diff --git a/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
index 0145e2e4d01..24432272693 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ build:
     - CC
     - CXX
     - CUDAHOSTCXX
+  # libcudf's run_exports pinning is looser than we would like
+  ignore_run_exports:
+    - libcudf
 
 requirements:
   build:
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ requirements:
     - numba >=0.54
     - numpy
     - {{ pin_compatible('pyarrow', max_pin='x.x.x') }} *cuda
+    - libcudf {{ version }}
     - fastavro >=0.22.0
     - {{ pin_compatible('rmm', max_pin='x.x') }}
     - fsspec>=0.6.0
diff --git a/conda/recipes/libcudf_kafka/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/libcudf_kafka/meta.yaml
index 1eb5b13ddc3..d5864a7d68c 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/libcudf_kafka/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/libcudf_kafka/meta.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ build:
     - PARALLEL_LEVEL
     - VERSION_SUFFIX
     - PROJECT_FLASH
+  # libcudf's run_exports pinning is looser than we would like
+  ignore_run_exports:
+    - libcudf
 
 requirements:
   build:
@@ -27,6 +30,8 @@ requirements:
   host:
     - libcudf {{version}}
     - librdkafka >=1.7.0,<1.8.0a0
+  run:
+    - libcudf {{version}}
 
 test:
   commands: