diff --git a/ci/build_wheel_cudf.sh b/ci/build_wheel_cudf.sh
index fef4416a366..ae4eb0d5c66 100755
--- a/ci/build_wheel_cudf.sh
+++ b/ci/build_wheel_cudf.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export PIP_CONSTRAINT="/tmp/constraints.txt"
 python -m auditwheel repair \
     --exclude libcudf.so \
     --exclude libnvcomp.so \
+    --exclude libkvikio.so \
     -w ${package_dir}/final_dist \
     ${package_dir}/dist/*
 
diff --git a/ci/build_wheel_libcudf.sh b/ci/build_wheel_libcudf.sh
index b3d6778ea04..aabd3814a24 100755
--- a/ci/build_wheel_libcudf.sh
+++ b/ci/build_wheel_libcudf.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
 mkdir -p ${package_dir}/final_dist
 python -m auditwheel repair \
     --exclude libnvcomp.so.4 \
+    --exclude libkvikio.so \
     -w ${package_dir}/final_dist \
     ${package_dir}/dist/*
 
diff --git a/ci/build_wheel_pylibcudf.sh b/ci/build_wheel_pylibcudf.sh
index 839d98846fe..c4a89f20f5f 100755
--- a/ci/build_wheel_pylibcudf.sh
+++ b/ci/build_wheel_pylibcudf.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export PIP_CONSTRAINT="/tmp/constraints.txt"
 python -m auditwheel repair \
     --exclude libcudf.so \
     --exclude libnvcomp.so \
+    --exclude libkvikio.so \
     -w ${package_dir}/final_dist \
     ${package_dir}/dist/*
 
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
index 9d9fec97731..ace55a15c09 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ dependencies:
 - cramjam
 - cubinlinker
 - cuda-nvtx=11.8
-- cuda-python>=11.7.1,<12.0a0
+- cuda-python>=11.7.1,<12.0a0,!=11.8.4
 - cuda-sanitizer-api=11.8.86
 - cuda-version=11.8
 - cudatoolkit
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-125_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-125_arch-x86_64.yaml
index 19e3eafd641..d20db44497e 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-125_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-125_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies:
 - cuda-nvcc
 - cuda-nvrtc-dev
 - cuda-nvtx-dev
-- cuda-python>=12.0,<13.0a0
+- cuda-python>=12.0,<13.0a0,!=12.6.1
 - cuda-sanitizer-api
 - cuda-version=12.5
 - cupy>=12.0.0
diff --git a/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
index 2c254415318..6debcb281b1 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ requirements:
     - cudatoolkit
     - ptxcompiler >=0.7.0
     - cubinlinker  # CUDA enhanced compatibility.
-    - cuda-python >=11.7.1,<12.0a0
+    - cuda-python >=11.7.1,<12.0a0,!=11.8.4
     {% else %}
     - cuda-cudart
     - libcufile  # [linux64]
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ requirements:
     # TODO: Add nvjitlink here
     # xref: https://github.com/rapidsai/cudf/issues/12822
     - cuda-nvrtc
-    - cuda-python >=12.0,<13.0a0
+    - cuda-python >=12.0,<13.0a0,!=12.6.1
     - pynvjitlink
     {% endif %}
     - {{ pin_compatible('cuda-version', max_pin='x', min_pin='x') }}
diff --git a/conda/recipes/pylibcudf/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/pylibcudf/meta.yaml
index 3d965f30986..92ca495f972 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/pylibcudf/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/pylibcudf/meta.yaml
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ requirements:
     - {{ pin_compatible('rmm', max_pin='x.x') }}
     - fsspec >=0.6.0
     {% if cuda_major == "11" %}
-    - cuda-python >=11.7.1,<12.0a0
+    - cuda-python >=11.7.1,<12.0a0,!=11.8.4
     {% else %}
-    - cuda-python >=12.0,<13.0a0
+    - cuda-python >=12.0,<13.0a0,!=12.6.1
     {% endif %}
     - nvtx >=0.2.1
     - packaging
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 90255ca674c..41ac6ce1808 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ files:
     extras:
       table: project
     includes:
+      - depends_on_libkvikio
       - depends_on_nvcomp
   py_build_pylibcudf:
     output: pyproject
@@ -658,10 +659,10 @@ dependencies:
         matrices:
           - matrix: {cuda: "12.*"}
             packages:
-              - cuda-python>=12.0,<13.0a0
+              - cuda-python>=12.0,<13.0a0,!=12.6.1
           - matrix: {cuda: "11.*"}
             packages: &run_pylibcudf_packages_all_cu11
-              - cuda-python>=11.7.1,<12.0a0
+              - cuda-python>=11.7.1,<12.0a0,!=11.8.4
           - {matrix: null, packages: *run_pylibcudf_packages_all_cu11}
   run_cudf:
     common:
@@ -684,10 +685,10 @@ dependencies:
         matrices:
           - matrix: {cuda: "12.*"}
             packages:
-              - cuda-python>=12.0,<13.0a0
+              - cuda-python>=12.0,<13.0a0,!=12.6.1
           - matrix: {cuda: "11.*"}
             packages: &run_cudf_packages_all_cu11
-              - cuda-python>=11.7.1,<12.0a0
+              - cuda-python>=11.7.1,<12.0a0,!=11.8.4
           - {matrix: null, packages: *run_cudf_packages_all_cu11}
       - output_types: conda
         matrices:
diff --git a/python/cudf/pyproject.toml b/python/cudf/pyproject.toml
index b6105c17b3e..53f22a11e6b 100644
--- a/python/cudf/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cudf/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
     "cachetools",
     "cubinlinker",
-    "cuda-python>=11.7.1,<12.0a0",
+    "cuda-python>=11.7.1,<12.0a0,!=11.8.4",
     "cupy-cuda11x>=12.0.0",
     "fsspec>=0.6.0",
     "libcudf==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0",
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ filterwarnings = [
     "error",
     "ignore:::.*xdist.*",
     "ignore:::.*pytest.*",
+    # https://github.com/rapidsai/build-planning/issues/116
+    "ignore:.*cuda..* module is deprecated.*:DeprecationWarning",
     # some third-party dependencies (e.g. 'boto3') still using datetime.datetime.utcnow()
     "ignore:.*datetime.*utcnow.*scheduled for removal.*:DeprecationWarning:botocore",
     # Deprecation warning from Pyarrow Table.to_pandas() with pandas-2.2+
diff --git a/python/cudf_kafka/pyproject.toml b/python/cudf_kafka/pyproject.toml
index 667cd7b1db8..ec0bc0eb22b 100644
--- a/python/cudf_kafka/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cudf_kafka/pyproject.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ rapids = ["rmm", "cudf", "dask_cudf"]
 addopts = "--tb=native --strict-config --strict-markers"
 empty_parameter_set_mark = "fail_at_collect"
 filterwarnings = [
-  "error"
+  "error",
+  # https://github.com/rapidsai/build-planning/issues/116
+  "ignore:.*cuda..* module is deprecated.*:DeprecationWarning",
 ]
 xfail_strict = true
 
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/pyproject.toml b/python/cudf_polars/pyproject.toml
index a2c62ef9460..2e75dff5c9e 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/pyproject.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ version = {file = "cudf_polars/VERSION"}
 addopts = "--tb=native --strict-config --strict-markers"
 empty_parameter_set_mark = "fail_at_collect"
 filterwarnings = [
-  "error"
+  "error",
+  # https://github.com/rapidsai/build-planning/issues/116
+  "ignore:.*cuda..* module is deprecated.*:DeprecationWarning",
 ]
 xfail_strict = true
 
diff --git a/python/custreamz/pyproject.toml b/python/custreamz/pyproject.toml
index a8ab05a3922..d3baf3bf4d2 100644
--- a/python/custreamz/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/custreamz/pyproject.toml
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ addopts = "--tb=native --strict-config --strict-markers"
 empty_parameter_set_mark = "fail_at_collect"
 filterwarnings = [
     "error",
+    # https://github.com/rapidsai/build-planning/issues/116
+    "ignore:.*cuda..* module is deprecated.*:DeprecationWarning",
     "ignore:unclosed <socket.socket:ResourceWarning",
     "ignore:Port .* is already in use.:UserWarning:distributed",
     # Should be fixed in the next streamz release
diff --git a/python/dask_cudf/pyproject.toml b/python/dask_cudf/pyproject.toml
index 862e8f36eaa..c7e4cbc45ea 100644
--- a/python/dask_cudf/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/dask_cudf/pyproject.toml
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ empty_parameter_set_mark = "fail_at_collect"
 filterwarnings = [
     "error::FutureWarning",
     "error::DeprecationWarning",
+    # https://github.com/rapidsai/build-planning/issues/116
+    "ignore:.*cuda..* module is deprecated.*:DeprecationWarning",
     # some third-party dependencies (e.g. 'boto3') still using datetime.datetime.utcnow()
     "ignore:.*datetime.*utcnow.*scheduled for removal:DeprecationWarning:botocore",
     "ignore:create_block_manager_from_blocks is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Use public APIs instead.:DeprecationWarning",
diff --git a/python/libcudf/libcudf/load.py b/python/libcudf/libcudf/load.py
index ba134710868..bf27ecfa7f5 100644
--- a/python/libcudf/libcudf/load.py
+++ b/python/libcudf/libcudf/load.py
@@ -18,6 +18,17 @@
 
 
 def load_library():
+    try:
+        # libkvikio must be loaded before libcudf because libcudf references its symbols
+        import libkvikio
+
+        libkvikio.load_library()
+    except ModuleNotFoundError:
+        # libcudf's runtime dependency on libkvikio may be satisfied by a natively
+        # installed library or a conda package, in which case the import will fail and
+        # we assume the library is discoverable on system paths.
+        pass
+
     # Dynamically load libcudf.so. Prefer a system library if one is present to
     # avoid clobbering symbols that other packages might expect, but if no
     # other library is present use the one in the wheel.
diff --git a/python/libcudf/pyproject.toml b/python/libcudf/pyproject.toml
index c6d9ae56467..62726bb0df4 100644
--- a/python/libcudf/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/libcudf/pyproject.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA",
 ]
 dependencies = [
+    "libkvikio==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0",
     "nvidia-nvcomp==4.1.0.6",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
 
diff --git a/python/pylibcudf/pyproject.toml b/python/pylibcudf/pyproject.toml
index a80c85a1fa8..e8052dfba4c 100644
--- a/python/pylibcudf/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pylibcudf/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ authors = [
 license = { text = "Apache 2.0" }
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
-    "cuda-python>=11.7.1,<12.0a0",
+    "cuda-python>=11.7.1,<12.0a0,!=11.8.4",
     "libcudf==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0",
     "nvtx>=0.2.1",
     "packaging",
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ addopts = "--tb=native --strict-config --strict-markers --import-mode=importlib"
 empty_parameter_set_mark = "fail_at_collect"
 filterwarnings = [
   "error",
+  # https://github.com/rapidsai/build-planning/issues/116
+  "ignore:.*cuda..* module is deprecated.*:DeprecationWarning",
   "ignore:::.*xdist.*",
   "ignore:::.*pytest.*"
 ]