, raft::col_major> X_view(X_d.data(), dim, nPoints);
 
-    rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mem_resource_ptr = rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource();
-    ASSERT_TRUE(mem_resource_ptr != nullptr);
     raft::random::multi_variable_gaussian(
-      handle, *mem_resource_ptr, x_view, P_view, X_view, method);
+      handle, rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource(), x_view, P_view, X_view, method);
 
     // saving the mean of the randoms in Rand_mean
     //@todo can be swapped with a API that calculates mean
diff --git a/cpp/test/util/device_atomics.cu b/cpp/test/util/device_atomics.cu
index c5bb0ad3b6..086d1f4152 100644
--- a/cpp/test/util/device_atomics.cu
+++ b/cpp/test/util/device_atomics.cu
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include <raft/core/detail/macros.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/device_atomics.cuh>