diff --git a/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
index 83651c7972b..f817bc12c5b 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ build:
     - SCCACHE_S3_KEY_PREFIX=cudf-linux64 # [linux64]
     - SCCACHE_S3_USE_SSL
     - SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS
-  ignore_run_exports:
-    # libcudf's run_exports pinning is looser than we would like
-    - libcudf
   ignore_run_exports_from:
     - {{ compiler('cuda') }}
     {% if cuda_major != "11" %}
diff --git a/conda/recipes/pylibcudf/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/pylibcudf/meta.yaml
index 35e9108e9d8..14e2f31a5a5 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/pylibcudf/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/pylibcudf/meta.yaml
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ build:
     - SCCACHE_S3_KEY_PREFIX=pylibcudf-linux64 # [linux64]
     - SCCACHE_S3_USE_SSL
     - SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS
-  ignore_run_exports:
-    # libcudf's run_exports pinning is looser than we would like
-    - libcudf
   ignore_run_exports_from:
     - {{ compiler('cuda') }}
     {% if cuda_major != "11" %}
@@ -78,6 +75,7 @@ requirements:
     - pandas >=2.0,<2.2.4dev0
     - numpy >=1.23,<3.0a0
     - pyarrow>=14.0.0,<20.0.0a0
+    - libcudf ={{ version }}
     - {{ pin_compatible('rmm', max_pin='x.x') }}
     - fsspec >=0.6.0
     {% if cuda_major == "11" %}