diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-test-multimodal-gen.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-test-multimodal-gen.yml
index ca562edf3..742e43757 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-test-multimodal-gen.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-test-multimodal-gen.yml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: sgl-kernel/dist/
           merge-multiple: true
-          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda13.0
+          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda*
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 20
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: sgl-kernel/dist/
           merge-multiple: true
-          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda13.0
+          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda*
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 20
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: sgl-kernel/dist/
           merge-multiple: true
-          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda13.0
+          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda*
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 20
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: sgl-kernel/dist/
           merge-multiple: true
-          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda13.0
+          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda*
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 20
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: sgl-kernel/dist/
           merge-multiple: true
-          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda13.0
+          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda*
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 20
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-test-sgl-kernel.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-test-sgl-kernel.yml
index 100517a50..0cfaf43d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-test-sgl-kernel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-test-sgl-kernel.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: sgl-kernel/dist/
           merge-multiple: true
-          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda13.0
+          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda*
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 20
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: sgl-kernel/dist/
           merge-multiple: true
-          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda13.0
+          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda*
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 20
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: sgl-kernel/dist/
           merge-multiple: true
-          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda13.0
+          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda*
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 20
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: sgl-kernel/dist/
           merge-multiple: true
-          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda13.0
+          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda*
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 20
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ jobs:
   #       with:
   #         path: sgl-kernel/dist/
   #         merge-multiple: true
-  #         pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda13.0
+  #         pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda*
 
   #     - name: Install dependencies
   #       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-test.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-test.yml
index 558c9bb25..28f310926 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-test.yml
@@ -459,6 +459,8 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - python-version: "3.10"
             cuda-version: "13.0"
+          - python-version: "3.10"
+            cuda-version: "12.9"
     name: Build Wheel
     steps:
       - name: Cleanup
@@ -519,6 +521,8 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - python-version: "3.10"
             cuda-version: "13.0"
+          - python-version: "3.10"
+            cuda-version: "12.9"
     name: Build Wheel Arm
     steps:
       - name: Cleanup
@@ -625,7 +629,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: sgl-kernel/dist/
           merge-multiple: true
-          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda13.0
+          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda*
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 20
@@ -748,7 +752,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: sgl-kernel/dist/
           merge-multiple: true
-          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda13.0
+          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda*
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 20
@@ -810,7 +814,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: sgl-kernel/dist/
           merge-multiple: true
-          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda13.0
+          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda*
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 20
@@ -869,7 +873,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: sgl-kernel/dist/
           merge-multiple: true
-          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda13.0
+          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda*
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 20
@@ -929,7 +933,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: sgl-kernel/dist/
           merge-multiple: true
-          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda13.0
+          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda*
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 20
@@ -1023,7 +1027,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: sgl-kernel/dist/
           merge-multiple: true
-          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda13.0
+          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda*
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 20
@@ -1081,7 +1085,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: sgl-kernel/dist/
           merge-multiple: true
-          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda13.0
+          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda*
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 20
@@ -1161,7 +1165,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: sgl-kernel/dist/
           merge-multiple: true
-          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda13.0
+          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda*
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 20
@@ -1215,7 +1219,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: sgl-kernel/dist/
           merge-multiple: true
-          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda13.0
+          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda*
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 20
@@ -1284,7 +1288,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: sgl-kernel/dist/
           merge-multiple: true
-          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda13.0
+          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda*
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 20
@@ -1359,7 +1363,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: sgl-kernel/dist/
           merge-multiple: true
-          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda13.0
+          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda*
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 20
@@ -1421,7 +1425,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: sgl-kernel/dist/
           merge-multiple: true
-          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda13.0
+          pattern: wheel-python3.10-cuda*
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 20
diff --git a/scripts/ci/cuda/ci_install_dependency.sh b/scripts/ci/cuda/ci_install_dependency.sh
index 8a2f05bc6..4d04398c9 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/cuda/ci_install_dependency.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/cuda/ci_install_dependency.sh
@@ -314,10 +314,23 @@ if [ "${CUSTOM_BUILD_SGL_KERNEL:-}" = "true" ] && [ -d "sgl-kernel/dist" ]; then
     else
         WHEEL_ARCH="x86_64"
     fi
-    # Wheel may have +cuXYZ suffix (e.g. sglang_kernel-0.4.0+cu130-...) depending on CUDA version
-    KERNEL_WHL=$(ls sgl-kernel/dist/sglang_kernel-${SGL_KERNEL_VERSION_FROM_KERNEL}*-cp310-abi3-manylinux2014_${WHEEL_ARCH}.whl 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+    # Wheel filenames carry a +cuXYZ local version tag (e.g. sglang_kernel-0.4.0+cu130-...).
+    # When the build matrix produces wheels for multiple CUDA versions (e.g. both cu129 and cu130),
+    # pick the one matching the test runner's $CU_VERSION so we don't trigger the PyPI-fallback reinstall
+    # below (which would replace the PR-built wheel with a public main-branch wheel).
+    KERNEL_WHL=$(ls sgl-kernel/dist/sglang_kernel-${SGL_KERNEL_VERSION_FROM_KERNEL}+${CU_VERSION}-cp310-abi3-manylinux2014_${WHEEL_ARCH}.whl 2>/dev/null | head -1)
     if [ -z "$KERNEL_WHL" ]; then
-        echo "ERROR: No matching sgl-kernel wheel found in sgl-kernel/dist/ for version ${SGL_KERNEL_VERSION_FROM_KERNEL} arch ${WHEEL_ARCH}"
+        # Fallback for older branches that only build a single CUDA variant and whose wheel matches
+        # the current $CU_VERSION. Restrict to the same arch — we intentionally do NOT match a wheel
+        # whose +cuXYZ tag disagrees with $CU_VERSION here, because the post-install reinstall branch
+        # below would otherwise silently replace it with the public main-branch wheel.
+        SINGLE_CUDA_WHL=$(ls sgl-kernel/dist/sglang_kernel-${SGL_KERNEL_VERSION_FROM_KERNEL}-cp310-abi3-manylinux2014_${WHEEL_ARCH}.whl 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+        if [ -n "$SINGLE_CUDA_WHL" ]; then
+            KERNEL_WHL="$SINGLE_CUDA_WHL"
+        fi
+    fi
+    if [ -z "$KERNEL_WHL" ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: No matching sgl-kernel wheel found in sgl-kernel/dist/ for version ${SGL_KERNEL_VERSION_FROM_KERNEL} arch ${WHEEL_ARCH} cuda ${CU_VERSION}"
         ls -alh sgl-kernel/dist/
         exit 1
     fi