diff --git a/.gitlab/test_nixlbench.sh b/.gitlab/test_nixlbench.sh
index 459a37b6e..875910f03 100755
--- a/.gitlab/test_nixlbench.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/test_nixlbench.sh
@@ -100,4 +100,14 @@ for op_type in READ WRITE; do
     done
 done
 
+if $HAS_GPU ; then
+    for op_type in WRITE READ; do
+        for initiator in $seg_types; do
+            for target in $seg_types; do
+                run_nixlbench_two_workers --backend GPUNETIO --device_list=mlx5_0 --gpunetio_oob_list=lo --op_type $op_type --initiator_seg_type $initiator --target_seg_type $target
+            done
+        done
+    done
+fi
+
 pkill etcd
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8f38c96ca..9bf569e36 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ if cuda_dep.found()
     nvcc_flags_link += ['-gencode=arch=compute_90,code=sm_90']
     add_project_link_arguments(nvcc_flags_link, language: 'cuda')
     message('nvcc version: ' + nvcc.version())
-    if nvcc.version().version_compare('>=12.8') and nvcc.version().version_compare('<13.0')
+    if nvcc.version().version_compare('>=12.8')
         doca_gpunetio_dep = dependency('doca-gpunetio', required : false)
     else
         warning('GPUNETIO plugin not supported in CUDA version: ' + nvcc.version())
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ endif
 if cuda_dep.found()
   nvcc_cmd = find_program('nvcc', required: false)
   if nvcc_cmd.found()
-    if nvcc_cmd.version().version_compare('>=12.8') and nvcc_cmd.version().version_compare('<13.0')
+    if nvcc_cmd.version().version_compare('>=12.8')
       doca_gpunetio_dep = dependency('doca-gpunetio', required : false)
     else
       warning('CUDA version = ' + nvcc_cmd.version() + ', GPUNETIO plugin will be disabled')