diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 45d8e2aca..764c000fd 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ dependencies:
     common:
       - output_types: conda
         packages:
-          - &rmm_conda rmm==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
+          - &rmm_unsuffixed rmm==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
       - output_types: requirements
         packages:
           # pip recognizes the index as a global option for the requirements.txt file
@@ -407,19 +407,23 @@ dependencies:
     specific:
       - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
         matrices:
-          - matrix: {cuda: "12.*"}
+          - matrix:
+              cuda: "12.*"
+              cuda_suffixed: "true"
             packages:
               - rmm-cu12==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
-          - matrix: {cuda: "11.*"}
+          - matrix:
+              cuda: "11.*"
+              cuda_suffixed: "true"
             packages:
               - rmm-cu11==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
-          - {matrix: null, packages: [*rmm_conda]}
+          - {matrix: null, packages: [*rmm_unsuffixed]}
 
   depends_on_cudf:
     common:
       - output_types: conda
         packages:
-          - &cudf_conda cudf==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
+          - &cudf_unsuffixed cudf==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
       - output_types: requirements
         packages:
           # pip recognizes the index as a global option for the requirements.txt file
@@ -428,19 +432,23 @@ dependencies:
     specific:
       - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
         matrices:
-          - matrix: {cuda: "12.*"}
+          - matrix:
+              cuda: "12.*"
+              cuda_suffixed: "true"
             packages:
               - cudf-cu12==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
-          - matrix: {cuda: "11.*"}
+          - matrix:
+              cuda: "11.*"
+              cuda_suffixed: "true"
             packages:
               - cudf-cu11==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
-          - {matrix: null, packages: [*cudf_conda]}
+          - {matrix: null, packages: [*cudf_unsuffixed]}
 
   depends_on_cuml:
     common:
       - output_types: conda
         packages:
-          - &cuml_conda cuml==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
+          - &cuml_unsuffixed cuml==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
       - output_types: requirements
         packages:
           # pip recognizes the index as a global option for the requirements.txt file
@@ -449,19 +457,23 @@ dependencies:
     specific:
       - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
         matrices:
-          - matrix: {cuda: "12.*"}
+          - matrix:
+              cuda: "12.*"
+              cuda_suffixed: "true"
             packages:
               - cuml-cu12==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
-          - matrix: {cuda: "11.*"}
+          - matrix:
+              cuda: "11.*"
+              cuda_suffixed: "true"
             packages:
               - cuml-cu11==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
-          - {matrix: null, packages: [*cuml_conda]}
+          - {matrix: null, packages: [*cuml_unsuffixed]}
 
   depends_on_cuspatial:
     common:
       - output_types: conda
         packages:
-          - &cuspatial_conda cuspatial==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
+          - &cuspatial_unsuffixed cuspatial==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
       - output_types: requirements
         packages:
           # pip recognizes the index as a global option for the requirements.txt file
@@ -470,19 +482,25 @@ dependencies:
     specific:
       - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
         matrices:
-          - matrix: {cuda: "12.*"}
+          - matrix:
+              cuda: "12.*"
+              cuda_suffixed: "true"
             packages:
               - cuspatial-cu12==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
-          - matrix: {cuda: "11.*"}
+          - matrix:
+              cuda: "11.*"
+              cuda_suffixed: "true"
             packages:
               - cuspatial-cu11==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
-          - {matrix: null, packages: [*cuspatial_conda]}
+          - {matrix: null, packages: [*cuspatial_unsuffixed]}
 
   depends_on_cupy:
     common:
       - output_types: conda
         packages:
           - cupy>=12.0.0
+    # NOTE: cupy dependency is not broken into groups by a 'cuda_suffixed' selector like
+    #       other packages in this file because DLFW builds expect it to have a -cuda{nn}x suffix
     specific:
       - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
         matrices:
diff --git a/python/cuproj/pyproject.toml b/python/cuproj/pyproject.toml
index 46f35543e..eca654f73 100644
--- a/python/cuproj/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cuproj/pyproject.toml
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ filterwarnings = [
 [tool.rapids-build-backend]
 build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 dependencies-file = "../../dependencies.yaml"
+matrix-entry = "cuda_suffixed=true"
 requires = [
     "cmake>=3.26.4,!=3.30.0",
     "cython>=3.0.0",
diff --git a/python/cuspatial/pyproject.toml b/python/cuspatial/pyproject.toml
index dd7514997..d8461c722 100644
--- a/python/cuspatial/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cuspatial/pyproject.toml
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ filterwarnings = [
 [tool.rapids-build-backend]
 build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 dependencies-file = "../../dependencies.yaml"
+matrix-entry = "cuda_suffixed=true"
 requires = [
     "cmake>=3.26.4,!=3.30.0",
     "cudf==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0",