diff --git a/features/src/rapids-build-utils/devcontainer-feature.json b/features/src/rapids-build-utils/devcontainer-feature.json
index ba55907f..0de7339f 100644
--- a/features/src/rapids-build-utils/devcontainer-feature.json
+++ b/features/src/rapids-build-utils/devcontainer-feature.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "NVIDIA RAPIDS devcontainer build utilities",
   "id": "rapids-build-utils",
-  "version": "25.2.4",
+  "version": "25.2.5",
   "description": "A feature to install the RAPIDS devcontainer build utilities",
   "containerEnv": {
     "BASH_ENV": "/etc/bash.bash_env"
diff --git a/features/src/rapids-build-utils/opt/rapids-build-utils/manifest.yaml b/features/src/rapids-build-utils/opt/rapids-build-utils/manifest.yaml
index 8cf85b58..d6113be3 100755
--- a/features/src/rapids-build-utils/opt/rapids-build-utils/manifest.yaml
+++ b/features/src/rapids-build-utils/opt/rapids-build-utils/manifest.yaml
@@ -108,14 +108,18 @@ repos:
         max_device_obj_memory_usage: 3Gi
       args: {cmake: -DRAFT_COMPILE_LIBRARY=ON}
   python:
+    - name: libraft
+      sub_dir: python/libraft
+      depends: [raft]
+      args: {install: *rapids_build_backend_args}
     - name: pylibraft
       sub_dir: python/pylibraft
       depends: [raft]
-      args: {cmake: -DFIND_RAFT_CPP=ON, install: *rapids_build_backend_args}
+      args: {install: *rapids_build_backend_args}
     - name: raft-dask
       sub_dir: python/raft-dask
       depends: [ucxx, raft]
-      args: {cmake: -DFIND_RAFT_CPP=ON, install: *rapids_build_backend_args}
+      args: {install: *rapids_build_backend_args}
 
 - name: cuvs
   path: cuvs