diff --git a/cmake/NVBenchRapidsCMake.cmake b/cmake/NVBenchRapidsCMake.cmake
index 4f33a2b8..b6f6d7a5 100644
--- a/cmake/NVBenchRapidsCMake.cmake
+++ b/cmake/NVBenchRapidsCMake.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 macro(nvbench_load_rapids_cmake version)
   # - Including directly, see https://github.com/rapidsai/rmm/pull/1886
   # - Versioned download URL:
-  #   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapidsai/rapids-cmake/branch-XX.YY/RAPIDS.cmake
+  #   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapidsai/rapids-cmake/release/XX.YY/RAPIDS.cmake
   # - This macro is always called before project() in the root CMakeLists.txt, so:
   #   - we can't just use NVBench_SOURCE_DIR, it's not defined yet.
   #   - We can't rely on CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR because of macro expansion.
diff --git a/cmake/RAPIDS.cmake b/cmake/RAPIDS.cmake
index 73585d8e..b2823563 100644
--- a/cmake/RAPIDS.cmake
+++ b/cmake/RAPIDS.cmake
@@ -1,18 +1,9 @@
-#=============================================================================
-# Copyright (c) 2021-2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#=============================================================================
+# =============================================================================
+# cmake-format: off
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2021-2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# cmake-format: on
+# =============================================================================
 #
 # This is the preferred entry point for projects using rapids-cmake
 #
@@ -34,7 +25,7 @@ endif()
 # Allow users to control which branch is fetched
 if(NOT rapids-cmake-branch)
   # Define a default branch if the user doesn't set one
-  set(rapids-cmake-branch "branch-${rapids-cmake-version}")
+  set(rapids-cmake-branch "release/${rapids-cmake-version}")
 endif()
 
 # Allow users to control the exact URL passed to FetchContent