diff --git a/src/awkward/contents/listoffsetarray.py b/src/awkward/contents/listoffsetarray.py
index 030d35a344..37615f555a 100644
--- a/src/awkward/contents/listoffsetarray.py
+++ b/src/awkward/contents/listoffsetarray.py
@@ -2009,12 +2009,19 @@ def _to_arrow(
             )
 
     def _to_cudf(self, cudf: Any, mask: Content | None, length: int):
+        from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
         cupy = Cupy.instance()
         index = self._offsets.raw(cupy).astype("int32")
         buf = cudf.core.buffer.as_buffer(index)
-        ind_buf = cudf.core.column.numerical.NumericalColumn(
-            data=buf, dtype=index.dtype, mask=None, size=len(index)
-        )
+
+        if parse_version(cupy._version.__version__) >= parse_version("24.10.00"):
+            ind_buf = cudf.core.column.numerical.NumericalColumn(
+                data=buf, dtype=index.dtype, mask=None, size=len(index)
+            )
+        else:
+            ind_buf = cudf.core.column.numerical.NumericalColumn(
+                buf, index.dtype, None, size=len(index)
+            )
         cont = self._content._to_cudf(cudf, None, len(self._content))
         if mask is not None:
             m = np._module.packbits(mask, bitorder="little")