diff --git a/conda/recipes/ucxx/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/ucxx/meta.yaml
index 0df75005..4a5e3b52 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/ucxx/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/ucxx/meta.yaml
@@ -317,6 +317,11 @@ outputs:
         - rapids-build-backend >=0.3.0,<0.4.0.dev0
         - setuptools
         - wheel
+        # This spec is only here to specify channel priority, otherwise it
+        # would be inherited from the cache build. It can be removed later.
+        - if: cuda_major == "11"
+          then:
+            - conda-forge::cudatoolkit
       run:
         - python * *_cpython
         - rapids-dask-dependency ${{ rapids_version }}