diff --git a/ci/run_benchmarks.sh b/ci/run_benchmarks.sh
index 37ac6bdf..b2c8dd36 100755
--- a/ci/run_benchmarks.sh
+++ b/ci/run_benchmarks.sh
@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # Support invoking run_benchmarks.sh outside the script directory
 cd "$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")"/../dask_cuda
 
-# TODO: run cudf benchmarks unconditionally once there are CUDA 13 cudf packages
-# ref: https://github.com/rapidsai/dask-cuda/pull/1536#issuecomment-321247489
-if [[ ! $(python -c "import cudf") ]]; then
-  echo "skipping benchmarks: cudf packages not available"
-  exit 0
-fi
-
 python benchmarks/local_cudf_shuffle.py \
   --partition-size="1 KiB" \
   -d 0 \
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-130_arch-aarch64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-130_arch-aarch64.yaml
index e6b70cff..0eb9b209 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-130_arch-aarch64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-130_arch-aarch64.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ dependencies:
 - cuda-nvcc-impl
 - cuda-nvrtc
 - cuda-version=13.0
+- cudf==25.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+- dask-cudf==25.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - distributed-ucxx==0.46.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - kvikio==25.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - numba-cuda>=0.19.1,<0.20.0a0
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-130_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-130_arch-x86_64.yaml
index 5cb15cc6..a9dfa77a 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-130_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-130_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ dependencies:
 - cuda-nvcc-impl
 - cuda-nvrtc
 - cuda-version=13.0
+- cudf==25.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+- dask-cudf==25.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - distributed-ucxx==0.46.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - kvikio==25.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - numba-cuda>=0.19.1,<0.20.0a0
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 886f54d3..ca8fc71e 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -179,10 +179,8 @@ dependencies:
     common:
       - output_types: [pyproject]
         packages:
-          # TODO: add 'cudf' and 'dask-cudf' back to this dependency list once there are CUDA 13 packages for those
-          # ref: https://github.com/rapidsai/dask-cuda/pull/1536#issuecomment-3212474898
-          # - cudf-cu13==25.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
-          # - dask-cudf-cu13==25.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+          - cudf-cu13==25.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+          - dask-cudf-cu13==25.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - distributed-ucxx-cu13==0.46.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - kvikio-cu13==25.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - ucx-py-cu13==0.46.*,>=0.0.0a0
@@ -194,30 +192,14 @@ dependencies:
           - pytest
           - pytest-cov
           - pytest-timeout
-      - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
-        packages:
-          # ensure dependencies of 'dask.dataframe' are available
-          # ref: https://github.com/rapidsai/dask-cuda/pull/1536#discussion_r2298528510
-          # TODO: remove this once there are CUDA 13 'dask-cudf' packages
-          - 'dask[dataframe]'
       - output_types: [conda]
         packages:
+          - cudf==25.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+          - dask-cudf==25.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - distributed-ucxx==0.46.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - kvikio==25.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - ucx-py==0.46.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - numba-cuda>=0.19.1,<0.20.0a0
-    specific:
-      - output_types: [conda]
-        matrices:
-          - matrix:
-              cuda: "12.*"
-            packages:
-              # TODO: add 'cudf' and 'dask-cudf' back to the 'common' list above once there are CUDA 13 packages for those
-              # ref: https://github.com/rapidsai/dask-cuda/pull/1536#issuecomment-3212474898
-              - cudf==25.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
-              - dask-cudf==25.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
-          - matrix:
-            packages:
   depends_on_dask_cuda:
     common:
       - output_types: conda
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 48dfa08d..6ebd852c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ cu12 = [
     "ucx-py-cu12==0.46.*,>=0.0.0a0",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
 cu13 = [
+    "cudf-cu13==25.10.*,>=0.0.0a0",
+    "dask-cudf-cu13==25.10.*,>=0.0.0a0",
     "distributed-ucxx-cu13==0.46.*,>=0.0.0a0",
     "kvikio-cu13==25.10.*,>=0.0.0a0",
     "numba-cuda[cu13]>=0.19.1,<0.20.0a0",