diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-128_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-128_arch-x86_64.yaml
index 0999df81..a9e834e8 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-128_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-128_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ dependencies:
 - cloudpickle
 - cmake>=3.26.4,!=3.30.0
 - cuda-cudart-dev
+- cuda-nvcc
 - cuda-version=12.8
 - cudf==25.4.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - cupy>=12.0.0
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 1b680893..57aa39c0 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ dependencies:
               cuda: "12.*"
             packages:
               - cuda-cudart-dev
+              - cuda-nvcc
   dev:
     common:
       - output_types: [conda]