diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-python-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/conda-python-tests.yaml
index 3021414e9..74dc0c1ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-python-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-python-tests.yaml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "MATRIX=${MATRIX}" | tee --append "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
   tests:
-    name: ${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}, ${{ matrix.PY_VER }}, ${{ matrix.ARCH }}, ${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }}, ${{ matrix.GPU }}, ${{ matrix.DRIVER }}-driver, numba@${{ matrix.NUMBA_VERSION }}
+    name: ${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}, ${{ matrix.PY_VER }}, ${{ matrix.ARCH }}, ${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }}, ${{ matrix.GPU }}, ${{ matrix.DRIVER }}-driver, numba@${{ matrix.NUMBA_VERSION }}, cuda-core@${{ matrix.CUDA_CORE_VERSION }}
     needs: compute-matrix
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           CUDA_VER: ${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}
+          NUMBA_VERSION: ${{ matrix.NUMBA_VERSION }}
+          CUDA_CORE_VERSION: ${{ matrix.CUDA_CORE_VERSION }}
       - name: Run codecov
         if: inputs.run_codecov
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml
index 23adcf83d..00b46f09f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml
@@ -84,11 +84,12 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "MATRIX=${MATRIX}" | tee --append "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
   test:
-    name: ${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}, ${{ matrix.PY_VER }}, ${{ matrix.ARCH }}, ${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }}, ${{ matrix.GPU }}, ${{ matrix.DRIVER }}-driver, numba@${{ matrix.NUMBA_VERSION }}
+    name: ${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}, ${{ matrix.PY_VER }}, ${{ matrix.ARCH }}, ${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }}, ${{ matrix.GPU }}, ${{ matrix.DRIVER }}-driver, numba@${{ matrix.NUMBA_VERSION }}, cuda-core@${{ matrix.CUDA_CORE_VERSION }}
     needs: compute-matrix
     env:
       RAPIDS_ARTIFACTS_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/artifacts
       NUMBA_VERSION: ${{ matrix.NUMBA_VERSION }}
+      CUDA_CORE_VERSION: ${{ matrix.CUDA_CORE_VERSION }}
       RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/test-results
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -137,6 +138,8 @@ jobs:
       run: ${{ inputs.script }}
       env:
         CUDA_VER: ${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}
+        NUMBA_VERSION: ${{ matrix.NUMBA_VERSION }}
+        CUDA_CORE_VERSION: ${{ matrix.CUDA_CORE_VERSION }}
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
     - name: Generate test report
       uses: test-summary/action@v2.4
diff --git a/ci/matrix.yml b/ci/matrix.yml
index c482e3263..d5dffaefe 100644
--- a/ci/matrix.yml
+++ b/ci/matrix.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
 # Please keep the matrices sorted in ascending order by the following:
 #
-#     [ARCH, PY_VER, CUDA_VER, LINUX_VER, GPU, DRIVER, NUMBA_VERSION]
+#     [ARCH, PY_VER, CUDA_VER, LINUX_VER, GPU, DRIVER, NUMBA_VERSION, CUDA_CORE_VERSION]
 #
 build-matrix:
   - { ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.10', CUDA_VER: '12.8.0', LINUX_VER: 'rockylinux8' }
@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@ simulator-matrix:
 # We test "oldest" dependencies with the oldest supported Python version and
 # the second-newest Python version.
 test-matrix:
-  - { CUDA_VER: '12.0.1', ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.10',  LINUX_VER: 'rockylinux8', GPU: 'l4',   DRIVER: 'earliest', NUMBA_VERSION: '0.60' }
-  - { CUDA_VER: '12.0.1', ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.11',  LINUX_VER: 'rockylinux8', GPU: 'l4',   DRIVER: 'earliest', NUMBA_VERSION: '*' }
-  - { CUDA_VER: '12.2.2', ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.11', LINUX_VER: 'ubuntu22.04', GPU: 'l4',   DRIVER: 'latest',   NUMBA_VERSION: '*' }
-  - { CUDA_VER: '12.9.1', ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.12', LINUX_VER: 'ubuntu24.04', GPU: 'l4',   DRIVER: 'latest',   NUMBA_VERSION: '*' }
-  - { CUDA_VER: '13.0.0', ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.12', LINUX_VER: 'ubuntu22.04', GPU: 'l4',   DRIVER: 'latest',   NUMBA_VERSION: '0.60' }
-  - { CUDA_VER: '13.0.0', ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.13', LINUX_VER: 'ubuntu22.04', GPU: 'l4',   DRIVER: 'latest',   NUMBA_VERSION: '*' }
-  - { CUDA_VER: '13.0.0', ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.13', LINUX_VER: 'ubuntu24.04', GPU: 'l4',   DRIVER: 'latest',   NUMBA_VERSION: '*' }
-  - { CUDA_VER: '12.0.1', ARCH: 'arm64', PY_VER: '3.10',  LINUX_VER: 'rockylinux8', GPU: 'a100', DRIVER: 'earliest', NUMBA_VERSION: '0.60' }
-  - { CUDA_VER: '12.0.1', ARCH: 'arm64', PY_VER: '3.11',  LINUX_VER: 'rockylinux8', GPU: 'a100', DRIVER: 'earliest', NUMBA_VERSION: '*' }
-  - { CUDA_VER: '12.2.2', ARCH: 'arm64', PY_VER: '3.11', LINUX_VER: 'ubuntu22.04', GPU: 'a100', DRIVER: 'latest',   NUMBA_VERSION: '*' }
-  - { CUDA_VER: '12.9.1', ARCH: 'arm64', PY_VER: '3.12', LINUX_VER: 'ubuntu24.04', GPU: 'a100', DRIVER: 'latest',   NUMBA_VERSION: '*' }
-  - { CUDA_VER: '13.0.0', ARCH: 'arm64', PY_VER: '3.12', LINUX_VER: 'ubuntu22.04', GPU: 'a100', DRIVER: 'latest',   NUMBA_VERSION: '0.60' }
-  - { CUDA_VER: '13.0.0', ARCH: 'arm64', PY_VER: '3.13', LINUX_VER: 'ubuntu22.04', GPU: 'a100', DRIVER: 'latest',   NUMBA_VERSION: '*' }
-  - { CUDA_VER: '13.0.0', ARCH: 'arm64', PY_VER: '3.13', LINUX_VER: 'ubuntu24.04', GPU: 'a100', DRIVER: 'latest',   NUMBA_VERSION: '*' }
+  - { CUDA_VER: '12.0.1', ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.10',  LINUX_VER: 'rockylinux8', GPU: 'l4',   DRIVER: 'earliest', NUMBA_VERSION: '0.60', CUDA_CORE_VERSION: '0.5.1' }
+  - { CUDA_VER: '12.0.1', ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.11',  LINUX_VER: 'rockylinux8', GPU: 'l4',   DRIVER: 'earliest', NUMBA_VERSION: '*', CUDA_CORE_VERSION: '*' }
+  - { CUDA_VER: '12.2.2', ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.11', LINUX_VER: 'ubuntu22.04', GPU: 'l4',   DRIVER: 'latest',   NUMBA_VERSION: '*', CUDA_CORE_VERSION: '*' }
+  - { CUDA_VER: '12.9.1', ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.12', LINUX_VER: 'ubuntu24.04', GPU: 'l4',   DRIVER: 'latest',   NUMBA_VERSION: '*', CUDA_CORE_VERSION: '*' }
+  - { CUDA_VER: '13.0.0', ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.12', LINUX_VER: 'ubuntu22.04', GPU: 'l4',   DRIVER: 'latest',   NUMBA_VERSION: '0.60', CUDA_CORE_VERSION: '0.5.1' }
+  - { CUDA_VER: '13.0.0', ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.13', LINUX_VER: 'ubuntu22.04', GPU: 'l4',   DRIVER: 'latest',   NUMBA_VERSION: '*', CUDA_CORE_VERSION: '*' }
+  - { CUDA_VER: '13.0.0', ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.13', LINUX_VER: 'ubuntu24.04', GPU: 'l4',   DRIVER: 'latest',   NUMBA_VERSION: '*', CUDA_CORE_VERSION: '*' }
+  - { CUDA_VER: '12.0.1', ARCH: 'arm64', PY_VER: '3.10',  LINUX_VER: 'rockylinux8', GPU: 'a100', DRIVER: 'earliest', NUMBA_VERSION: '0.60', CUDA_CORE_VERSION: '0.5.1' }
+  - { CUDA_VER: '12.0.1', ARCH: 'arm64', PY_VER: '3.11',  LINUX_VER: 'rockylinux8', GPU: 'a100', DRIVER: 'earliest', NUMBA_VERSION: '*', CUDA_CORE_VERSION: '*' }
+  - { CUDA_VER: '12.2.2', ARCH: 'arm64', PY_VER: '3.11', LINUX_VER: 'ubuntu22.04', GPU: 'a100', DRIVER: 'latest',   NUMBA_VERSION: '*', CUDA_CORE_VERSION: '*' }
+  - { CUDA_VER: '12.9.1', ARCH: 'arm64', PY_VER: '3.12', LINUX_VER: 'ubuntu24.04', GPU: 'a100', DRIVER: 'latest',   NUMBA_VERSION: '*', CUDA_CORE_VERSION: '*' }
+  - { CUDA_VER: '13.0.0', ARCH: 'arm64', PY_VER: '3.12', LINUX_VER: 'ubuntu22.04', GPU: 'a100', DRIVER: 'latest',   NUMBA_VERSION: '0.60', CUDA_CORE_VERSION: '0.5.1' }
+  - { CUDA_VER: '13.0.0', ARCH: 'arm64', PY_VER: '3.13', LINUX_VER: 'ubuntu22.04', GPU: 'a100', DRIVER: 'latest',   NUMBA_VERSION: '*', CUDA_CORE_VERSION: '*' }
+  - { CUDA_VER: '13.0.0', ARCH: 'arm64', PY_VER: '3.13', LINUX_VER: 'ubuntu24.04', GPU: 'a100', DRIVER: 'latest',   NUMBA_VERSION: '*', CUDA_CORE_VERSION: '*' }
diff --git a/ci/test_conda.sh b/ci/test_conda.sh
index 40dae27ec..1d97d3fd0 100755
--- a/ci/test_conda.sh
+++ b/ci/test_conda.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ if [ "${NUMBA_VERSION:-*}" != "*" ]; then
     pixi add --feature "${PY_VER_PART}" "numba=${NUMBA_VERSION}"
 fi
 
+if [ "${CUDA_CORE_VERSION:-*}" != "*" ]; then
+    pixi add --feature "${PY_VER_PART}" "cuda-core=${CUDA_CORE_VERSION}"
+fi
+
 nvidia-smi
 
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