diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_search.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_search.cuh
index 79cbb6198f..5902d1405f 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_search.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_search.cuh
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <raft/neighbors/detail/ivf_pq_search.cuh>
+#include <raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_utils.cuh>
+
 #include <raft/core/device_mdspan.hpp>
 #include <raft/core/device_resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/neighbors/cagra_types.hpp>
@@ -94,6 +97,22 @@ void search_main(raft::device_resources const& res,
             _num_executed_iterations,
             topk);
   }
+
+  static_assert(std::is_same_v<DistanceT, float>,
+                "only float distances are supported at the moment");
+  float* dist_out          = distances.data_handle();
+  const DistanceT* dist_in = distances.data_handle();
+  // We're converting the data from T to DistanceT during distance computation
+  // and divide the values by kDivisor. Here we restore the original scale.
+  constexpr float kScale = spatial::knn::detail::utils::config<T>::kDivisor /
+                           spatial::knn::detail::utils::config<DistanceT>::kDivisor;
+  ivf_pq::detail::postprocess_distances(dist_out,
+                                        dist_in,
+                                        index.metric(),
+                                        distances.extent(0),
+                                        distances.extent(1),
+                                        kScale,
+                                        res.get_stream());
 }
 /** @} */  // end group cagra
 
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/compute_distance.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/compute_distance.hpp
index 29c841c0b5..52e5c62169 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/compute_distance.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/compute_distance.hpp
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 #pragma once
 
+#include <raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_utils.cuh>
+
 #include "device_common.hpp"
 #include "hashmap.hpp"
 #include "utils.hpp"
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ _RAFT_DEVICE void compute_distance_to_random_nodes(
             const uint32_t kv = k + v;
             // if (kv >= dataset_dim) break;
             DISTANCE_T diff = query_buffer[device::swizzling(kv)];
-            diff -= static_cast<float>(dl_buff[e].data[v]) * device::fragment_scale<DATA_T>();
+            diff -= spatial::knn::detail::utils::mapping<float>{}(dl_buff[e].data[v]);
             norm2 += diff * diff;
           }
         }
@@ -229,7 +231,7 @@ _RAFT_DEVICE void compute_distance_to_child_nodes(INDEX_T* const result_child_in
             const unsigned kv = k + v;
             diff              = query_buffer[device::swizzling(kv)];
           }
-          diff -= static_cast<float>(dl_buff[e].data[v]) * device::fragment_scale<DATA_T>();
+          diff -= spatial::knn::detail::utils::mapping<float>{}(dl_buff[e].data[v]);
           norm2 += diff * diff;
         }
       }
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/device_common.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/device_common.hpp
index 20f30d9f11..f9c81f3d25 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/device_common.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/device_common.hpp
@@ -27,30 +27,6 @@ namespace device {
 // warpSize for compile time calculation
 constexpr unsigned warp_size = 32;
 
-// scaling factor for distance computation
-template <class T>
-_RAFT_HOST_DEVICE constexpr float fragment_scale();
-template <>
-_RAFT_HOST_DEVICE constexpr float fragment_scale<float>()
-{
-  return 1.0;
-};
-template <>
-_RAFT_HOST_DEVICE constexpr float fragment_scale<half>()
-{
-  return 1.0;
-};
-template <>
-_RAFT_HOST_DEVICE constexpr float fragment_scale<uint8_t>()
-{
-  return 1.0 / 256.0;
-};
-template <>
-_RAFT_HOST_DEVICE constexpr float fragment_scale<int8_t>()
-{
-  return 1.0 / 128.0;
-};
-
 /** Xorshift rondem number generator.
  *
  * See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xorshift#xorshift for reference.
@@ -73,4 +49,4 @@ _RAFT_DEVICE inline T swizzling(T x)
 }
 
 }  // namespace device
-}  // namespace raft::neighbors::experimental::cagra::detail
\ No newline at end of file
+}  // namespace raft::neighbors::experimental::cagra::detail
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/search_multi_cta.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/search_multi_cta.cuh
index 6148441bd0..99553632ac 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/search_multi_cta.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/search_multi_cta.cuh
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 #pragma once
+
+#include <raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_utils.cuh>
+
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cassert>
 #include <iostream>
@@ -204,7 +207,7 @@ __launch_bounds__(BLOCK_SIZE, BLOCK_COUNT) __global__ void search_kernel(
   for (unsigned i = threadIdx.x; i < MAX_DATASET_DIM; i += BLOCK_SIZE) {
     unsigned j = device::swizzling(i);
     if (i < dataset_dim) {
-      query_buffer[j] = static_cast<float>(query_ptr[i]) * device::fragment_scale<DATA_T>();
+      query_buffer[j] = spatial::knn::detail::utils::mapping<float>{}(query_ptr[i]);
     } else {
       query_buffer[j] = 0.0;
     }
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/search_multi_kernel.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/search_multi_kernel.cuh
index 629bed2aee..e3e9c8a655 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/search_multi_kernel.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/search_multi_kernel.cuh
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 #pragma once
+
+#include <raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_utils.cuh>
+
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cassert>
 #include <iostream>
@@ -124,10 +127,12 @@ __global__ void random_pickup_kernel(
       random_data_frag, dataset_ptr + (dataset_dim * seed_index), dataset_dim);
 
     // Compute the norm of two data
-    const auto norm2 =
-      device::norm2<DISTANCE_T>(query_frag, random_data_frag, device::fragment_scale<DATA_T>()
-                                /*, scale*/
-      );
+    const auto norm2 = device::norm2<DISTANCE_T>(
+      query_frag,
+      random_data_frag,
+      static_cast<float>(1.0 / spatial::knn::detail::utils::config<DATA_T>::kDivisor)
+      /*, scale*/
+    );
 
     if (norm2 < best_norm2_team_local) {
       best_norm2_team_local = norm2;
@@ -335,8 +340,10 @@ __global__ void compute_distance_to_child_nodes_kernel(
     device::fragment<MAX_DATASET_DIM, DATA_T, TEAM_SIZE> frag_query;
     device::load_vector_sync(frag_query, query_ptr + blockIdx.y * data_dim, data_dim);
 
-    const auto norm2 =
-      device::norm2<DISTANCE_T>(frag_target, frag_query, device::fragment_scale<DATA_T>());
+    const auto norm2 = device::norm2<DISTANCE_T>(
+      frag_target,
+      frag_query,
+      static_cast<float>(1.0 / spatial::knn::detail::utils::config<DATA_T>::kDivisor));
 
     if (threadIdx.x % TEAM_SIZE == 0) {
       result_indices_ptr[ldd * blockIdx.y + global_team_id]   = child_id;
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/search_single_cta.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/search_single_cta.cuh
index fc87b952b0..531b30ba85 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/search_single_cta.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/search_single_cta.cuh
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 #pragma once
+
+#include <raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_utils.cuh>
+
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cassert>
 #include <iostream>
@@ -592,7 +595,7 @@ __launch_bounds__(BLOCK_SIZE, BLOCK_COUNT) __global__
   for (unsigned i = threadIdx.x; i < MAX_DATASET_DIM; i += BLOCK_SIZE) {
     unsigned j = device::swizzling(i);
     if (i < dataset_dim) {
-      query_buffer[j] = static_cast<float>(query_ptr[i]) * device::fragment_scale<DATA_T>();
+      query_buffer[j] = spatial::knn::detail::utils::mapping<float>{}(query_ptr[i]);
     } else {
       query_buffer[j] = 0.0;
     }
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_utils.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_utils.cuh
index dd291251b4..850b741dfd 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_utils.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_utils.cuh
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <optional>
 
+#include <cuda_fp16.hpp>
+
 namespace raft::spatial::knn::detail::utils {
 
 /** Whether pointers are accessible on the device or on the host. */
@@ -136,12 +138,22 @@ struct with_mapped_memory_t {
 template <typename T>
 struct config {};
 
+template <>
+struct config<double> {
+  using value_t                    = double;
+  static constexpr double kDivisor = 1.0;
+};
 template <>
 struct config<float> {
   using value_t                    = float;
   static constexpr double kDivisor = 1.0;
 };
 template <>
+struct config<half> {
+  using value_t                    = half;
+  static constexpr double kDivisor = 1.0;
+};
+template <>
 struct config<uint8_t> {
   using value_t                    = uint32_t;
   static constexpr double kDivisor = 256.0;
@@ -169,13 +181,13 @@ struct mapping {
    * @{
    */
   template <typename S>
-  HDI auto operator()(const S& x) const -> std::enable_if_t<std::is_same_v<S, T>, T>
+  HDI constexpr auto operator()(const S& x) const -> std::enable_if_t<std::is_same_v<S, T>, T>
   {
     return x;
   };
 
   template <typename S>
-  HDI auto operator()(const S& x) const -> std::enable_if_t<!std::is_same_v<S, T>, T>
+  HDI constexpr auto operator()(const S& x) const -> std::enable_if_t<!std::is_same_v<S, T>, T>
   {
     constexpr double kMult = config<T>::kDivisor / config<S>::kDivisor;
     if constexpr (std::is_floating_point_v<S>) { return static_cast<T>(x * static_cast<S>(kMult)); }
diff --git a/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f45a6dd22..88ad7772c2 100644
--- a/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ if(BUILD_TESTS)
     NEIGHBORS_TEST
     PATH
     test/neighbors/ann_cagra/test_float_uint32_t.cu
+    test/neighbors/ann_cagra/test_int8_t_uint32_t.cu
+    test/neighbors/ann_cagra/test_uint8_t_uint32_t.cu
     test/neighbors/ann_ivf_flat/test_float_int64_t.cu
     test/neighbors/ann_ivf_flat/test_int8_t_int64_t.cu
     test/neighbors/ann_ivf_flat/test_uint8_t_int64_t.cu
diff --git a/cpp/test/neighbors/ann_cagra.cuh b/cpp/test/neighbors/ann_cagra.cuh
index 8b8aa21fc9..f9df1f724f 100644
--- a/cpp/test/neighbors/ann_cagra.cuh
+++ b/cpp/test/neighbors/ann_cagra.cuh
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ class AnnCagraTest : public ::testing::TestWithParam<AnnCagraInputs> {
  protected:
   void testCagra()
   {
+    if (ps.dim * sizeof(DataT) % 8 != 0) {
+      GTEST_SKIP()
+        << "CAGRA requires the input data rows to be aligned at least to 8 bytes for now.";
+    }
     size_t queries_size = ps.n_queries * ps.k;
     std::vector<IdxT> indices_Cagra(queries_size);
     std::vector<IdxT> indices_naive(queries_size);
@@ -310,4 +314,4 @@ inline std::vector<AnnCagraInputs> generate_inputs()
 
 const std::vector<AnnCagraInputs> inputs = generate_inputs();
 
-}  // namespace raft::neighbors::experimental::cagra
\ No newline at end of file
+}  // namespace raft::neighbors::experimental::cagra
diff --git a/cpp/test/neighbors/ann_cagra/test_int8_t_uint32_t.cu b/cpp/test/neighbors/ann_cagra/test_int8_t_uint32_t.cu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f148ebc186
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/test/neighbors/ann_cagra/test_int8_t_uint32_t.cu
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, 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.
+ */
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include "../ann_cagra.cuh"
+
+namespace raft::neighbors::experimental::cagra {
+
+typedef AnnCagraTest<float, std::int8_t, std::uint32_t> AnnCagraTestI8;
+TEST_P(AnnCagraTestI8, AnnCagra) { this->testCagra(); }
+
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(AnnCagraTest, AnnCagraTestI8, ::testing::ValuesIn(inputs));
+
+}  // namespace raft::neighbors::experimental::cagra
diff --git a/cpp/test/neighbors/ann_cagra/test_uint8_t_uint32_t.cu b/cpp/test/neighbors/ann_cagra/test_uint8_t_uint32_t.cu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..087d7cec71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/test/neighbors/ann_cagra/test_uint8_t_uint32_t.cu
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, 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.
+ */
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include "../ann_cagra.cuh"
+
+namespace raft::neighbors::experimental::cagra {
+
+typedef AnnCagraTest<float, std::uint8_t, std::uint32_t> AnnCagraTestU8;
+TEST_P(AnnCagraTestU8, AnnCagra) { this->testCagra(); }
+
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(AnnCagraTest, AnnCagraTestU8, ::testing::ValuesIn(inputs));
+
+}  // namespace raft::neighbors::experimental::cagra