diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 3e7ac6e987..7d3da062d4 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -357,12 +357,13 @@ dependencies:
               use_cuda_wheels: "true"
             packages:
               - &cuda_toolkit_any_cu13 cuda-toolkit[cublas,curand,cusolver,cusparse]==13.*
-              - nvidia-nvjitlink>=13.0,<14
-          # if no matching matrix selectors passed, list the unsuffixed packages
+              - &nvjitlink_cu13 nvidia-nvjitlink>=13.3,<14
+          # if no matching matrix selectors passed, list the CUDA 13 requirement
           # (just as a source of documentation, as this populates pyproject.toml in source control)
           - matrix:
             packages:
-              - cuda-toolkit[cublas,curand,cusolver,cusparse,nvjitlink]>=12,<14
+              - *cuda_toolkit_any_cu13
+              - *nvjitlink_cu13
   depends_on_cupy:
     common:
       - output_types: conda
diff --git a/python/libraft/pyproject.toml b/python/libraft/pyproject.toml
index 8b515f482d..08097b9ddb 100644
--- a/python/libraft/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/libraft/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 [build-system]
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ authors = [
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
-    "cuda-toolkit[cublas,curand,cusolver,cusparse,nvjitlink]>=12,<14",
+    "cuda-toolkit[cublas,curand,cusolver,cusparse]==13.*",
     "librmm==26.8.*,>=0.0.0a0",
+    "nvidia-nvjitlink>=13.3,<14",
     "rapids-logger==0.2.*,>=0.0.0a0",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
 classifiers = [