diff --git a/conda/environments/cudf_dev_cuda11.0.yml b/conda/environments/cudf_dev_cuda11.0.yml
index 5561a573609..c2a7f3d9b94 100644
--- a/conda/environments/cudf_dev_cuda11.0.yml
+++ b/conda/environments/cudf_dev_cuda11.0.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dependencies:
   - numba>=0.53.1
   - numpy
   - pandas>=1.0,<1.3.0dev0
-  - pyarrow=4.0.1
+  - pyarrow=4.0.1=*cuda
   - fastavro>=0.22.9
   - notebook>=0.5.0
   - cython>=0.29,<0.30
diff --git a/conda/environments/cudf_dev_cuda11.2.yml b/conda/environments/cudf_dev_cuda11.2.yml
index 6c8ae4cb9b0..ad2b8cd5403 100644
--- a/conda/environments/cudf_dev_cuda11.2.yml
+++ b/conda/environments/cudf_dev_cuda11.2.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dependencies:
   - numba>=0.53.1
   - numpy
   - pandas>=1.0,<1.3.0dev0
-  - pyarrow=4.0.1
+  - pyarrow=4.0.1=*cuda
   - fastavro>=0.22.9
   - notebook>=0.5.0
   - cython>=0.29,<0.30
diff --git a/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
index 3da7c63857d..c0636d11ee8 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ requirements:
     - setuptools
     - numba >=0.53.1
     - dlpack>=0.5,<0.6.0a0
-    - pyarrow 4.0.1
+    - pyarrow 4.0.1 *cuda
     - libcudf {{ version }}
     - rmm {{ minor_version }}
     - cudatoolkit {{ cuda_version }}
diff --git a/conda/recipes/libcudf/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/libcudf/meta.yaml
index 6464013d646..b69c0aa8169 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/libcudf/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/libcudf/meta.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ requirements:
   host:
     - librmm {{ minor_version }}.*
     - cudatoolkit {{ cuda_version }}.*
-    - arrow-cpp 4.0.1
+    - arrow-cpp 4.0.1 *cuda
     - arrow-cpp-proc * cuda
     - dlpack>=0.5,<0.6.0a0
   run: