diff --git a/crossfit/backend/cudf/series.py b/crossfit/backend/cudf/series.py
index 79b8d66..3246256 100644
--- a/crossfit/backend/cudf/series.py
+++ b/crossfit/backend/cudf/series.py
@@ -12,28 +12,58 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+from functools import lru_cache
 import cudf
 import cupy as cp
 from cudf.core.column import as_column
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional
+from cudf.core.dtypes import ListDtype
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from cudf.core.buffer import Buffer
-    from cudf.core.dtypes import ListDtype
     from cudf.core.column.numerical import NumericalColumn
     from cudf.core.column import ColumnBase
 
 from importlib_metadata import version
+from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
+
+
+@lru_cache
+def _is_cudf_gte_24_10():
+    current_cudf_version = parse_version(version('cudf_cu12'))
+    cudf_24_10_version = parse_version('24.10')
+
+    if current_cudf_version >= cudf_24_10_version or (current_cudf_version.base_version >= "24.10.0" and current_cudf_version.is_prerelease):
+        return True
+    elif current_cudf_version < cudf_24_10_version:
+        return False
+    else:
+        msg = f"Found uncaught cudf version {current_cudf_version}"
+        raise NotImplementedError(msg)
+
+
+def _construct_series_from_list_column(
+        index : cudf.Series,
+        lc : cudf.core.column.ListColumn
+):
+    if not _is_cudf_gte_24_10():
+        return cudf.Series(data=lc, index=index)
+    else:
+        # in pre 24.10 releases index could be any list
+        from cudf.core.index import ensure_index
+        return cudf.Series._from_column(column=lc, index=ensure_index(index))
+
+
+    
 def _construct_list_column(
         size: int,
         dtype: ListDtype,
-        mask: Buffer | None = None,
+        mask: Optional["Buffer"] = None,
         offset: int = 0,
-        null_count: int | None = None,
-        children: tuple[NumericalColumn, ColumnBase] = (),  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        null_count: Optional[int] = None,
+        children: tuple["NumericalColumn", "ColumnBase"] = (),  # type: ignore[assignment]
 ) -> cudf.core.column.ListColumn:
-    
     kwargs = dict(
             size=size,
             dtype=dtype,
@@ -43,9 +73,10 @@ def _construct_list_column(
             children=children,
     )
 
-    if version('cudf') <= "24.08":
+    if not _is_cudf_gte_24_10():
         return cudf.core.column.ListColumn(**kwargs)
-    elif version('cudf') >= "24.10":
+    else:
+        # in 24.10 ListColumn added `data` kwarg see https://github.com/rapidsai/crossfit/issues/84
         return cudf.core.column.ListColumn(data = None, **kwargs)
 
 def create_list_series_from_1d_or_2d_ar(ar, index):
@@ -72,7 +103,7 @@ def create_list_series_from_1d_or_2d_ar(ar, index):
         null_count=0,
         children=(offset_col, data)
     )
-    return cudf.Series(lc, index=index)
+    return _construct_series_from_list_column(lc=lc, index=index)
 
 
 def create_nested_list_series_from_3d_ar(ar, index):
@@ -94,16 +125,23 @@ def create_nested_list_series_from_3d_ar(ar, index):
     outer_list_offsets = as_column(outer_offsets)
 
     # Constructing the nested ListColumn
-    inner_lc = cudf.core.column.ListColumn(
+    inner_lc = _construct_list_column(
         size=inner_offsets.size - 1,
         dtype=cudf.ListDtype(inner_list_data.dtype),
         children=(inner_list_offsets, inner_list_data),
+        mask = None,
+        offset=0,
+        null_count=None
     )
 
-    lc = cudf.core.column.ListColumn(
+    lc = _construct_list_column(
         size=n_slices,
         dtype=cudf.ListDtype(inner_list_data.dtype),
         children=(outer_list_offsets, inner_lc),
+        mask = None,
+        offset=0,
+        null_count=None
+
     )
 
-    return cudf.Series(lc, index=index)
+    return _construct_series_from_list_column(lc=lc, index=index)
diff --git a/tests/backend/cudf_backend/test_series.py b/tests/backend/cudf_backend/test_series.py
index 329a0a0..1c0ba78 100644
--- a/tests/backend/cudf_backend/test_series.py
+++ b/tests/backend/cudf_backend/test_series.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ def test_create_nested_list_series_from_3d_ar():
     tensor = torch.tensor(nested_list)
     index = [1, 2]
     series = create_nested_list_series_from_3d_ar(tensor, index)
-    print(series)
     assert isinstance(series, cudf.Series)
     expected = cudf.Series(nested_list, index=index)
     # convert to pandas because cudf.Series.equals doesn't work for list series