diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/u/ucx-py/ucx-py-0.40.00-gfbf-2023b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/u/ucx-py/ucx-py-0.40.00-gfbf-2023b.eb
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+easyblock = 'PythonBundle'
+
+name = 'ucx-py'
+version = '0.40.00'
+
+github_account = 'rapidsai'
+
+homepage = "https://ucx-py.readthedocs.io"
+description = """UCX-Py is the Python interface for UCX, a low-level high-performance networking library.
+UCX and UCX-Py supports several transport methods including InfiniBand and NVLink
+while still using traditional networking protocols like TCP."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'gfbf', 'version': '2023b'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True, 'lowopt': True}
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', '3.11.5'),
+    ('PyYAML', '6.0.1'),
+    ('SciPy-bundle', '2023.11'),
+]
+
+use_pip = True
+sanity_pip_check = True
+
+exts_list = [
+    ('pynvml', '11.5.3', {
+        'checksums': ['183d223ae487e5f00402d8da06c68c978ef8a9295793ee75559839c6ade7b229'],
+    }),
+    ('rapids-dependency-file-generator', '1.16.0', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/%(github_account)s/dependency-file-generator/archive'],
+        'sources': ['v%(version)s.tar.gz'],
+        'checksums': ['b49989947a8e9e7f722762758d536f74cc2f72d680d3939da225d58a36c235df'],
+    }),
+    ('rapids-build-backend', '0.3.2', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/%(github_account)s/%(name)s/archive'],
+        'sources': ['v%(version)s.tar.gz'],
+        'checksums': ['11ed069adf2b6b70b8f45e5d8e3947ed8f669e4cd7e7245f491b86f0c1f0a01d'],
+    }),
+    (name, version, {
+        'modulename': 'ucp',
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/%(github_account)s/%(name)s/archive'],
+        'sources': ['v%(version)s.tar.gz'],
+        'checksums': ['283692e775202995d7a3326e4de17d4b728635a71ee1e7a12d330680dadcc8c4'],
+    }),
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'