diff --git a/src/awkward/contents/listoffsetarray.py b/src/awkward/contents/listoffsetarray.py
index 9367810539..030d35a344 100644
--- a/src/awkward/contents/listoffsetarray.py
+++ b/src/awkward/contents/listoffsetarray.py
@@ -2013,7 +2013,7 @@ def _to_cudf(self, cudf: Any, mask: Content | None, length: int):
         index = self._offsets.raw(cupy).astype("int32")
         buf = cudf.core.buffer.as_buffer(index)
         ind_buf = cudf.core.column.numerical.NumericalColumn(
-            buf, index.dtype, None, size=len(index)
+            data=buf, dtype=index.dtype, mask=None, size=len(index)
         )
         cont = self._content._to_cudf(cudf, None, len(self._content))
         if mask is not None:
@@ -2035,7 +2035,8 @@ def _to_cudf(self, cudf: Any, mask: Content | None, length: int):
             )
 
         return cudf.core.column.lists.ListColumn(
-            length,
+            size=length,
+            data=None,
             mask=m,
             children=(ind_buf, cont),
             dtype=cudf.core.dtypes.ListDtype(cont.dtype),
diff --git a/src/awkward/operations/ak_to_cudf.py b/src/awkward/operations/ak_to_cudf.py
index e45fe041a2..d2692c6252 100644
--- a/src/awkward/operations/ak_to_cudf.py
+++ b/src/awkward/operations/ak_to_cudf.py
@@ -18,4 +18,7 @@ def to_cudf(
     """
     import cudf
 
+    if hasattr(cudf.Series, "_from_column"):
+        return cudf.Series._from_column(array.layout._to_cudf(cudf, None, len(array)))
+    # older Series invocation
     return cudf.Series(array.layout._to_cudf(cudf, None, len(array)))