diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 478b2acc27..c998710f6d 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ files:
     extras:
       table: project
     includes:
+      - depends_on_libcuvs
       - depends_on_pylibraft
       - run_py_cuvs
   py_test_cuvs:
diff --git a/python/cuvs/pyproject.toml b/python/cuvs/pyproject.toml
index 30658623ba..df3b83faad 100644
--- a/python/cuvs/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cuvs/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ license = { text = "Apache 2.0" }
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
     "cuda-python",
+    "libcuvs==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0",
     "numpy>=1.23,<3.0a0",
     "pylibraft==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.