diff --git a/ci/test_wheel_integrations.sh b/ci/test_wheel_integrations.sh
index 6286e68aa..89ed4def7 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel_integrations.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel_integrations.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ rapids-logger "Generating CuPy test requirements"
 rapids-dependency-file-generator \
     --output requirements \
     --file-key test_wheels_cupy \
-    --matrix "cuda=${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION%.*};arch=$(arch);py=${RAPIDS_PY_VERSION}" \
+    --matrix "cuda=${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION%.*};arch=$(arch);py=${RAPIDS_PY_VERSION};use_cuda_wheels=true" \
     | tee test-cupy-requirements.txt
 
 rapids-logger "Installing CuPy test requirements"
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index ac7a22515..b4aa531d8 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -238,14 +238,12 @@ dependencies:
       - output_types: conda
         packages:
           - &doxygen doxygen=1.9.1
+  # 'cuda_version' intentionally does not contain fallback entries... we want
+  # a loud error if an unsupported 'cuda' value is passed
   cuda_version:
     specific:
       - output_types: conda
         matrices:
-          - matrix:
-              cuda: "12.0"
-            packages:
-              - cuda-version=12.0
           - matrix:
               cuda: "12.2"
             packages:
@@ -270,6 +268,51 @@ dependencies:
               cuda: "13.1"
             packages:
               - cuda-version=13.1
+      - output_types: requirements
+        matrices:
+          # if use_cuda_wheels=false is provided, do not add dependencies on any CUDA wheels
+          # (e.g. for DLFW and pip devcontainers)
+          - matrix:
+              use_cuda_wheels: "false"
+            packages:
+          - matrix:
+              arch: aarch64
+              cuda: "12.2"
+              use_cuda_wheels: "true"
+            packages:
+              # some components (like nvidia-cublas-cu12 and nvidia-cuda-nvcc-cu12) didn't have
+              # aarch64 wheels until CTK 12.3, so allow a slightly looser bound here
+              - cuda-toolkit>=12.2,<12.4
+          - matrix:
+              cuda: "12.2"
+              use_cuda_wheels: "true"
+            packages:
+              - cuda-toolkit==12.2.*
+          - matrix:
+              cuda: "12.5"
+              use_cuda_wheels: "true"
+            packages:
+              - cuda-toolkit==12.5.*
+          - matrix:
+              cuda: "12.8"
+              use_cuda_wheels: "true"
+            packages:
+              - cuda-toolkit==12.8.*
+          - matrix:
+              cuda: "12.9"
+              use_cuda_wheels: "true"
+            packages:
+              - cuda-toolkit==12.9.*
+          - matrix:
+              cuda: "13.0"
+              use_cuda_wheels: "true"
+            packages:
+              - cuda-toolkit==13.0.*
+          - matrix:
+              cuda: "13.1"
+              use_cuda_wheels: "true"
+            packages:
+              - cuda-toolkit==13.1.*
   develop:
     common:
       - output_types: conda