diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
index c4c4200129..655b3e99ae 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dependencies:
 - dask-cuda==24.6.*
 - dask-cudf==24.6.*
 - dask-ml
+- distributed-ucxx==0.38.*
 - doxygen=1.9.1
 - gcc_linux-64=11.*
 - gmock>=1.13.0
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-122_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-122_arch-x86_64.yaml
index 89fba07152..b35b378147 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-122_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-122_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ dependencies:
 - dask-cuda==24.6.*
 - dask-cudf==24.6.*
 - dask-ml
+- distributed-ucxx==0.38.*
 - doxygen=1.9.1
 - gcc_linux-64=11.*
 - gmock>=1.13.0
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 47df04189e..4ff855f380 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ files:
       - common_build
       - cuda
       - cuda_version
+      - depends_on_distributed_ucxx
       - docs
       - py_build
       - py_run
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ files:
     output: none
     includes:
       - cuda_version
+      - depends_on_distributed_ucxx
       - py_version
       - test_cuml
       - test_python
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ files:
       table: project.optional-dependencies
       key: test
     includes:
+      - depends_on_distributed_ucxx
       - test_python
 channels:
   - rapidsai
@@ -442,3 +445,25 @@ dependencies:
           - pandas
           - *scikit_learn
           - seaborn
+  depends_on_distributed_ucxx:
+    common:
+      - output_types: conda
+        packages:
+          # UCXX is not currently a hard-dependency thus only installed during tests,
+          # this will change in the future.
+          - &distributed_ucxx_conda distributed-ucxx==0.38.*
+      - output_types: requirements
+        packages:
+          # pip recognizes the index as a global option for the requirements.txt file
+          - --extra-index-url=https://pypi.nvidia.com
+          - --extra-index-url=https://pypi.anaconda.org/rapidsai-wheels-nightly/simple
+    specific:
+      - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
+        matrices:
+          - matrix: {cuda: "12.*"}
+            packages:
+              - distributed-ucxx-cu12==0.38.*
+          - matrix: {cuda: "11.*"}
+            packages:
+              - distributed-ucxx-cu11==0.38.*
+          - {matrix: null, packages: [*distributed_ucxx_conda]}
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index 56bf55f5c8..7413154ea0 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ classifiers = [
 test = [
     "dask-glm==0.3.0",
     "dask-ml",
+    "distributed-ucxx==0.38.*",
     "hdbscan @ git+https://github.com/scikit-learn-contrib/hdbscan.git@master",
     "hypothesis>=6.0,<7",
     "nltk",