diff --git a/ci/release/update-version.sh b/ci/release/update-version.sh
index 3cf72b0d7b..0e8a476590 100755
--- a/ci/release/update-version.sh
+++ b/ci/release/update-version.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2022-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2022-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 ##########################
 # KvikIO Version Updater #
 ##########################
@@ -60,15 +60,6 @@ sed_runner 's/PROJECT_NUMBER         = .*/PROJECT_NUMBER         = '${NEXT_FULL_
 sed_runner 's/version = .*/version = '"'${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}'"'/g' docs/source/conf.py
 sed_runner 's/release = .*/release = '"'${NEXT_FULL_TAG}'"'/g' docs/source/conf.py
 
-DEPENDENCIES=(
-  cudf
-)
-for DEP in "${DEPENDENCIES[@]}"; do
-  for FILE in dependencies.yaml conda/environments/*.yaml; do
-    sed_runner "/-.* ${DEP}==/ s/==.*/==${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}.*/g" ${FILE}
-  done
-done
-
 # CI files
 for FILE in .github/workflows/*.yaml; do
   sed_runner "/shared-workflows/ s/@.*/@branch-${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}/g" "${FILE}"
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
index 6d93949535..fd500cc5be 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ dependencies:
 - cuda-python>=11.7.1,<12.0a0
 - cuda-version=11.8
 - cudatoolkit
-- cudf==24.2.*
 - cupy>=12.0.0
 - cxx-compiler
 - cython>=3.0.0
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-120_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-120_arch-x86_64.yaml
index 150d03a96f..48337c2141 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-120_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-120_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ dependencies:
 - cuda-nvcc
 - cuda-python>=12.0,<13.0a0
 - cuda-version=12.0
-- cudf==24.2.*
 - cupy>=12.0.0
 - cxx-compiler
 - cython>=3.0.0
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 202e0d048a..4817f85314 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ files:
       - cuda
       - cuda_version
       - docs
-      - notebooks
       - py_version
       - run
       - test_python
@@ -283,8 +282,3 @@ dependencies:
         packages:
           - *dask
           - distributed>=2022.05.2
-  notebooks:
-    common:
-      - output_types: conda
-        packages:
-          - cudf==24.2.*