diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
index f0b86c791f..8f9c5ec7a9 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ dependencies:
 - recommonmark
 - requests
 - rmm==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
-- scikit-build-core>=0.7.0
+- scikit-build-core>=0.10.0
 - scikit-learn>=0.23.1
 - scipy
 - setuptools>=61.0.0
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-125_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-125_arch-x86_64.yaml
index ebded3eec9..dec67ba4fe 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-125_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-125_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ dependencies:
 - recommonmark
 - requests
 - rmm==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
-- scikit-build-core>=0.7.0
+- scikit-build-core>=0.10.0
 - scikit-learn>=0.23.1
 - scipy
 - setuptools>=61.0.0
diff --git a/conda/recipes/cugraph/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/cugraph/meta.yaml
index fccc3a208d..9f5a137fab 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cugraph/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cugraph/meta.yaml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ requirements:
     - python
     - raft-dask ={{ minor_version }}
     - rmm ={{ minor_version }}
-    - scikit-build-core >=0.7.0
+    - scikit-build-core >=0.10.0
     - rapids-build-backend>=0.3.1,<0.4.0.dev0
   run:
     - aiohttp
diff --git a/conda/recipes/pylibcugraph/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/pylibcugraph/meta.yaml
index 15632cfcc0..54d29a68d9 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/pylibcugraph/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/pylibcugraph/meta.yaml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ requirements:
     - libcugraph ={{ version }}
     - pylibraft ={{ minor_version }}
     - python
-    - scikit-build-core >=0.7.0
+    - scikit-build-core >=0.10.0
     - rapids-build-backend>=0.3.1,<0.4.0.dev0
   run:
     - {{ pin_compatible('cuda-version', max_pin='x', min_pin='x') }}
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 6bb728a2aa..3a7505d3e0 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -474,10 +474,10 @@ dependencies:
           - cython>=3.0.0
       - output_types: conda
         packages:
-          - scikit-build-core>=0.7.0
+          - scikit-build-core>=0.10.0
       - output_types: [pyproject, requirements]
         packages:
-          - scikit-build-core[pyproject]>=0.7.0
+          - scikit-build-core[pyproject]>=0.10.0
   python_run_cugraph:
     common:
       - output_types: [conda, pyproject]
diff --git a/python/cugraph/pyproject.toml b/python/cugraph/pyproject.toml
index bbb89b0369..964e5bf96f 100644
--- a/python/cugraph/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cugraph/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 requires = [
     "cython>=3.0.0",
     "rapids-build-backend>=0.3.1,<0.4.0.dev0",
-    "scikit-build-core[pyproject]>=0.7.0",
+    "scikit-build-core[pyproject]>=0.10.0",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
 build-backend = "rapids_build_backend.build"
 
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ Documentation = "https://docs.rapids.ai/api/cugraph/stable/"
 [tool.scikit-build]
 build-dir = "build/{wheel_tag}"
 cmake.build-type = "Release"
-cmake.minimum-version = "3.26.4"
+cmake.version = "CMakeLists.txt"
+minimum-version = "build-system.requires"
 ninja.make-fallback = true
 sdist.reproducible = true
 wheel.packages = ["cugraph"]
diff --git a/python/pylibcugraph/pyproject.toml b/python/pylibcugraph/pyproject.toml
index 4dd513a490..73699b6e44 100644
--- a/python/pylibcugraph/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pylibcugraph/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 requires = [
     "cython>=3.0.0",
     "rapids-build-backend>=0.3.1,<0.4.0.dev0",
-    "scikit-build-core[pyproject]>=0.7.0",
+    "scikit-build-core[pyproject]>=0.10.0",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
 build-backend = "rapids_build_backend.build"
 
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ Documentation = "https://docs.rapids.ai/api/cugraph/stable/"
 [tool.scikit-build]
 build-dir = "build/{wheel_tag}"
 cmake.build-type = "Release"
-cmake.minimum-version = "3.26.4"
+cmake.version = "CMakeLists.txt"
+minimum-version = "build-system.requires"
 ninja.make-fallback = true
 sdist.reproducible = true
 wheel.packages = ["pylibcugraph"]