diff --git a/ci/build_wheel_cudf.sh b/ci/build_wheel_cudf.sh
index 5b9d5de29f7d..a15e0a78b19f 100755
--- a/ci/build_wheel_cudf.sh
+++ b/ci/build_wheel_cudf.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2023-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2023-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 set -euo pipefail
diff --git a/ci/build_wheel_libcudf.sh b/ci/build_wheel_libcudf.sh
index c5a007399f8d..888e29b2b6c4 100755
--- a/ci/build_wheel_libcudf.sh
+++ b/ci/build_wheel_libcudf.sh
@@ -31,12 +31,16 @@ export PIP_NO_BUILD_ISOLATION=0
 export SKBUILD_CMAKE_ARGS="-DUSE_NVCOMP_RUNTIME_WHEEL=ON"
 ./ci/build_wheel.sh "${package_name}" "${package_dir}"
 
+RAPIDS_CUDA_MAJOR="${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION%%.*}"
+
 # repair wheels and write to the location that artifact-uploading code expects to find them
 python -m auditwheel repair \
     --exclude libkvikio.so \
     --exclude libnvcomp.so.5 \
     --exclude librapids_logger.so \
     --exclude librmm.so \
+    --exclude libnvrtc.so.${RAPIDS_CUDA_MAJOR} \
+    --exclude libnvJitLink.so.${RAPIDS_CUDA_MAJOR} \
     -w "${RAPIDS_WHEEL_BLD_OUTPUT_DIR}" \
     ${package_dir}/dist/*
 
diff --git a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_rtcx.cmake b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_rtcx.cmake
index 5659162d9718..77d22a7585f7 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_rtcx.cmake
+++ b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_rtcx.cmake
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function(find_and_configure_rtcx VERSION)
     GLOBAL_TARGETS rtcx::rtcx
     CPM_ARGS
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/rapidsai/librtcx.git
-    GIT_TAG efad266c1fd9de6d8486c6ba71bfa74df063eb1f
+    GIT_TAG a9f63f8cdd4b0b41a2d88a9f705576a61b4222ec
     GIT_SHALLOW FALSE
     EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ${CUDF_EXCLUDE_DEPS_FROM_ALL}
   )
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function(find_and_configure_rtcx VERSION)
   # When CPM fetches from source (add_subdirectory), embed.cmake is not auto-included. Include it
   # explicitly so add_embed/embed_includes/embed functions are available.
   if(rtcx_ADDED OR DEFINED CPM_rtcx_SOURCE)
-    include("${rtcx_SOURCE_DIR}/embed.cmake")
+    include("${rtcx_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules/embed.cmake")
   endif()
 endfunction()
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/jit/cache.cpp b/cpp/src/jit/cache.cpp
index 8a33e807be2c..82105aac31f7 100644
--- a/cpp/src/jit/cache.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/jit/cache.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <cudf_cuda_embed.hpp>
 #include <jit/cache.hpp>
-#include <rtcx.hpp>
+#include <rtcx/rtcx.hpp>
 #include <runtime/context.hpp>
 
 #define XXH_INLINE_ALL
diff --git a/cpp/src/jit/cache.hpp b/cpp/src/jit/cache.hpp
index 16696f3d0a71..0df58eae95e8 100644
--- a/cpp/src/jit/cache.hpp
+++ b/cpp/src/jit/cache.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <rmm/cuda_stream_view.hpp>
 
-#include <rtcx.hpp>
+#include <rtcx/rtcx.hpp>
 
 namespace CUDF_EXPORT cudf {
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/jit/helpers.cpp b/cpp/src/jit/helpers.cpp
index a016ca34dce5..ec67856a3d65 100644
--- a/cpp/src/jit/helpers.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/jit/helpers.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <cudf/utilities/type_dispatcher.hpp>
 
 #include <jit/cache.hpp>
-#include <rtcx.hpp>
+#include <rtcx/rtcx.hpp>
 #include <runtime/context.hpp>
 
 #include <format>