diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
index 4b5d0c26d0b..9777388b435 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -20,17 +20,13 @@ jobs:
       - conda-python-build
       - conda-python-tests
       - docs-build
-      - wheel-build-pylibcugraph
+      - wheel-build-cpp
+      - wheel-build-python
       - wheel-tests-pylibcugraph
-      - wheel-build-cugraph
       - wheel-tests-cugraph
-      - wheel-build-nx-cugraph
       - wheel-tests-nx-cugraph
-      - wheel-build-cugraph-dgl
       - wheel-tests-cugraph-dgl
-      - wheel-build-cugraph-pyg
       - wheel-tests-cugraph-pyg
-      - wheel-build-cugraph-equivariant
       - wheel-tests-cugraph-equivariant
       - devcontainer
     secrets: inherit
@@ -93,93 +89,68 @@ jobs:
       arch: "amd64"
       container_image: "rapidsai/ci-conda:cuda11.8.0-ubuntu22.04-py3.10"
       run_script: "ci/build_docs.sh"
-  wheel-build-pylibcugraph:
+  wheel-build-cpp:
     needs: checks
     secrets: inherit
     uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml@branch-24.08
     with:
+      matrix_filter: group_by([.ARCH, (.CUDA_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)|.[0])]) | map(max_by(.PY_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)))
       build_type: pull-request
-      script: ci/build_wheel_pylibcugraph.sh
+      script: ci/build_wheel_cpp.sh
       extra-repo: rapidsai/cugraph-ops
       extra-repo-sha: branch-24.08
       extra-repo-deploy-key: CUGRAPH_OPS_SSH_PRIVATE_DEPLOY_KEY
       node_type: cpu32
-  wheel-tests-pylibcugraph:
-    needs: wheel-build-pylibcugraph
+  wheel-build-python:
+    needs: wheel-build-cpp
     secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml@branch-24.08
-    with:
-      build_type: pull-request
-      script: ci/test_wheel_pylibcugraph.sh
-  wheel-build-cugraph:
-    needs: wheel-tests-pylibcugraph
-    secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml@branch-24.08
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml@branch-24.06
     with:
       build_type: pull-request
-      script: ci/build_wheel_cugraph.sh
+      script: ci/build_wheel_python.sh
       extra-repo: rapidsai/cugraph-ops
       extra-repo-sha: branch-24.08
       extra-repo-deploy-key: CUGRAPH_OPS_SSH_PRIVATE_DEPLOY_KEY
-  wheel-tests-cugraph:
-    needs: wheel-build-cugraph
+      node_type: cpu32
+  wheel-tests-pylibcugraph:
+    needs: wheel-build-python
     secrets: inherit
     uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml@branch-24.08
     with:
       build_type: pull-request
-      script: ci/test_wheel_cugraph.sh
-  wheel-build-nx-cugraph:
-    needs: wheel-tests-pylibcugraph
+      script: ci/test_wheel_pylibcugraph.sh
+  wheel-tests-cugraph:
+    needs: wheel-build-python
     secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml@branch-24.08
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml@branch-24.08
     with:
       build_type: pull-request
-      script: ci/build_wheel_nx-cugraph.sh
+      script: ci/test_wheel_cugraph.sh
   wheel-tests-nx-cugraph:
-    needs: wheel-build-nx-cugraph
+    needs: wheel-build-python
     secrets: inherit
     uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml@branch-24.08
     with:
       build_type: pull-request
       script: ci/test_wheel_nx-cugraph.sh
-  wheel-build-cugraph-dgl:
-    needs: wheel-tests-cugraph
-    secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml@branch-24.08
-    with:
-      build_type: pull-request
-      script: ci/build_wheel_cugraph-dgl.sh
   wheel-tests-cugraph-dgl:
-    needs: wheel-build-cugraph-dgl
+    needs: wheel-build-python
     secrets: inherit
     uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml@branch-24.08
     with:
       build_type: pull-request
       script: ci/test_wheel_cugraph-dgl.sh
       matrix_filter: map(select(.ARCH == "amd64"))
-  wheel-build-cugraph-pyg:
-    needs: wheel-tests-cugraph
-    secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml@branch-24.08
-    with:
-      build_type: pull-request
-      script: ci/build_wheel_cugraph-pyg.sh
   wheel-tests-cugraph-pyg:
-    needs: wheel-build-cugraph-pyg
+    needs: wheel-build-python
     secrets: inherit
     uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml@branch-24.08
     with:
       build_type: pull-request
       script: ci/test_wheel_cugraph-pyg.sh
       matrix_filter: map(select(.ARCH == "amd64"))
-  wheel-build-cugraph-equivariant:
-    secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml@branch-24.08
-    with:
-      build_type: pull-request
-      script: ci/build_wheel_cugraph-equivariant.sh
   wheel-tests-cugraph-equivariant:
-    needs: wheel-build-cugraph-equivariant
+    needs: wheel-build-python
     secrets: inherit
     uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml@branch-24.08
     with:
diff --git a/ci/build_wheel.sh b/ci/build_wheel.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index da0f3617f3f..00000000000
--- a/ci/build_wheel.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-package_name=$1
-package_dir=$2
-underscore_package_name=$(echo "${package_name}" | tr "-" "_")
-
-source rapids-configure-sccache
-source rapids-date-string
-
-version=$(rapids-generate-version)
-git_commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-
-RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
-
-# This is the version of the suffix with a preceding hyphen. It's used
-# everywhere except in the final wheel name.
-PACKAGE_CUDA_SUFFIX="-${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}"
-
-# Patch project metadata files to include the CUDA version suffix and version override.
-version_package_name="$underscore_package_name"
-if [[ "${version_package_name}" = "nx_cugraph" ]]; then
-    version_package_name="_nx_cugraph"
-fi
-pyproject_file="${package_dir}/pyproject.toml"
-version_file="${package_dir}/${version_package_name}/_version.py"
-
-sed -i "s/name = \"${package_name}\"/name = \"${package_name}${PACKAGE_CUDA_SUFFIX}\"/g" ${pyproject_file}
-echo "${version}" > VERSION
-sed -i "/^__git_commit__ / s/= .*/= \"${git_commit}\"/g" ${version_file}
-
-# For nightlies we want to ensure that we're pulling in alphas as well. The
-# easiest way to do so is to augment the spec with a constraint containing a
-# min alpha version that doesn't affect the version bounds but does allow usage
-# of alpha versions for that dependency without --pre
-alpha_spec=''
-if ! rapids-is-release-build; then
-    alpha_spec=',>=0.0.0a0'
-fi
-
-for dep in rmm cudf cugraph raft-dask pylibcugraph pylibcugraphops pylibwholegraph pylibraft ucx-py; do
-    sed -r -i "s/${dep}==(.*)\"/${dep}${PACKAGE_CUDA_SUFFIX}==\1${alpha_spec}\"/g" ${pyproject_file}
-done
-
-# dask-cuda & rapids-dask-dependency doesn't get a suffix, but it does get an alpha spec.
-for dep in dask-cuda rapids-dask-dependency; do
-    sed -r -i "s/${dep}==(.*)\"/${dep}==\1${alpha_spec}\"/g" ${pyproject_file}
-done
-
-
-if [[ $PACKAGE_CUDA_SUFFIX == "-cu12" ]]; then
-    sed -i "s/cupy-cuda11x/cupy-cuda12x/g" ${pyproject_file}
-fi
-
-cd "${package_dir}"
-
-python -m pip wheel \
-    -w dist \
-    -vvv \
-    --no-deps \
-    --disable-pip-version-check \
-    --extra-index-url https://pypi.nvidia.com \
-    .
-
-# pure-python packages should be marked as pure, and not have auditwheel run on them.
-if [[ ${package_name} == "nx-cugraph" ]] || \
-   [[ ${package_name} == "cugraph-dgl" ]] || \
-   [[ ${package_name} == "cugraph-pyg" ]] || \
-   [[ ${package_name} == "cugraph-equivariant" ]]; then
-    RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="1" rapids-upload-wheels-to-s3 dist
-else
-    mkdir -p final_dist
-    python -m auditwheel repair -w final_dist dist/*
-    RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-upload-wheels-to-s3 final_dist
-fi
diff --git a/ci/build_wheel_cpp.sh b/ci/build_wheel_cpp.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..ec6cb37a795
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/build_wheel_cpp.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+package_name="libcugraph"
+package_dir="python/libcugraph"
+
+source rapids-configure-sccache
+source rapids-date-string
+
+version=$(rapids-generate-version)
+git_commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+
+RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
+
+# This is the version of the suffix with a preceding hyphen. It's used
+# everywhere except in the final wheel name.
+PACKAGE_CUDA_SUFFIX="-${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}"
+
+pyproject_file="${package_dir}/pyproject.toml"
+version_file="${package_dir}/${package_name}/_version.py"
+
+sed -i "s/name = \"${package_name}\"/name = \"${package_name}${PACKAGE_CUDA_SUFFIX}\"/g" ${pyproject_file}
+echo "${version}" > VERSION
+sed -i "/^__git_commit__ / s/= .*/= \"${git_commit}\"/g" ${version_file}
+
+# For nightlies we want to ensure that we're pulling in alphas as well. The
+# easiest way to do so is to augment the spec with a constraint containing a
+# min alpha version that doesn't affect the version bounds but does allow usage
+# of alpha versions for that dependency without --pre
+alpha_spec=''
+if ! rapids-is-release-build; then
+    alpha_spec=',>=0.0.0a0'
+fi
+
+for dep in librmm libraft libcugraphops; do
+    sed -r -i "s/${dep}==(.*)\"/${dep}${PACKAGE_CUDA_SUFFIX}==\1${alpha_spec}\"/g" ${pyproject_file}
+done
+
+cd "${package_dir}"
+
+libraft_wheelhouse=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-get-pr-wheel-artifact raft 2264 cpp efafdb6)
+libcugraphops_wheelhouse=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-get-pr-wheel-artifact cugraph-ops 629 cpp e7c6f06)
+
+python -m pip wheel . -w dist -vvv --no-deps --disable-pip-version-check --find-links ${libraft_wheelhouse} --find-links ${libcugraphops_wheelhouse}
+
+mkdir -p final_dist
+python -m auditwheel repair --exclude libraft.so --exclude libcugraph-ops++.so -w final_dist dist/*
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-upload-wheels-to-s3 cpp final_dist
diff --git a/ci/build_wheel_cugraph-dgl.sh b/ci/build_wheel_cugraph-dgl.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d62f810cba4..00000000000
--- a/ci/build_wheel_cugraph-dgl.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-./ci/build_wheel.sh cugraph-dgl python/cugraph-dgl
diff --git a/ci/build_wheel_cugraph-equivariant.sh b/ci/build_wheel_cugraph-equivariant.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index fcc8e0f774c..00000000000
--- a/ci/build_wheel_cugraph-equivariant.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-./ci/build_wheel.sh cugraph-equivariant python/cugraph-equivariant
diff --git a/ci/build_wheel_cugraph-pyg.sh b/ci/build_wheel_cugraph-pyg.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 97baa243f73..00000000000
--- a/ci/build_wheel_cugraph-pyg.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-./ci/build_wheel.sh cugraph-pyg python/cugraph-pyg
diff --git a/ci/build_wheel_cugraph.sh b/ci/build_wheel_cugraph.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6545ee3eca0..00000000000
--- a/ci/build_wheel_cugraph.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
-
-# Download the pylibcugraph wheel built in the previous step and make it
-# available for pip to find. We must use PIP_FIND_LINKS because the package
-# must be made available to the isolated build step, and there is no way to
-# manually install it into that environment.
-RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME=pylibcugraph_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX} rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./local-pylibcugraph
-export PIP_FIND_LINKS=$(pwd)/local-pylibcugraph
-
-PARALLEL_LEVEL=$(python -c \
-  "from math import ceil; from multiprocessing import cpu_count; print(ceil(cpu_count()/4))")
-
-export SKBUILD_CMAKE_ARGS="-DDETECT_CONDA_ENV=OFF;-DFIND_CUGRAPH_CPP=OFF;-DCPM_cugraph-ops_SOURCE=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/cugraph-ops/"
-export SKBUILD_BUILD_TOOL_ARGS="-j${PARALLEL_LEVEL};-l${PARALLEL_LEVEL}"
-
-./ci/build_wheel.sh cugraph python/cugraph
diff --git a/ci/build_wheel_nx-cugraph.sh b/ci/build_wheel_nx-cugraph.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4481de1283d..00000000000
--- a/ci/build_wheel_nx-cugraph.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-./ci/build_wheel.sh nx-cugraph python/nx-cugraph
diff --git a/ci/build_wheel_pylibcugraph.sh b/ci/build_wheel_pylibcugraph.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ee33ab4a82d..00000000000
--- a/ci/build_wheel_pylibcugraph.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-PARALLEL_LEVEL=$(python -c \
-  "from math import ceil; from multiprocessing import cpu_count; print(ceil(cpu_count()/4))")
-
-export SKBUILD_CMAKE_ARGS="-DDETECT_CONDA_ENV=OFF;-DFIND_CUGRAPH_CPP=OFF;-DCPM_cugraph-ops_SOURCE=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/cugraph-ops/"
-export SKBUILD_BUILD_TOOL_ARGS="-j${PARALLEL_LEVEL};-l${PARALLEL_LEVEL}"
-
-./ci/build_wheel.sh pylibcugraph python/pylibcugraph
diff --git a/ci/build_wheel_python.sh b/ci/build_wheel_python.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..9fefc4d7905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/build_wheel_python.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+source rapids-configure-sccache
+source rapids-date-string
+
+version=$(rapids-generate-version)
+git_commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+
+RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
+CPP_WHEELHOUSE=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 cpp /tmp/libcugraph_dist)
+
+libraft_wheelhouse=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-get-pr-wheel-artifact raft 2264 cpp efafdb6)
+libcugraphops_wheelhouse=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-get-pr-wheel-artifact cugraph-ops 629 cpp e7c6f06)
+pylibraft_wheelhouse=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-get-pr-wheel-artifact raft 2264 python efafdb6)
+
+PYTHON_WHEELHOUSE="${PWD}/dist/"
+PYTHON_PURE_WHEELHOUSE="${PWD}/pure_dist/"
+PYTHON_AUDITED_WHEELHOUSE="${PWD}/final_dist/"
+
+WHEELHOUSES=("${libraft_wheelhouse}" "${libcugraphops_wheelhouse}" "${pylibraft_wheelhouse}" "${CPP_WHEELHOUSE}" "${PYTHON_WHEELHOUSE}" "${PYTHON_PURE_WHEELHOUSE}")
+mkdir -p "${PYTHON_AUDITED_WHEELHOUSE}"
+
+FIND_LINKS=""
+# Iterate over the array
+for wheelhouse in "${WHEELHOUSES[@]}"; do
+    FIND_LINKS+="--find-links ${wheelhouse} "
+done
+
+# This is the version of the suffix with a preceding hyphen. It's used
+# everywhere except in the final wheel name.
+PACKAGE_CUDA_SUFFIX="-${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}"
+
+echo "${version}" > VERSION
+
+# For nightlies we want to ensure that we're pulling in alphas as well. The
+# easiest way to do so is to augment the spec with a constraint containing a
+# min alpha version that doesn't affect the version bounds but does allow usage
+# of alpha versions for that dependency without --pre
+alpha_spec=''
+if ! rapids-is-release-build; then
+    alpha_spec=',>=0.0.0a0'
+fi
+
+build_wheel () {
+    local package_name="${1}"
+    local current_wheelhouse="${2}"
+
+    local underscore_package_name=$(echo "${package_name}" | tr "-" "_")
+    local version_package_name="$underscore_package_name"
+    if [[ "${version_package_name}" = "nx_cugraph" ]]; then
+        version_package_name="_nx_cugraph"
+    fi
+
+    local package_dir="python/${package_name}"
+    local pyproject_file="${package_dir}/pyproject.toml"
+    local version_file="${package_dir}/${version_package_name}/_version.py"
+
+    sed -i "s/name = \"${package_name}\"/name = \"${package_name}${PACKAGE_CUDA_SUFFIX}\"/g" ${pyproject_file}
+    sed -i "/^__git_commit__ / s/= .*/= \"${git_commit}\"/g" ${version_file}
+
+    for dep in rmm cudf cugraph libcugraph raft-dask pylibcugraph pylibcugraphops pylibraft ucx-py; do
+        sed -r -i "s/${dep}==(.*)\"/${dep}${PACKAGE_CUDA_SUFFIX}==\1${alpha_spec}\"/g" ${pyproject_file}
+    done
+
+    # dask-cuda & rapids-dask-dependency don't get a suffix, but they do get an alpha spec.
+    for dep in dask-cuda rapids-dask-dependency; do
+        sed -r -i "s/${dep}==(.*)\"/${dep}==\1${alpha_spec}\"/g" ${pyproject_file}
+    done
+
+    if [[ $PACKAGE_CUDA_SUFFIX == "-cu12" ]]; then
+        sed -i "s/cupy-cuda11x/cupy-cuda12x/g" ${pyproject_file}
+    fi
+
+    python -m pip wheel "${package_dir}" -w ${current_wheelhouse} -vvv --no-deps --disable-pip-version-check ${FIND_LINKS}
+}
+
+build_wheel pylibcugraph "${PYTHON_WHEELHOUSE}"
+build_wheel cugraph "${PYTHON_WHEELHOUSE}"
+build_wheel nx-cugraph "${PYTHON_PURE_WHEELHOUSE}"
+build_wheel cugraph-dgl "${PYTHON_PURE_WHEELHOUSE}"
+build_wheel cugraph-pyg "${PYTHON_PURE_WHEELHOUSE}"
+build_wheel cugraph-equivariant "${PYTHON_PURE_WHEELHOUSE}"
+
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="1" rapids-upload-wheels-to-s3 python ${PYTHON_PURE_WHEELHOUSE}
+
+python -m auditwheel repair -w "${PYTHON_AUDITED_WHEELHOUSE}" --exclude libcugraph.so --exclude libcugraph_c.so --exclude libraft.so --exclude libcugraph-ops++.so ${PYTHON_WHEELHOUSE}/*
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-upload-wheels-to-s3 python ${PYTHON_AUDITED_WHEELHOUSE}
diff --git a/ci/release/update-version.sh b/ci/release/update-version.sh
index f5c14e8d315..d3d49d6ac0a 100755
--- a/ci/release/update-version.sh
+++ b/ci/release/update-version.sh
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ sed_runner "/^ucx_py_version:$/ {n;s/.*/  - \"${NEXT_UCX_PY_VERSION}.*\"/}" cond
 # CI files
 for FILE in .github/workflows/*.yaml; do
   sed_runner "/shared-workflows/ s/@.*/@branch-${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}/g" "${FILE}"
-  # Wheel builds clone cugraph-ops, update its branch
-  sed_runner "s/extra-repo-sha: branch-.*/extra-repo-sha: branch-${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}/g" "${FILE}"
   # Wheel builds install dask-cuda from source, update its branch
   sed_runner "s/dask-cuda.git@branch-[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]/dask-cuda.git@branch-${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}/g" "${FILE}"
 done
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel.sh b/ci/test_wheel.sh
index 158704e08d1..82c2eab3e34 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel.sh
@@ -8,18 +8,19 @@ package_dir=$2
 
 python_package_name=$(echo ${package_name}|sed 's/-/_/g')
 
-mkdir -p ./dist
 RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
 
-# nx-cugraph is a pure wheel, which is part of generating the download path
-if [[ "${package_name}" == "nx-cugraph" ]]; then
-    RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="1" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./dist
-else
-    RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./dist
-fi
-# use 'ls' to expand wildcard before adding `[extra]` requires for pip
-# pip creates wheels using python package names
-python -m pip install $(ls ./dist/${python_package_name}*.whl)[test]
+librmm_wheelhouse=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-get-pr-wheel-artifact rmm 1529 cpp)
+rmm_wheelhouse=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-get-pr-wheel-artifact rmm 1529 python)
+libraft_wheelhouse=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-get-pr-wheel-artifact raft 2264 cpp efafdb6)
+pylibraft_wheelhouse=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-get-pr-wheel-artifact raft 2264 python efafdb6)
+libcugraphops_wheelhouse=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-get-pr-wheel-artifact cugraph-ops 629 cpp e7c6f06)
+
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 cpp ./dist
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 python ./dist
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="1" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 python ./dist
+
+python -m pip install "${python_package_name}-${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}[test]>=0.0.0a0" --find-links ${librmm_wheelhouse} --find-links ${rmm_wheelhouse} --find-links ${libraft_wheelhouse} --find-links ${pylibraft_wheelhouse} --find-links ${libcugraphops_wheelhouse} --find-links ./dist
 
 # Run smoke tests for aarch64 pull requests
 arch=$(uname -m)
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-dgl.sh b/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-dgl.sh
index 564b46cb07e..d06e87ad0ae 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-dgl.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-dgl.sh
@@ -8,19 +8,19 @@ package_dir="python/cugraph-dgl"
 
 python_package_name=$(echo ${package_name}|sed 's/-/_/g')
 
-mkdir -p ./dist
 RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
 
-# Download wheels built during this job.
-RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="pylibcugraph_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./local-deps
-RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="cugraph_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./local-deps
-python -m pip install ./local-deps/*.whl
+librmm_wheelhouse=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-get-pr-wheel-artifact rmm 1529 cpp)
+rmm_wheelhouse=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-get-pr-wheel-artifact rmm 1529 python)
+libraft_wheelhouse=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-get-pr-wheel-artifact raft 2264 cpp 0435e6b)
+pylibraft_wheelhouse=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-get-pr-wheel-artifact raft 2264 python 0435e6b)
+libcugraphops_wheelhouse=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-get-pr-wheel-artifact cugraph-ops 629 cpp e7c6f06)
 
-# use 'ls' to expand wildcard before adding `[extra]` requires for pip
-RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="1" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./dist
-# pip creates wheels using python package names
-python -m pip install $(ls ./dist/${python_package_name}*.whl)[test]
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 cpp ./dist
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 python ./dist
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="1" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 python ./dist
 
+python -m pip install "${python_package_name}-${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}[test]>=0.0.0a0" --find-links ${librmm_wheelhouse} --find-links ${rmm_wheelhouse} --find-links ${libraft_wheelhouse} --find-links ${pylibraft_wheelhouse} --find-links ${libcugraphops_wheelhouse} --find-links ./dist
 
 PKG_CUDA_VER="$(echo ${CUDA_VERSION} | cut -d '.' -f1,2 | tr -d '.')"
 PKG_CUDA_VER_MAJOR=${PKG_CUDA_VER:0:2}
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-equivariant.sh b/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-equivariant.sh
index cb952055f06..4f716c22955 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-equivariant.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-equivariant.sh
@@ -8,14 +8,12 @@ package_dir="python/cugraph-equivariant"
 
 python_package_name=$(echo ${package_name}|sed 's/-/_/g')
 
-mkdir -p ./dist
 RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
 
-# use 'ls' to expand wildcard before adding `[extra]` requires for pip
-RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="1" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./dist
-# pip creates wheels using python package names
-python -m pip install $(ls ./dist/${python_package_name}*.whl)[test]
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./dist
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="1" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./dist
 
+python -m pip install "${python_package_name}-${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}[test]>=0.0.0a0" --find-links ./dist
 
 PKG_CUDA_VER="$(echo ${CUDA_VERSION} | cut -d '.' -f1,2 | tr -d '.')"
 PKG_CUDA_VER_MAJOR=${PKG_CUDA_VER:0:2}
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-pyg.sh b/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-pyg.sh
index c55ae033344..ed5c6b6c4e3 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-pyg.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel_cugraph-pyg.sh
@@ -8,18 +8,20 @@ package_dir="python/cugraph-pyg"
 
 python_package_name=$(echo ${package_name}|sed 's/-/_/g')
 
-mkdir -p ./dist
 RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
 
-# Download wheels built during this job.
-RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="pylibcugraph_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./local-deps
-RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="cugraph_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./local-deps
-python -m pip install ./local-deps/*.whl
+librmm_wheelhouse=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-get-pr-wheel-artifact rmm 1529 cpp)
+rmm_wheelhouse=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-get-pr-wheel-artifact rmm 1529 python)
+libraft_wheelhouse=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-get-pr-wheel-artifact raft 2264 cpp 0435e6b)
+pylibraft_wheelhouse=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-get-pr-wheel-artifact raft 2264 python 0435e6b)
+libcugraphops_wheelhouse=$(RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-get-pr-wheel-artifact cugraph-ops 629 cpp e7c6f06)
+
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 cpp ./dist
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 python ./dist
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="1" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 python ./dist
 
-# use 'ls' to expand wildcard before adding `[extra]` requires for pip
-RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="1" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./dist
 # pip creates wheels using python package names
-python -m pip install $(ls ./dist/${python_package_name}*.whl)[test]
+python -m pip install "${python_package_name}-${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}[test]>=0.0.0a0"  --find-links ${librmm_wheelhouse} --find-links ${rmm_wheelhouse} --find-links ${libraft_wheelhouse} --find-links ${pylibraft_wheelhouse} --find-links ${libcugraphops_wheelhouse} --find-links ./dist
 
 # RAPIDS_DATASET_ROOT_DIR is used by test scripts
 export RAPIDS_DATASET_ROOT_DIR="$(realpath datasets)"
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel_cugraph.sh b/ci/test_wheel_cugraph.sh
index d351ea21624..3dd3771a5f4 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel_cugraph.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel_cugraph.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 
 set -eoxu pipefail
 
-# Download the pylibcugraph built in the previous step
-RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
-RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="pylibcugraph_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./local-pylibcugraph-dep
-python -m pip install --no-deps ./local-pylibcugraph-dep/pylibcugraph*.whl
-
 ./ci/test_wheel.sh cugraph python/cugraph
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index c37d2080771..a6f6de8f561 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -68,6 +68,22 @@ files:
       - test_python_common
       - test_python_cugraph
       - test_python_pylibcugraph
+  py_build_libcugraph:
+    output: pyproject
+    pyproject_dir: python/libcugraph
+    extras:
+      table: build-system
+    includes:
+      - common_build
+      - libcugraph_build
+      - cpp_wheels
+  py_run_libcugraph:
+    output: pyproject
+    pyproject_dir: python/libcugraph
+    extras:
+      table: project
+    includes:
+      - cpp_wheels
   py_build_cugraph:
     output: pyproject
     pyproject_dir: python/cugraph
@@ -79,6 +95,7 @@ files:
       - depends_on_pylibraft
       - depends_on_pylibcugraph
       - python_build_cythonize
+      - libcugraph_wheel
   py_run_cugraph:
     output: pyproject
     pyproject_dir: python/cugraph
@@ -92,6 +109,7 @@ files:
       - depends_on_pylibcugraph
       - depends_on_cupy
       - python_run_cugraph
+      - libcugraph_wheel
   py_test_cugraph:
     output: pyproject
     pyproject_dir: python/cugraph
@@ -112,14 +130,17 @@ files:
       - depends_on_rmm
       - depends_on_pylibraft
       - python_build_cythonize
+      - libcugraph_wheel
   py_run_pylibcugraph:
     output: pyproject
     pyproject_dir: python/pylibcugraph
     extras:
       table: project
     includes:
+      - depends_on_cupy
       - depends_on_rmm
       - depends_on_pylibraft
+      - libcugraph_wheel
   py_test_pylibcugraph:
     output: pyproject
     pyproject_dir: python/pylibcugraph
@@ -446,6 +467,23 @@ dependencies:
       - output_types: [pyproject, requirements]
         packages:
           - scikit-build-core[pyproject]>=0.7.0
+  libcugraph_wheel:
+    common:
+      - output_types: [pyproject, requirements]
+        packages:
+          - libcugraph==24.8.*
+  libcugraph_build:
+    common:
+      - output_types: [pyproject, requirements]
+        packages:
+          - scikit-build-core[pyproject]>=0.7.0
+  cpp_wheels:
+    common:
+      - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
+        packages:
+          - librmm==24.8.*
+          - libraft==24.8.*
+          - libcugraphops==24.8.*
   python_run_cugraph:
     common:
       - output_types: [conda, pyproject]
diff --git a/python/cugraph/CMakeLists.txt b/python/cugraph/CMakeLists.txt
index dfccf02d042..63942a845b3 100644
--- a/python/cugraph/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/cugraph/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ project(
   LANGUAGES CXX CUDA
 )
 
-################################################################################
-# - User Options  --------------------------------------------------------------
-option(FIND_CUGRAPH_CPP "Search for existing CUGRAPH C++ installations before defaulting to local files"
-       OFF
-)
 option(USE_CUGRAPH_OPS "Enable all functions that call cugraph-ops" ON)
 
 if(NOT USE_CUGRAPH_OPS)
@@ -39,32 +34,10 @@ if(NOT USE_CUGRAPH_OPS)
     add_compile_definitions(NO_CUGRAPH_OPS)
 endif()
 
-# If the user requested it,  we attempt to find CUGRAPH.
-if(FIND_CUGRAPH_CPP)
-  find_package(cugraph "${RAPIDS_VERSION}" REQUIRED)
-else()
-  set(cugraph_FOUND OFF)
-endif()
+find_package(cugraph "${RAPIDS_VERSION}" REQUIRED)
 
 include(rapids-cython-core)
 
-if(NOT cugraph_FOUND)
-  set(BUILD_TESTS OFF)
-  set(BUILD_CUGRAPH_MG_TESTS OFF)
-  set(BUILD_CUGRAPH_OPS_CPP_TESTS OFF)
-  set(CUDA_STATIC_RUNTIME ON)
-  set(USE_RAFT_STATIC ON)
-  set(CUGRAPH_COMPILE_RAFT_LIB ON)
-  set(CUGRAPH_USE_CUGRAPH_OPS_STATIC ON)
-  set(CUGRAPH_EXCLUDE_CUGRAPH_OPS_FROM_ALL ON)
-  set(ALLOW_CLONE_CUGRAPH_OPS ON)
-
-  add_subdirectory(../../cpp cugraph-cpp EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-
-  set(cython_lib_dir cugraph)
-  install(TARGETS cugraph DESTINATION ${cython_lib_dir})
-endif()
-
 rapids_cython_init()
 
 add_subdirectory(cugraph/components)
@@ -76,7 +49,3 @@ add_subdirectory(cugraph/linear_assignment)
 add_subdirectory(cugraph/structure)
 add_subdirectory(cugraph/tree)
 add_subdirectory(cugraph/utilities)
-
-if(DEFINED cython_lib_dir)
-  rapids_cython_add_rpath_entries(TARGET cugraph PATHS "${cython_lib_dir}")
-endif()
diff --git a/python/cugraph/cugraph/__init__.py b/python/cugraph/cugraph/__init__.py
index ba7e23df800..55c4d55c081 100644
--- a/python/cugraph/cugraph/__init__.py
+++ b/python/cugraph/cugraph/__init__.py
@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+# If libcugraph was installed as a wheel, we must request it to load the library
+# symbols. Otherwise, we assume that the library was installed in a system path that ld
+# can find.
+try:
+    import libcugraph
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    pass
+else:
+    libcugraph.load_library()
+    del libcugraph
+
+
 from cugraph.community import (
     ecg,
     induced_subgraph,
diff --git a/python/cugraph/pyproject.toml b/python/cugraph/pyproject.toml
index 5e530a61a66..2f0dbd5f115 100644
--- a/python/cugraph/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cugraph/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 requires = [
     "cmake>=3.26.4",
     "cython>=3.0.0",
+    "libcugraph==24.8.*",
     "ninja",
     "pylibcugraph==24.8.*",
     "pylibraft==24.8.*",
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "dask-cuda==24.8.*",
     "dask-cudf==24.8.*",
     "fsspec[http]>=0.6.0",
+    "libcugraph==24.8.*",
     "numba>=0.57",
     "numpy>=1.23,<2.0a0",
     "pylibcugraph==24.8.*",
diff --git a/python/libcugraph/CMakeLists.txt b/python/libcugraph/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..429df34ff5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/libcugraph/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# =============================================================================
+# Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+# in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+# is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+# or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+# the License.
+# =============================================================================
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.26.4 FATAL_ERROR)
+
+include(../../rapids_config.cmake)
+
+include(rapids-cuda)
+rapids_cuda_init_architectures(libcugraph-python)
+
+project(
+  libcugraph-python
+  VERSION "${RAPIDS_VERSION}"
+  LANGUAGES CXX CUDA
+)
+
+option(USE_CUGRAPH_OPS "Enable all functions that call cugraph-ops" ON)
+
+if(NOT USE_CUGRAPH_OPS)
+    message(STATUS "Disabling libcugraph functions that reference cugraph-ops")
+    add_compile_definitions(NO_CUGRAPH_OPS)
+endif()
+
+set(BUILD_TESTS OFF)
+set(BUILD_CUGRAPH_MG_TESTS OFF)
+set(CUDA_STATIC_RUNTIME ON)
+
+add_subdirectory(../../cpp cugraph-cpp)
diff --git a/python/libcugraph/LICENSE b/python/libcugraph/LICENSE
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..30cff7403da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/libcugraph/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../LICENSE
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/libcugraph/README.md b/python/libcugraph/README.md
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..fe840054137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/libcugraph/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../README.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/libcugraph/libcugraph/VERSION b/python/libcugraph/libcugraph/VERSION
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..d62dc733efd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/libcugraph/libcugraph/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../VERSION
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/libcugraph/libcugraph/__init__.py b/python/libcugraph/libcugraph/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad367c7ae01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/libcugraph/libcugraph/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This file is simply used to make librmm a real package rather than a namespace
+# package to work around https://github.com/scikit-build/scikit-build-core/issues/682.
+# Since we have it, we may as well also set up some helpful metadata.
+from libcugraph._version import __git_commit__, __version__
+from libcugraph.load import load_library
diff --git a/python/libcugraph/libcugraph/_version.py b/python/libcugraph/libcugraph/_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cb96e5d7508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/libcugraph/libcugraph/_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+import importlib.resources
+
+# Read VERSION file from the module that is symlinked to VERSION file
+# in the root of the repo at build time or copied to the moudle at
+# installation. VERSION is a separate file that allows CI build-time scripts
+# to update version info (including commit hashes) without modifying
+# source files.
+__version__ = (
+    importlib.resources.files("libcugraph").joinpath("VERSION").read_text().strip()
+)
+__git_commit__ = ""
diff --git a/python/libcugraph/libcugraph/load.py b/python/libcugraph/libcugraph/load.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..192ca1290d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/libcugraph/libcugraph/load.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+import ctypes
+import os
+
+import libraft
+import libcugraphops
+
+
+def load_library():
+    # libraft and libcugraphops must be loaded before libcugraph since libcugraph
+    # references their symbols.
+    libraft.load_library()
+    libcugraphops.load_library()
+
+    # Dynamically load libcugraph.so. Prefer a system library if one is present to
+    # avoid clobbering symbols that other packages might expect, but if no
+    # other library is present use the one in the wheel.
+    try:
+        libcugraph_lib = ctypes.CDLL("libcugraph.so", ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL)
+    except OSError:
+        libcugraph_lib = ctypes.CDLL(
+            # TODO: Do we always know it will be lib64? Should we consider
+            # finding a way for CMake to export the path for us to find here?
+            os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "lib64", "libcugraph.so"),
+            ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL,
+        )
+
+    # Dynamically load libcugraph_c.so. Prefer a system library if one is present to
+    # avoid clobbering symbols that other packages might expect, but if no
+    # other library is present use the one in the wheel.
+    try:
+        libcugraph_c_lib = ctypes.CDLL("libcugraph_c.so", ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL)
+    except OSError:
+        libcugraph_c_lib = ctypes.CDLL(
+            # TODO: Do we always know it will be lib64? Should we consider
+            # finding a way for CMake to export the path for us to find here?
+            os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "lib64", "libcugraph_c.so"),
+            ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL,
+        )
+
+    # The caller almost never needs to do anything with these libraries, but no
+    # harm in offering the option since this object at least provides a handle
+    # to inspect where libcugraph was loaded from.
+    return libcugraph_lib, libcugraph_c_lib
diff --git a/python/libcugraph/pyproject.toml b/python/libcugraph/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cc266bb6fba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/libcugraph/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "cmake>=3.26.4",
+    "libcugraphops==24.8.*",
+    "libraft==24.8.*",
+    "librmm==24.8.*",
+    "ninja",
+    "scikit-build-core[pyproject]>=0.7.0",
+] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
+build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
+
+[project]
+name = "libcugraph"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+description = "libcugraph - The libcugraph cuGraph C/C++/CUDA library"
+readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
+authors = [
+    { name = "NVIDIA Corporation" },
+]
+license = { text = "Apache 2.0" }
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+dependencies = [
+    "libcugraphops==24.8.*",
+    "libraft==24.8.*",
+    "librmm==24.8.*",
+] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
+classifiers = [
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Programming Language :: C++",
+    "Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/rapidsai/cugraph"
+Documentation = "https://docs.rapids.ai/api/cugraph/stable/"
+
+[project.entry-points."cmake.prefix"]
+libcugraph = "libcugraph"
+
+[tool.scikit-build]
+build-dir = "build/{wheel_tag}"
+cmake.build-type = "Release"
+cmake.minimum-version = "3.26.4"
+ninja.make-fallback = true
+sdist.reproducible = true
+wheel.packages = ["libcugraph"]
+wheel.install-dir = "libcugraph"
+wheel.py-api = "py3"
+
+[tool.scikit-build.metadata.version]
+provider = "scikit_build_core.metadata.regex"
+input = "libcugraph/VERSION"
+regex = "(?P<value>.*)"
diff --git a/python/pylibcugraph/CMakeLists.txt b/python/pylibcugraph/CMakeLists.txt
index f43b7db1279..3e7067d4e0a 100644
--- a/python/pylibcugraph/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/pylibcugraph/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.26.4 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 include(../../rapids_config.cmake)
 
-# We always need CUDA for cuML because the raft dependency brings in a
+# We always need CUDA for pylibcugraph because the raft dependency brings in a
 # header-only cuco dependency that enables CUDA unconditionally.
 include(rapids-cuda)
 rapids_cuda_init_architectures(pylibcugraph-python)
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ project(
   LANGUAGES CXX CUDA
 )
 
-################################################################################
-# - User Options  --------------------------------------------------------------
-option(FIND_CUGRAPH_CPP "Search for existing CUGRAPH C++ installations before defaulting to local files"
-       OFF
-)
 option(USE_CUGRAPH_OPS "Enable all functions that call cugraph-ops" ON)
 
 if(NOT USE_CUGRAPH_OPS)
@@ -39,37 +34,9 @@ if(NOT USE_CUGRAPH_OPS)
     add_compile_definitions(NO_CUGRAPH_OPS)
 endif()
 
-# If the user requested it we attempt to find CUGRAPH.
-if(FIND_CUGRAPH_CPP)
-  find_package(cugraph "${RAPIDS_VERSION}" REQUIRED)
-else()
-  set(cugraph_FOUND OFF)
-endif()
+find_package(cugraph "${RAPIDS_VERSION}" REQUIRED)
 
 include(rapids-cython-core)
-
-if (NOT cugraph_FOUND)
-  set(BUILD_TESTS OFF)
-  set(BUILD_CUGRAPH_MG_TESTS OFF)
-  set(BUILD_CUGRAPH_OPS_CPP_TESTS OFF)
-  set(CUDA_STATIC_RUNTIME ON)
-  set(USE_RAFT_STATIC ON)
-  set(CUGRAPH_COMPILE_RAFT_LIB ON)
-  set(CUGRAPH_USE_CUGRAPH_OPS_STATIC ON)
-  set(CUGRAPH_EXCLUDE_CUGRAPH_OPS_FROM_ALL ON)
-  set(ALLOW_CLONE_CUGRAPH_OPS ON)
-
-  add_subdirectory(../../cpp cugraph-cpp EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-
-  set(cython_lib_dir pylibcugraph)
-  install(TARGETS cugraph DESTINATION ${cython_lib_dir})
-  install(TARGETS cugraph_c DESTINATION ${cython_lib_dir})
-endif()
-
 rapids_cython_init()
 
 add_subdirectory(pylibcugraph)
-
-if(DEFINED cython_lib_dir)
-  rapids_cython_add_rpath_entries(TARGET cugraph PATHS "${cython_lib_dir}")
-endif()
diff --git a/python/pylibcugraph/pylibcugraph/__init__.py b/python/pylibcugraph/pylibcugraph/__init__.py
index dcdef05e106..dd64a51d582 100644
--- a/python/pylibcugraph/pylibcugraph/__init__.py
+++ b/python/pylibcugraph/pylibcugraph/__init__.py
@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+# If libcugraph was installed as a wheel, we must request it to load the library
+# symbols. Otherwise, we assume that the library was installed in a system path that ld
+# can find.
+try:
+    import libcugraph
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    pass
+else:
+    libcugraph.load_library()
+    del libcugraph
+
+
 from pylibcugraph.components._connectivity import (
     strongly_connected_components,
 )
diff --git a/python/pylibcugraph/pyproject.toml b/python/pylibcugraph/pyproject.toml
index fdb82244e37..9dd7a975bab 100644
--- a/python/pylibcugraph/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pylibcugraph/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 requires = [
     "cmake>=3.26.4",
     "cython>=3.0.0",
+    "libcugraph==24.8.*",
     "ninja",
     "pylibraft==24.8.*",
     "rmm==24.8.*",
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ authors = [
 license = { text = "Apache 2.0" }
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
+    "cupy-cuda11x>=12.0.0",
+    "libcugraph==24.8.*",
     "pylibraft==24.8.*",
     "rmm==24.8.*",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.