diff --git a/ci/utils/external_dependencies.yaml b/ci/utils/external_dependencies.yaml
index d301c291..fe526b98 100644
--- a/ci/utils/external_dependencies.yaml
+++ b/ci/utils/external_dependencies.yaml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ channels:
   - conda-forge
   - nvidia
 dependencies:
-  - cudf==24.8.*
-  - dask-cudf==24.8.*
-  - cuxfilter==24.8.*
+  - cudf==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
+  - dask-cudf==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
+  - cuxfilter==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
   - cuda-version=12.0
   - python>=3.9,<3.12
   - xarray-spatial