diff --git a/conda/recipes/dask-cudf/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/dask-cudf/meta.yaml
index 5631e262b87..2a88827ad94 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/dask-cudf/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/dask-cudf/meta.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 {% set minor_version =  version.split('.')[0] + '.' + version.split('.')[1] %}
 {% set py_version=environ.get('CONDA_PY', 36) %}
 {% set cuda_version='.'.join(environ.get('CUDA', '10.1').split('.')[:2]) %}
+{% set cuda_major=cuda_version.split('.')[0] %}
 
 package:
   name: dask-cudf
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ source:
 
 build:
   number: {{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
-  string: cuda_{{ cuda_version }}_py{{ py_version }}_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_HASH }}_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
+  string: cuda_{{ cuda_major }}_py{{ py_version }}_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_HASH }}_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
   script_env:
     - VERSION_SUFFIX
     - PARALLEL_LEVEL
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ requirements:
     - cudf {{ version }}
     - dask>=2021.09.1
     - distributed>=2021.09.1
-    - {{ pin_compatible('cudatoolkit', max_pin='x.x') }}
+    - {{ pin_compatible('cudatoolkit', max_pin='x', min_pin='x') }}
 
 test:                                   # [linux64]
   requires:                             # [linux64]