diff --git a/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/backends.py b/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/backends.py
index 1c66f256d19..7b8bd5c3f87 100644
--- a/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/backends.py
+++ b/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/backends.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     _scalar_from_dtype,
     is_arraylike,
     is_scalar,
-    make_meta,
 )
 
 try:
@@ -26,6 +25,13 @@
 except ImportError:
     from dask.dataframe.utils import make_meta as make_meta_obj
 
+try:
+    from dask.dataframe.dispatch import (
+        make_meta_dispatch as make_meta_dispatch,
+    )
+except ImportError:
+    from dask.dataframe.utils import make_meta as make_meta_dispatch
+
 import cudf
 from cudf.utils.dtypes import is_string_dtype
 
@@ -121,12 +127,12 @@ def meta_nonempty_cudf(x):
     return res
 
 
-@make_meta.register((cudf.Series, cudf.DataFrame))
+@make_meta_dispatch.register((cudf.Series, cudf.DataFrame))
 def make_meta_cudf(x, index=None):
     return x.head(0)
 
 
-@make_meta.register(cudf.Index)
+@make_meta_dispatch.register(cudf.Index)
 def make_meta_cudf_index(x, index=None):
     return x[:0]
 
@@ -173,7 +179,7 @@ def make_meta_object_cudf(x, index=None):
         return x[:0]
 
     if index is not None:
-        index = make_meta(index)
+        index = make_meta_dispatch(index)
 
     if isinstance(x, dict):
         return cudf.DataFrame(
diff --git a/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/core.py b/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/core.py
index dc63c5c435e..8af6188e625 100644
--- a/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/core.py
+++ b/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/core.py
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@
 from dask.compatibility import apply
 from dask.context import _globals
 from dask.core import flatten
-from dask.dataframe.core import Scalar, finalize, handle_out, map_partitions
+from dask.dataframe.core import (
+    Scalar,
+    finalize,
+    handle_out,
+    make_meta as dask_make_meta,
+    map_partitions,
+)
 from dask.dataframe.utils import raise_on_meta_error
 from dask.highlevelgraph import HighLevelGraph
 from dask.optimization import cull, fuse
@@ -26,11 +32,6 @@
 from dask_cudf import sorting
 from dask_cudf.accessors import ListMethods
 
-try:
-    from dask.dataframe.utils import make_meta_util as dask_make_meta
-except ImportError:
-    from dask.dataframe.core import make_meta as dask_make_meta
-
 DASK_VERSION = LooseVersion(dask.__version__)
 
 
diff --git a/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/tests/test_core.py b/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/tests/test_core.py
index e7dff10b527..2f73534b45a 100644
--- a/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/tests/test_core.py
@@ -9,13 +9,7 @@
 
 import dask
 from dask import dataframe as dd
-from dask.dataframe.core import meta_nonempty
-
-try:
-    from dask.dataframe.utils import make_meta_util as dask_make_meta
-except ImportError:
-    from dask.dataframe.core import make_meta as dask_make_meta
-
+from dask.dataframe.core import make_meta as dask_make_meta, meta_nonempty
 from dask.utils import M
 
 import cudf
@@ -827,9 +821,9 @@ def test_merging_categorical_columns():
 
 def test_correct_meta():
     try:
-        from dask.dataframe.utils import make_meta_util  # noqa: F401
+        from dask.dataframe.dispatch import make_meta_obj  # noqa: F401
     except ImportError:
-        pytest.skip("need make_meta_util to be preset")
+        pytest.skip("need make_meta_obj to be preset")
 
     # Need these local imports in this specific order.
     # For context: https://github.com/rapidsai/cudf/issues/7946