diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
index d21497c4def..c5412fdd40f 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ dependencies:
 - nbsphinx
 - ninja
 - notebook
-- numba-cuda>=0.0.13,<0.0.18
+- numba-cuda>=0.0.18
 - numpy>=1.23,<3.0a0
 - numpydoc
 - nvcc_linux-64=11.8
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-125_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-125_arch-x86_64.yaml
index 400c1195e00..d15f92062bc 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-125_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-125_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ dependencies:
 - nbsphinx
 - ninja
 - notebook
-- numba-cuda>=0.0.13,<0.0.18
+- numba-cuda>=0.0.18
 - numpy>=1.23,<3.0a0
 - numpydoc
 - nvcomp==4.1.0.6
diff --git a/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
index 04904e95630..ed8939edf48 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ requirements:
     - typing_extensions >=4.0.0
     - pandas >=2.0,<2.2.4dev0
     - cupy >=12.0.0
-    - numba-cuda >=0.0.13,<0.0.18
+    - numba-cuda >=0.0.18
     - numpy >=1.23,<3.0a0
     - pyarrow>=14.0.0,<18.0.0a0
     - libcudf ={{ version }}
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 682aaa612b4..9958182f19e 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ dependencies:
       - output_types: [conda, requirements, pyproject]
         packages:
           - cachetools
-          - &numba-cuda-dep numba-cuda>=0.0.13,<0.0.18
+          - &numba-cuda-dep numba-cuda>=0.0.18
           - nvtx>=0.2.1
           - packaging
           - rich
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ dependencies:
               - pandas==2.0.*
           - matrix: {dependencies: "latest"}
             packages:
-              - numba-cuda==0.0.15
+              - numba-cuda>=0.0.18
               - pandas==2.2.3
           - matrix:
             packages:
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/aggregation.pyx b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/aggregation.pyx
index 3c96b90f0a1..c2f01183689 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/aggregation.pyx
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/aggregation.pyx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import pylibcudf
 
 import cudf
 from cudf._lib.types import SUPPORTED_NUMPY_TO_PYLIBCUDF_TYPES
-from cudf.utils import cudautils
 
 _agg_name_map = {
     "COUNT_VALID": "COUNT",
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ class Aggregation:
         # Handling UDF type
         nb_type = numpy_support.from_dtype(kwargs['dtype'])
         type_signature = (nb_type[:],)
-        ptx_code, output_dtype = cudautils.compile_udf(op, type_signature)
+        ptx_code, output_dtype = cudf.utils.cudautils.compile_udf(op, type_signature)
         output_np_dtype = cudf.dtype(output_dtype)
         if output_np_dtype not in SUPPORTED_NUMPY_TO_PYLIBCUDF_TYPES:
             raise TypeError(f"Result of window function has unsupported dtype {op[1]}")
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/utils/_numba.py b/python/cudf/cudf/utils/_numba.py
index d9dde58d998..d6dedc1783a 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/utils/_numba.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/utils/_numba.py
@@ -130,9 +130,7 @@ def _setup_numba():
             if driver_version < (12, 0):
                 patch_numba_linker_cuda_11()
             else:
-                from pynvjitlink.patch import patch_numba_linker
-
-                patch_numba_linker()
+                numba_config.CUDA_ENABLE_PYNVJITLINK = True
 
 
 class _CUDFNumbaConfig:
diff --git a/python/cudf/pyproject.toml b/python/cudf/pyproject.toml
index 280dd52bb22..392493c60b0 100644
--- a/python/cudf/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cudf/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "cupy-cuda11x>=12.0.0",
     "fsspec>=0.6.0",
     "libcudf==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0",
-    "numba-cuda>=0.0.13,<0.0.18",
+    "numba-cuda>=0.0.18",
     "numpy>=1.23,<3.0a0",
     "nvtx>=0.2.1",
     "packaging",
diff --git a/python/dask_cudf/pyproject.toml b/python/dask_cudf/pyproject.toml
index 07d9143db36..7ff601736ec 100644
--- a/python/dask_cudf/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/dask_cudf/pyproject.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ cudf = "dask_cudf.backends:CudfDXBackendEntrypoint"
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = [
     "dask-cuda==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0",
-    "numba-cuda>=0.0.13,<0.0.18",
+    "numba-cuda>=0.0.18",
     "pytest-cov",
     "pytest-xdist",
     "pytest<8",