diff --git a/conda/environments/cudf_dev_cuda11.5.yml b/conda/environments/cudf_dev_cuda11.5.yml
index 142d3c7d9cb..e27e8557c80 100644
--- a/conda/environments/cudf_dev_cuda11.5.yml
+++ b/conda/environments/cudf_dev_cuda11.5.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ dependencies:
   - myst-nb
   - scipy
   - dask-cuda=22.12.*
-  - mimesis<4.1
+  - mimesis>=4.1.0
   - packaging
   - protobuf>=3.20.1,<3.21.0a0
   - nvtx>=0.2.1
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/testing/dataset_generator.py b/python/cudf/cudf/testing/dataset_generator.py
index 4d24e7ff2a2..2867c4d10eb 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/testing/dataset_generator.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/testing/dataset_generator.py
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ def rand_dataframe(
                         cardinality=cardinality,
                         null_frequency=null_frequency,
                         generator=lambda cardinality=cardinality: [
-                            mimesis.random.random.schoice(
+                            mimesis.random.random.generate_string(
                                 string.printable,
                                 np.random.randint(
                                     low=0,
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ def get_values_for_nested_data(dtype, lists_max_length=None, size=None):
         values = float_generator(dtype=dtype, size=cardinality)()
     elif dtype.kind in ("U", "O"):
         values = [
-            mimesis.random.random.schoice(
+            mimesis.random.random.generate_string(
                 string.printable,
                 100,
             )
diff --git a/python/cudf/setup.py b/python/cudf/setup.py
index 93948afc0f6..3ebb66cb0ad 100644
--- a/python/cudf/setup.py
+++ b/python/cudf/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         "pytest-benchmark",
         "pytest-xdist",
         "hypothesis",
-        "mimesis",
+        "mimesis>=4.1.0",
         "fastavro>=0.22.9",
         "python-snappy>=0.6.0",
         "pyorc",