diff --git a/ci/build_conda.sh b/ci/build_conda.sh
index 4fe68d9..f4a2de5 100755
--- a/ci/build_conda.sh
+++ b/ci/build_conda.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-conda config --set channel_priority strict
-
-rapids-configure-conda-channels
-
 source rapids-configure-sccache
 
 source rapids-date-string
@@ -15,23 +11,24 @@ export CMAKE_GENERATOR=Ninja
 
 rapids-print-env
 
-rapids-logger "Begin py build"
+# populates `RATTLER_CHANNELS` array and `RATTLER_ARGS` array
+source rapids-rattler-channel-string
 
-CUDA_VERSION="$(cat pynvjitlink/CUDA_VERSION)"
-export CUDA_VERSION
-
-cat > cuda_compiler_version.yaml << EOF
-cuda_compiler_version:
-  - "${CUDA_VERSION}"
-EOF
+rapids-logger "Building pynvjitlink"
 
 sccache --zero-stats
 
-rapids-conda-retry build \
-    conda/recipes/pynvjitlink \
-    -m cuda_compiler_version.yaml \
-;
+# --no-build-id allows for caching with `sccache`
+# more info is available at
+# https://rattler.build/latest/tips_and_tricks/#using-sccache-or-ccache-with-rattler-build
+rattler-build build --recipe conda/recipes/pynvjitlink \
+                    "${RATTLER_ARGS[@]}" \
+                    "${RATTLER_CHANNELS[@]}"
 
 sccache --show-adv-stats
 
+# remove build_cache directory to avoid uploading the entire source tree
+# tracked in https://github.com/prefix-dev/rattler-build/issues/1424
+rm -rf "$RAPIDS_CONDA_BLD_OUTPUT_DIR"/build_cache
+
 rapids-upload-conda-to-s3 python
diff --git a/conda/recipes/pynvjitlink/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/pynvjitlink/meta.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d5cb6b1..0000000
--- a/conda/recipes/pynvjitlink/meta.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2018-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
-
-{% set data = load_file_data("pyproject.toml") %}
-{% set version = load_file_regex(
-    load_file="pynvjitlink/VERSION",
-    regex_pattern="(?P<value>.*)"
-)[0] %}
-{% set project_data = data["project"] %}
-{% set project_urls = project_data["urls"] %}
-
-package:
-  name: pynvjitlink
-  version: {{ version }}
-
-source:
-  path: ../../..
-
-build:
-  script:
-    - {{ PYTHON }} -m pip install . -vv
-  script_env:
-    - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
-    - AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
-    - AWS_SESSION_TOKEN
-    - CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER
-    - CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LAUNCHER
-    - CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER
-    - CMAKE_GENERATOR
-    - PARALLEL_LEVEL
-    - SCCACHE_BUCKET
-    - SCCACHE_IDLE_TIMEOUT
-    - SCCACHE_REGION
-    - SCCACHE_S3_KEY_PREFIX=pynvjitlink-aarch64 # [aarch64]
-    - SCCACHE_S3_KEY_PREFIX=pynvjitlink-linux64 # [linux64]
-    - SCCACHE_S3_USE_SSL
-    - SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS
-  ignore_run_exports_from:
-    - {{ compiler('cuda') }}
-    - libnvjitlink-dev
-
-requirements:
-  build:
-    - {{ compiler('c') }}
-    - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
-    - {{ compiler('cuda') }}
-    - {{ stdlib('c') }}
-    - cmake >=3.26.4,!=3.30.0
-    - ninja
-  host:
-    - cuda-version {{ cuda_compiler_version }}
-    - libnvjitlink-dev
-    - libnvjitlink-static
-    - python
-    - pip
-    - rapids-build-backend >=0.3.0,<0.4.0dev0
-    - scikit-build-core >=0.10.0
-  run:
-    - python
-    - numba >=0.58
-    - {{ pin_compatible('cuda-version', min_pin='x', max_pin='x.x') }}
-
-about:
-  home: {{ project_urls["Homepage"] }}
-  dev_url: {{ project_urls["Repository"] }}
-  doc_url: {{ project_urls["Documentation"] }}
-  license: {{ project_data["license"]["text"] }}
-  license_family: Apache
-  license_file: LICENSE
-  license_url: {{ project_urls["License"] }}
-  summary: nvJitLink Python binding
diff --git a/conda/recipes/pynvjitlink/recipe.yaml b/conda/recipes/pynvjitlink/recipe.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f81c8e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/recipes/pynvjitlink/recipe.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+schema_version: 1
+
+context:
+  cuda_version: ${{ load_from_file("pynvjitlink/CUDA_VERSION") | trim }}
+  date_string: '${{ env.get("RAPIDS_DATE_STRING") }}'
+  head_rev: ${{ git.head_rev(".")[:8] }}
+  py_version: ${{ env.get("RAPIDS_PY_VERSION") }}
+  py_buildstring: ${{ py_version | version_to_buildstring }}
+  version: ${{ load_from_file("pynvjitlink/VERSION") | trim }}
+
+package:
+  name: pynvjitlink
+  version: ${{ version }}
+source:
+  path: ../../..
+
+build:
+  dynamic_linking:
+    overlinking_behavior: error
+  string: ${{ cuda_version }}_py${{ py_buildstring }}_${{ date_string }}_${{ head_rev }}_h${{ PKG_HASH }}
+  script:
+    content: |
+      python -m pip install . -vv
+    secrets:
+      - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+      - AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+      - AWS_SESSION_TOKEN
+    env:
+      CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER: ${{ env.get("CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER") }}
+      CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LAUNCHER: ${{ env.get("CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LAUNCHER") }}
+      CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER: ${{ env.get("CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER") }}
+      CMAKE_GENERATOR: ${{ env.get("CMAKE_GENERATOR") }}
+      SCCACHE_BUCKET: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_BUCKET") }}
+      SCCACHE_IDLE_TIMEOUT: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_IDLE_TIMEOUT") }}
+      SCCACHE_REGION: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_REGION") }}
+      SCCACHE_S3_USE_SSL: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_S3_USE_SSL") }}
+      SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS") }}
+      SCCACHE_S3_KEY_PREFIX: pynvjitlink/${{ env.get("RAPIDS_CONDA_ARCH") }}/cuda${{ cuda_major }}
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - ${{ compiler("c") }}
+    - ${{ compiler("cxx") }}
+    - ${{ compiler("cuda") }}
+    - ${{ stdlib("c") }}
+    - cmake >=3.24.4,!=3.30.0
+    - ninja
+  host:
+    - cuda-version =${{ cuda_version }}
+    - libnvjitlink-dev
+    - libnvjitlink-static
+    - python =${{ py_version }}
+    - pip
+    - rapids-build-backend >=0.3.0,<0.4.0dev0
+    - scikit-build-core >=0.10.0
+  run:
+    - ${{ pin_compatible("cuda-version", lower_bound="x", upper_bound="x.x") }}
+    - python
+    - numba >=0.58
+  ignore_run_exports:
+    by_name:
+      - cuda-version
+      - libnvjitlink
+
+about:
+  homepage: ${{ load_from_file("pyproject.toml").project.urls.Homepage }}
+  license: ${{ load_from_file("pyproject.toml").project.license.text }}
+  summary: ${{ load_from_file("pyproject.toml").project.description }}
diff --git a/conda/recipes/pynvjitlink/conda_build_config.yaml b/conda/recipes/pynvjitlink/variants.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from conda/recipes/pynvjitlink/conda_build_config.yaml
rename to conda/recipes/pynvjitlink/variants.yaml
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ce499b6..2c773c9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 authors = [
     { name = "NVIDIA Corporation" },
 ]
-license = { text = "Apache 2.0" }
+license = { text = "Apache-2.0" }
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.