diff --git a/conda/recipes/cuml-cpu/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/cuml-cpu/meta.yaml
index 4bde340d1d..3569eb6125 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cuml-cpu/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cuml-cpu/meta.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ requirements:
     - setuptools
     - scikit-build-core >=0.7.0
     - cython>=3.0.0
-    - rapids-build-backend
+    - rapids-build-backend>=0.2.0,<0.3.0.dev0
   run:
     - python x.x
     - numpy>=1.23,<2.0a0
diff --git a/conda/recipes/cuml/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/cuml/meta.yaml
index 07f3aa7042..c35e447f31 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cuml/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cuml/meta.yaml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ requirements:
     - scikit-build-core >=0.7.0
     - setuptools
     - treelite {{ treelite_version }}
-    - rapids-build-backend
+    - rapids-build-backend>=0.2.0,<0.3.0.dev0
   run:
     - {{ pin_compatible('cuda-version', max_pin='x', min_pin='x') }}
     {% if cuda_major == "11" %}