diff --git a/cpp/template/cmake/thirdparty/fetch_rapids.cmake b/cpp/template/cmake/thirdparty/fetch_rapids.cmake
index 22afb1a3f5..12b4b62cc3 100644
--- a/cpp/template/cmake/thirdparty/fetch_rapids.cmake
+++ b/cpp/template/cmake/thirdparty/fetch_rapids.cmake
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 # Use this variable to update RAPIDS and RAFT versions
 set(RAPIDS_VERSION "23.12")
 
+set(rapids-cmake-repo bdice/rapids-cmake)
+set(rapids-cmake-branch libcudacxx-2.1.0)
 if(NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/RAFT_RAPIDS.cmake)
     file(DOWNLOAD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapidsai/rapids-cmake/branch-${RAPIDS_VERSION}/RAPIDS.cmake
             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/RAFT_RAPIDS.cmake)
diff --git a/fetch_rapids.cmake b/fetch_rapids.cmake
index c74c09fb26..05ec93e4e2 100644
--- a/fetch_rapids.cmake
+++ b/fetch_rapids.cmake
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 # or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 # the License.
 # =============================================================================
+set(rapids-cmake-repo bdice/rapids-cmake)
+set(rapids-cmake-branch libcudacxx-2.1.0)
 if(NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/RAFT_RAPIDS.cmake)
   file(DOWNLOAD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapidsai/rapids-cmake/branch-23.12/RAPIDS.cmake
        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/RAFT_RAPIDS.cmake