diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 02bf88d226..31a707c1dc 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ repos:
           (?x)
             ^pyproject[.]toml$
   - repo: https://github.com/rapidsai/dependency-file-generator
-    rev: v1.20.0
+    rev: v1.22.0
     hooks:
       - id: rapids-dependency-file-generator
         args: ["--clean", "--warn-all", "--strict"]
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel_cuvs.sh b/ci/test_wheel_cuvs.sh
index 51c755d87c..5cf6ccff04 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel_cuvs.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel_cuvs.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ LIBCUVS_WHEELHOUSE=$(rapids-download-from-github "$(rapids-artifact-name wheel_c
 CUVS_WHEELHOUSE=$(rapids-download-from-github "$(rapids-artifact-name wheel_python cuvs cuvs --stable --cuda "$RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION")")
 
 # generate constraints (possibly pinning to oldest support versions of dependencies)
-rapids-generate-pip-constraints test_python "${PIP_CONSTRAINT}"
+rapids-generate-pip-constraints test_python "${PIP_CONSTRAINT}" constraints
 
 python -m venv libcuvs-env
 . libcuvs-env/bin/activate
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index bedafbb05f..f18ad76aad 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -268,10 +268,10 @@ channels:
 dependencies:
   build:
     common:
-      - output_types: [conda, requirements, pyproject]
+      - output_types: [conda, requirements, constraints, pyproject]
         packages:
           - &rapids_build_backend rapids-build-backend>=0.4.0,<0.5.0
-      - output_types: [conda]
+      - output_types: [conda, constraints]
         packages:
           - scikit-build-core>=0.11.0
       - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
@@ -279,12 +279,12 @@ dependencies:
           - scikit-build-core[pyproject]>=0.11.0
   build_cython:
     common:
-      - output_types: [conda, requirements, pyproject]
+      - output_types: [conda, requirements, constraints, pyproject]
         packages:
           - cython>=3.2.2
   rapids_build:
     common:
-      - output_types: [conda, requirements, pyproject]
+      - output_types: [conda, requirements, constraints, pyproject]
         packages:
           - &cmake_ver cmake>=4.0
           - ninja
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ dependencies:
               - sysroot_linux-aarch64==2.28
   rapids_build_setuptools:
     common:
-      - output_types: [conda, requirements, pyproject]
+      - output_types: [conda, requirements, constraints, pyproject]
         packages:
           - *rapids_build_backend
           - &setuptools setuptools>=77.0.0
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ dependencies:
           - dlpack>=0.8,<1.0
   checks:
     common:
-      - output_types: [conda, requirements]
+      - output_types: [conda, requirements, constraints]
         packages:
           - pre-commit
       # cargo-fmt pre-commit hook requires a C compiler
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ dependencies:
               cuda: "13.3"
             packages:
               - cuda-version=13.3
-      - output_types: requirements
+      - output_types: [requirements, constraints]
         matrices:
           # if use_cuda_wheels=false is provided, do not add dependencies on any CUDA wheels
           # (e.g. for DLFW and pip devcontainers)
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ dependencies:
             packages:
               - cutile-python
               - cuda-tileiras
-      - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
+      - output_types: [requirements, constraints, pyproject]
         matrices:
           - matrix:
               cuda: "12.*"
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ dependencies:
       #
       # nvJitLink has historically roughly followed the CTK's minor versioning scheme,
       # but check at https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-toolkit-release-notes/index.html
-      - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
+      - output_types: [requirements, constraints, pyproject]
         matrices:
           # skip this whole group if explicitly opting out of CUDA wheels
           - matrix:
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ dependencies:
     #       other packages with -cu{nn}x suffixes in this file.
     #       All RAPIDS wheel builds (including in devcontainers) expect cupy to be suffixed.
     specific:
-      - output_types: requirements
+      - output_types: constraints
         matrices:
           - matrix:
               cuda: "12.*"
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ dependencies:
           - matrix:
             packages:
               - &cupy_cu13 cupy-cuda13x>=14.0.1,!=14.1.0
-      - output_types: pyproject
+      - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
         matrices:
           - matrix:
               cuda: "12.*"
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ dependencies:
           - dlpack>=0.8,<1.0
   build_wheels:
     common:
-      - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
+      - output_types: [requirements, constraints, pyproject]
         packages:
           - *wheel
           - *setuptools
@@ -605,22 +605,22 @@ dependencies:
               - python>=3.12
   run_py_cuvs:
     common:
-      - output_types: [conda, requirements, pyproject]
+      - output_types: [conda, requirements, constraints, pyproject]
         packages:
           - &numpy numpy>=2.0,<3.0
   run_py_libcuvs:
     common:
-      - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
+      - output_types: [requirements, constraints, pyproject]
         packages:
           - cuda-pathfinder
   test_python_common:
     common:
-      - output_types: [conda, requirements, pyproject]
+      - output_types: [conda, requirements, constraints, pyproject]
         packages:
           - *pytest
           - pytest-cov
     specific:
-      - output_types: [conda, requirements, pyproject]
+      - output_types: [conda, requirements, constraints, pyproject]
         matrices:
           - matrix:
               dependencies: "oldest"
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ dependencies:
             packages:
   test_py_cuvs:
     common:
-      - output_types: [conda, requirements, pyproject]
+      - output_types: [conda, requirements, constraints, pyproject]
         packages:
           - scikit-learn>=1.5
     # TODO: we're seeing test failures with openblas > 0.3.30 on aarch64. For
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ dependencies:
           - *openjdk
   bench:
     common:
-      - output_types: [conda, pyproject, requirements]
+      - output_types: [conda, pyproject, requirements, constraints]
         packages:
           - nlohmann_json>=3.12.0
           - glog>=0.6.0
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ dependencies:
             packages: null
   bench_python:
     common:
-      - output_types: [conda, pyproject, requirements]
+      - output_types: [conda, pyproject, requirements, constraints]
         packages:
           - click
           - pandas
@@ -690,12 +690,12 @@ dependencies:
       - output_types: [conda]
         packages:
           - matplotlib-base>=3.9
-      - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
+      - output_types: [requirements, constraints, pyproject]
         packages:
           - matplotlib>=3.9
   bench_elastic:
     common:
-      - output_types: [conda, pyproject, requirements]
+      - output_types: [conda, pyproject, requirements, constraints]
         packages:
           - elasticsearch>=8.0
   bench_python_opensearch:
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ dependencies:
           - tqdm
   depends_on_cuda_python:
     specific:
-      - output_types: [conda, requirements, pyproject]
+      - output_types: [conda, requirements, constraints, pyproject]
         matrices:
           - matrix:
               cuda: "12.*"
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ dependencies:
         packages:
           - &libcuvs_unsuffixed libcuvs==26.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
     specific:
-      - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
+      - output_types: [requirements, constraints, pyproject]
         matrices:
           - matrix:
               cuda: "12.*"
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ dependencies:
         packages:
           - &libraft_unsuffixed libraft==26.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
     specific:
-      - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
+      - output_types: [requirements, constraints, pyproject]
         matrices:
           - matrix:
               cuda: "12.*"
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ dependencies:
         packages:
           - &librmm_unsuffixed librmm==26.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
     specific:
-      - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
+      - output_types: [requirements, constraints, pyproject]
         matrices:
           - matrix:
               cuda: "12.*"
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ dependencies:
         packages:
           - &libkvikio_unsuffixed libkvikio==26.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
     specific:
-      - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
+      - output_types: [requirements, constraints, pyproject]
         matrices:
           - matrix:
               cuda: "12.*"
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ dependencies:
         packages:
           - &pylibraft_unsuffixed pylibraft==26.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
     specific:
-      - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
+      - output_types: [requirements, constraints, pyproject]
         matrices:
           - matrix:
               cuda: "12.*"
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ dependencies:
         packages:
           - nccl>=2.19
     specific:
-      - output_types: [pyproject, requirements]
+      - output_types: [pyproject, requirements, constraints]
         matrices:
           - matrix:
               cuda: "12.*"