diff --git a/conda/environments/cudf_dev_cuda11.0.yml b/conda/environments/cudf_dev_cuda11.0.yml
index b791d188700..62b59c3f081 100644
--- a/conda/environments/cudf_dev_cuda11.0.yml
+++ b/conda/environments/cudf_dev_cuda11.0.yml
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ dependencies:
   - mypy=0.782
   - typing_extensions
   - pre_commit
-  - dask>=2021.6.0
-  - distributed>=2021.6.0
+  - dask>=2021.6.0,<=2021.07.1
+  - distributed>=2021.6.0,<=2021.07.1
   - streamz
   - arrow-cpp=4.0.1
   - dlpack>=0.5,<0.6.0a0
diff --git a/conda/environments/cudf_dev_cuda11.2.yml b/conda/environments/cudf_dev_cuda11.2.yml
index b4ea3a81c6d..94c7116802b 100644
--- a/conda/environments/cudf_dev_cuda11.2.yml
+++ b/conda/environments/cudf_dev_cuda11.2.yml
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ dependencies:
   - mypy=0.782
   - typing_extensions
   - pre_commit
-  - dask>=2021.6.0
-  - distributed>=2021.6.0
+  - dask>=2021.6.0,<=2021.07.1
+  - distributed>=2021.6.0,<=2021.07.1
   - streamz
   - arrow-cpp=4.0.1
   - dlpack>=0.5,<0.6.0a0
diff --git a/conda/recipes/custreamz/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/custreamz/meta.yaml
index 158e34684b4..c98e61f6100 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/custreamz/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/custreamz/meta.yaml
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ requirements:
     - python
     - streamz 
     - cudf {{ version }}
-    - dask>=2021.6.0
-    - distributed>=2021.6.0
+    - dask>=2021.6.0,<=2021.07.1
+    - distributed>=2021.6.0,<=2021.07.1
     - python-confluent-kafka
     - cudf_kafka {{ version }}
 
diff --git a/conda/recipes/dask-cudf/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/dask-cudf/meta.yaml
index 216acb7e068..af43f9ed2eb 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/dask-cudf/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/dask-cudf/meta.yaml
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ requirements:
   host:
     - python
     - cudf {{ version }}
-    - dask>=2021.6.0
-    - distributed>=2021.6.0
+    - dask>=2021.6.0,<=2021.07.1
+    - distributed>=2021.6.0,<=2021.07.1
   run:
     - python
     - cudf {{ version }}
-    - dask>=2021.6.0
-    - distributed>=2021.6.0
+    - dask>=2021.6.0,<=2021.07.1
+    - distributed>=2021.6.0,<=2021.07.1
   
 test:
   requires:
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_cuda_array_interface.py b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_cuda_array_interface.py
index ecf961f133b..bfddd682fe4 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_cuda_array_interface.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_cuda_array_interface.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def test_column_from_ephemeral_cupy_try_lose_reference():
 
 
 def test_cuda_array_interface_pytorch():
-    torch = pytest.importorskip("torch")
+    torch = pytest.importorskip("torch", minversion="1.6.0")
     if not torch.cuda.is_available():
         pytest.skip("need gpu version of pytorch to be installed")
 
diff --git a/python/custreamz/dev_requirements.txt b/python/custreamz/dev_requirements.txt
index 61e4817b1c2..3f5e3f84fd4 100644
--- a/python/custreamz/dev_requirements.txt
+++ b/python/custreamz/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 flake8==3.8.3
 black==19.10b0
 isort==5.6.4
-dask>=2021.6.0
-distributed>=2021.6.0
+dask>=2021.6.0,<=2021.07.1
+distributed>=2021.6.0,<=2021.07.1
 streamz
 python-confluent-kafka
 pytest
diff --git a/python/dask_cudf/dev_requirements.txt b/python/dask_cudf/dev_requirements.txt
index cdd17d86649..ec530893b0d 100644
--- a/python/dask_cudf/dev_requirements.txt
+++ b/python/dask_cudf/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2021, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 
-dask>=2021.6.0
-distributed>=2021.6.0
+dask>=2021.6.0,<=2021.07.1
+distributed>=2021.6.0,<=2021.07.1
 fsspec>=0.6.0
 numba>=0.53.1
 numpy
diff --git a/python/dask_cudf/setup.py b/python/dask_cudf/setup.py
index a714dd98904..b17f1bc7463 100644
--- a/python/dask_cudf/setup.py
+++ b/python/dask_cudf/setup.py
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
 install_requires = [
     "cudf",
-    "dask>=2021.6.0",
-    "distributed>=2021.6.0",
+    "dask>=2021.6.0,<=2021.07.1",
+    "distributed>=2021.6.0,<=2021.07.1",
     "fsspec>=0.6.0",
     "numpy",
     "pandas>=1.0,<1.3.0dev0",
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
         "pandas>=1.0,<1.3.0dev0",
         "pytest",
         "numba>=0.53.1",
-        "dask>=2021.6.0",
-        "distributed>=2021.6.0",
+        "dask>=2021.6.0,<=2021.07.1",
+        "distributed>=2021.6.0,<=2021.07.1",
     ]
 }