diff --git a/python/cudf/pyproject.toml b/python/cudf/pyproject.toml
index 7b17dce801e..5dea2bd3ed9 100644
--- a/python/cudf/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cudf/pyproject.toml
@@ -169,8 +169,7 @@ skip = [
 ]
 
 [tool.scikit-build]
-# TODO: There doesn't appear to be any way to be more specific about requirements, i.e. we can't skip specific versions if they are broken.
-cmake.minimum-version = "3.23.1"
+cmake.minimum-version = "3.26.4"
 ninja.make-fallback = true
 cmake.build-type = "Release"
 sdist.reproducible = true
diff --git a/python/cudf_kafka/pyproject.toml b/python/cudf_kafka/pyproject.toml
index 838a1a684b7..cf661ac0ddd 100644
--- a/python/cudf_kafka/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cudf_kafka/pyproject.toml
@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ skip = [
 ]
 
 [tool.scikit-build]
-# TODO: There doesn't appear to be any way to be more specific about requirements, i.e. we can't skip specific versions if they are broken.
-cmake.minimum-version = "3.23.1"
+cmake.minimum-version = "3.26.4"
 ninja.make-fallback = true
 cmake.build-type = "Release"
 sdist.reproducible = true