diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
index a35802f2ab0..ceee9074b93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ jobs:
       - docs-build
       - wheel-build-cudf
       - wheel-tests-cudf
-      - test-cudf-polars
+      - wheel-build-cudf-polars
+      - wheel-tests-cudf-polars
       - wheel-build-dask-cudf
       - wheel-tests-dask-cudf
       - devcontainer
@@ -133,9 +134,18 @@ jobs:
     with:
       build_type: pull-request
       script: ci/test_wheel_cudf.sh
-  test-cudf-polars:
+  wheel-build-cudf-polars:
     needs: wheel-build-cudf
     secrets: inherit
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml@branch-24.08
+    with:
+      # This selects "ARCH=amd64 + the latest supported Python + CUDA".
+      matrix_filter: map(select(.ARCH == "amd64")) | group_by(.CUDA_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)|.[0]) | map(max_by([(.PY_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)), (.CUDA_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber))]))
+      build_type: pull-request
+      script: "ci/build_wheel_cudf_polars.sh"
+  wheel-tests-cudf-polars:
+    needs: wheel-build-cudf-polars
+    secrets: inherit
     uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml@branch-24.08
     with:
       # This selects "ARCH=amd64 + the latest supported Python + CUDA".
@@ -143,7 +153,7 @@ jobs:
       build_type: pull-request
       # This always runs, but only fails if this PR touches code in
       # pylibcudf or cudf_polars
-      script: "ci/test_cudf_polars.sh"
+      script: "ci/test_wheel_cudf_polars.sh"
   wheel-build-dask-cudf:
     needs: wheel-build-cudf
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/ci/build_wheel_cudf_polars.sh b/ci/build_wheel_cudf_polars.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..9c945e11c00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/build_wheel_cudf_polars.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+package_dir="python/cudf_polars"
+
+./ci/build_wheel.sh ${package_dir}
+
+RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="cudf_polars_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="1" rapids-upload-wheels-to-s3 ${package_dir}/dist
diff --git a/ci/run_cudf_polars_pytests.sh b/ci/run_cudf_polars_pytests.sh
index 78683b057a5..c10612a065a 100755
--- a/ci/run_cudf_polars_pytests.sh
+++ b/ci/run_cudf_polars_pytests.sh
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # Support invoking run_cudf_polars_pytests.sh outside the script directory
 cd "$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")"/../python/cudf_polars/
 
-pytest --cache-clear "$@" tests
+python -m pytest --cache-clear "$@" tests
diff --git a/ci/test_cudf_polars.sh b/ci/test_wheel_cudf_polars.sh
similarity index 70%
rename from ci/test_cudf_polars.sh
rename to ci/test_wheel_cudf_polars.sh
index ca98c4dadb3..900acd5d473 100755
--- a/ci/test_cudf_polars.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel_cudf_polars.sh
@@ -18,19 +18,14 @@ else
 fi
 
 RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
-RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="cudf_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./dist
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="cudf_polars_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="1" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./dist
 
-RESULTS_DIR=${RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR:-"$(mktemp -d)"}
-RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR=${RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR:-"${RESULTS_DIR}/test-results"}/
-mkdir -p "${RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR}"
-
-rapids-logger "Install cudf wheel"
-# echo to expand wildcard before adding `[extra]` requires for pip
-python -m pip install $(echo ./dist/cudf*.whl)[test]
+# Download the cudf built in the previous step
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="cudf_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./local-cudf-dep
+python -m pip install ./local-cudf-dep/cudf*.whl
 
 rapids-logger "Install cudf_polars"
-python -m pip install 'polars>=1.0'
-python -m pip install --no-deps python/cudf_polars
+python -m pip install $(echo ./dist/cudf_polars*.whl)[test]
 
 rapids-logger "Run cudf_polars tests"
 
@@ -45,8 +40,8 @@ set +e
 ./ci/run_cudf_polars_pytests.sh \
        --cov cudf_polars \
        --cov-fail-under=100 \
-       --cov-config=python/cudf_polars/pyproject.toml \
-       --junitxml="${RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR}/junit-cudf_polars.xml"
+       --cov-config=./pyproject.toml \
+       --junitxml="${RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR}/junit-cudf-polars.xml"
 
 trap ERR
 set -e
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel_dask_cudf.sh b/ci/test_wheel_dask_cudf.sh
index 2b20b9d9ce4..c3800d3cc25 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel_dask_cudf.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel_dask_cudf.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="dask_cudf_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="
 
 # Download the cudf built in the previous step
 RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="cudf_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./local-cudf-dep
-python -m pip install --no-deps ./local-cudf-dep/cudf*.whl
+python -m pip install ./local-cudf-dep/cudf*.whl
 
 # echo to expand wildcard before adding `[extra]` requires for pip
 python -m pip install $(echo ./dist/dask_cudf*.whl)[test]
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/pyproject.toml b/python/cudf_polars/pyproject.toml
index bf4673fcc50..0b559f7a8e9 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/pyproject.toml
@@ -182,5 +182,3 @@ docstring-code-format = true
 [tool.rapids-build-backend]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 dependencies-file = "../../dependencies.yaml"
-# Pure python
-disable-cuda = true