diff --git a/python/cudnn/discrete_grouped_gemm/discrete_kernel_utils.py b/python/cudnn/discrete_grouped_gemm/discrete_kernel_utils.py
index aaec0464e..e09d4cdfc 100644
--- a/python/cudnn/discrete_grouped_gemm/discrete_kernel_utils.py
+++ b/python/cudnn/discrete_grouped_gemm/discrete_kernel_utils.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 
 import cutlass
 import cutlass.cute as cute
+from ..nvvm_compat import atomicrmw as nvvm_atomicrmw
 import cutlass.cute.testing as testing
 from cutlass.cute.nvgpu import cpasync, tcgen05
 from cutlass.cutlass_dsl import T, dsl_user_op
@@ -301,7 +302,8 @@ def atomic_max_float32(
 ) -> Float32:
     value_int = llvm.bitcast(T.i32(), value.ir_value(loc=loc, ip=ip), loc=loc, ip=ip)
 
-    old_value_int = nvvm.atomicrmw(
+    old_value_int = nvvm_atomicrmw(
+        T.i32(),
         op=cutlass._mlir.dialects.nvvm.AtomicOpKind.MAX,
         ptr=ptr,
         a=value_int,
@@ -320,7 +322,8 @@ def atomic_add_float32(
     ip=None,
 ) -> Float32:
     """Atomic FP32 addition in global memory (used for dprob gradient accumulation)."""
-    old_value = nvvm.atomicrmw(
+    old_value = nvvm_atomicrmw(
+        T.f32(),
         op=AtomicOpKind.FADD,
         ptr=ptr,
         a=value.ir_value(loc=loc, ip=ip),
diff --git a/python/cudnn/discrete_grouped_gemm/moe_persistent_scheduler.py b/python/cudnn/discrete_grouped_gemm/moe_persistent_scheduler.py
index a966d0be9..446432ee5 100644
--- a/python/cudnn/discrete_grouped_gemm/moe_persistent_scheduler.py
+++ b/python/cudnn/discrete_grouped_gemm/moe_persistent_scheduler.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 import cutlass
 import cutlass.cute as cute
+from ..nvvm_compat import atomicrmw as nvvm_atomicrmw
 from cutlass.cutlass_dsl import (
     Boolean,
     Int32,
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ def atomic_add_i32(
     ip=None,
 ) -> Int32:
     """Perform an atomic add on an int32 value in global memory."""
-    old_value = nvvm.atomicrmw(
+    old_value = nvvm_atomicrmw(
+        T.i32(),
         op=AtomicOpKind.ADD,
         ptr=ptr,
         a=value.ir_value(loc=loc, ip=ip),
diff --git a/python/cudnn/gemm_amax/dense_blockscaled_gemm_persistent_amax.py b/python/cudnn/gemm_amax/dense_blockscaled_gemm_persistent_amax.py
index ea6abadaf..c44d52b12 100644
--- a/python/cudnn/gemm_amax/dense_blockscaled_gemm_persistent_amax.py
+++ b/python/cudnn/gemm_amax/dense_blockscaled_gemm_persistent_amax.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 import cutlass
 import cutlass.cute as cute
+from ..nvvm_compat import atomicrmw as nvvm_atomicrmw
 from cutlass.cute.nvgpu import cpasync, tcgen05
 from cutlass._mlir.dialects import math, nvvm, llvm
 from cutlass.cutlass_dsl import T
@@ -1324,7 +1325,8 @@ def kernel(
                     # Global atomic max (accumulates across all tiles for final tensor amax)
                     # Since we compute absolute values, all values are non-negative
                     _value_int = llvm.bitcast(T.i32(), block_amax.ir_value(), loc=None, ip=None)
-                    _old_value_int = nvvm.atomicrmw(
+                    _old_value_int = nvvm_atomicrmw(
+                        T.i32(),
                         op=nvvm.AtomicOpKind.MAX,
                         ptr=mAmax.iterator.llvm_ptr,
                         a=_value_int,
diff --git a/python/cudnn/gemm_dsrelu/dense_blockscaled_gemm_persistent_dsrelu_quant.py b/python/cudnn/gemm_dsrelu/dense_blockscaled_gemm_persistent_dsrelu_quant.py
index 66f7d6ddb..461999d6b 100644
--- a/python/cudnn/gemm_dsrelu/dense_blockscaled_gemm_persistent_dsrelu_quant.py
+++ b/python/cudnn/gemm_dsrelu/dense_blockscaled_gemm_persistent_dsrelu_quant.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 import cutlass
 import cutlass.cute as cute
+from ..nvvm_compat import atomicrmw as nvvm_atomicrmw
 from cutlass.cute.nvgpu import cpasync, tcgen05
 import cutlass.utils as utils
 import cutlass.pipeline as pipeline
@@ -54,7 +55,8 @@ def atomic_add_float32(
     loc=None,
     ip=None,
 ) -> Float32:
-    old_value = nvvm.atomicrmw(
+    old_value = nvvm_atomicrmw(
+        T.f32(),
         AtomicOpKind.FADD,
         ptr,
         value.ir_value(loc=loc, ip=ip),
diff --git a/python/cudnn/gemm_swiglu/dense_blockscaled_gemm_persistent_swiglu_interleaved_quant.py b/python/cudnn/gemm_swiglu/dense_blockscaled_gemm_persistent_swiglu_interleaved_quant.py
index 71d225b4f..8f0ed8fd3 100644
--- a/python/cudnn/gemm_swiglu/dense_blockscaled_gemm_persistent_swiglu_interleaved_quant.py
+++ b/python/cudnn/gemm_swiglu/dense_blockscaled_gemm_persistent_swiglu_interleaved_quant.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 import cutlass
 import cutlass.cute as cute
+from ..nvvm_compat import atomicrmw as nvvm_atomicrmw
 from cutlass.cute.nvgpu import cpasync, tcgen05
 import cutlass.utils as utils
 import cutlass.pipeline as pipeline
@@ -1704,7 +1705,8 @@ def kernel(
                             loc=None,
                             ip=None,
                         )
-                        _old_value_int = cutlass._mlir.dialects.nvvm.atomicrmw(
+                        _old_value_int = nvvm_atomicrmw(
+                            cutlass.cutlass_dsl.T.i32(),
                             op=cutlass._mlir.dialects.nvvm.AtomicOpKind.MAX,
                             ptr=mAmax_tensor.iterator.llvm_ptr,
                             a=_value_int,
diff --git a/python/cudnn/grouped_gemm/moe_kernel_helpers.py b/python/cudnn/grouped_gemm/moe_kernel_helpers.py
index 3cd5862e2..fc909e004 100644
--- a/python/cudnn/grouped_gemm/moe_kernel_helpers.py
+++ b/python/cudnn/grouped_gemm/moe_kernel_helpers.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 
 import cutlass
 import cutlass.cute as cute
+from ..nvvm_compat import atomicrmw as nvvm_atomicrmw
 import cutlass.cute.testing as testing
 from cutlass.cute.nvgpu import cpasync, tcgen05
 from cutlass.cutlass_dsl import T, dsl_user_op
@@ -283,7 +284,8 @@ def atomic_max_float32(
 ) -> Float32:
     value_int = llvm.bitcast(T.i32(), value.ir_value(loc=loc, ip=ip), loc=loc, ip=ip)
 
-    old_value_int = nvvm.atomicrmw(
+    old_value_int = nvvm_atomicrmw(
+        T.i32(),
         op=cutlass._mlir.dialects.nvvm.AtomicOpKind.MAX,
         ptr=ptr,
         a=value_int,
@@ -302,7 +304,8 @@ def atomic_add_float32(
     ip=None,
 ) -> Float32:
     """Atomic FP32 addition in global memory (used for dprob gradient accumulation)."""
-    old_value = nvvm.atomicrmw(
+    old_value = nvvm_atomicrmw(
+        T.f32(),
         op=AtomicOpKind.FADD,
         ptr=ptr,
         a=value.ir_value(loc=loc, ip=ip),
diff --git a/python/cudnn/grouped_gemm/moe_persistent_scheduler.py b/python/cudnn/grouped_gemm/moe_persistent_scheduler.py
index bab6d920d..3811d803a 100644
--- a/python/cudnn/grouped_gemm/moe_persistent_scheduler.py
+++ b/python/cudnn/grouped_gemm/moe_persistent_scheduler.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 import cutlass
 import cutlass.cute as cute
+from ..nvvm_compat import atomicrmw as nvvm_atomicrmw
 from cutlass.cutlass_dsl import (
     Boolean,
     Int32,
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ def atomic_add_i32(
     ip=None,
 ) -> Int32:
     """Perform an atomic add on an int32 value in global memory."""
-    old_value = nvvm.atomicrmw(
+    old_value = nvvm_atomicrmw(
+        T.i32(),
         op=AtomicOpKind.ADD,
         ptr=ptr,
         a=value.ir_value(loc=loc, ip=ip),
diff --git a/python/cudnn/grouped_gemm/utils.py b/python/cudnn/grouped_gemm/utils.py
index cb60dc873..aa96d0105 100644
--- a/python/cudnn/grouped_gemm/utils.py
+++ b/python/cudnn/grouped_gemm/utils.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 from cutlass.cutlass_dsl import T
 from cutlass.cute.typing import Float32, Int32
 import cutlass.cute as cute
+from ..nvvm_compat import atomicrmw as nvvm_atomicrmw
 import cutlass
 import torch
 import cutlass.pipeline as pipeline
@@ -75,7 +76,8 @@ def atomic_add_i32(
     ip=None,
 ) -> Int32:
     """Perform an atomic add on an int32 value in global memory."""
-    old_value = nvvm.atomicrmw(
+    old_value = nvvm_atomicrmw(
+        T.i32(),
         op=AtomicOpKind.ADD,
         ptr=ptr,
         a=value.ir_value(loc=loc, ip=ip),
@@ -229,7 +231,8 @@ def atomic_max_float32(
     """
     value_int = llvm.bitcast(T.i32(), value.ir_value(loc=loc, ip=ip), loc=loc, ip=ip)
 
-    old_value_int = nvvm.atomicrmw(
+    old_value_int = nvvm_atomicrmw(
+        T.i32(),
         op=cutlass._mlir.dialects.nvvm.AtomicOpKind.MAX,
         ptr=ptr,
         a=value_int,
@@ -253,7 +256,8 @@ def atomic_add_float32(
     :param value: The float32 value to add
     :return: The old value at the memory location
     """
-    old_value = nvvm.atomicrmw(
+    old_value = nvvm_atomicrmw(
+        T.f32(),
         op=cutlass._mlir.dialects.nvvm.AtomicOpKind.FADD,
         ptr=ptr,
         a=value.ir_value(loc=loc, ip=ip),
diff --git a/python/cudnn/nvvm_compat.py b/python/cudnn/nvvm_compat.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..065b69ff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/cudnn/nvvm_compat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+"""Signature-compat wrappers for nvvm dialect builders that changed across
+nvidia-cutlass-dsl releases."""
+
+import inspect
+
+from cutlass._mlir.dialects import nvvm
+
+# nvidia-cutlass-dsl <= 4.5.x generates atomicrmw(res, op, ptr, a, ...) with an
+# explicit result type; 4.6.0+ infers the result type and dropped the parameter.
+_ATOMICRMW_TAKES_RES = "res" in inspect.signature(nvvm.atomicrmw).parameters
+
+
+def atomicrmw(res, op, ptr, a, *, loc=None, ip=None):
+    """nvvm.atomicrmw that works on both cutlass-dsl 4.5.x and 4.6.0+."""
+    if _ATOMICRMW_TAKES_RES:
+        return nvvm.atomicrmw(res=res, op=op, ptr=ptr, a=a, loc=loc, ip=ip)
+    return nvvm.atomicrmw(op=op, ptr=ptr, a=a, loc=loc, ip=ip)
diff --git a/python/cudnn/sdpa/utils.py b/python/cudnn/sdpa/utils.py
index d4a1fedc5..6d4d5fd53 100644
--- a/python/cudnn/sdpa/utils.py
+++ b/python/cudnn/sdpa/utils.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from cutlass._mlir.dialects import llvm, nvvm  # noqa: PLC2701
 from cutlass.cute.runtime import from_dlpack
 from cutlass.cutlass_dsl import T, dsl_user_op
+from ..nvvm_compat import atomicrmw as nvvm_atomicrmw
 
 ARCH_SM90 = 90
 ARCH_SM100 = 100
@@ -455,7 +456,7 @@ def fadd_reduce(x: cute.TensorSSA, init_val: float | Float32 | None = None, arch
 @dsl_user_op
 def atomic_add_fp32(a: float | Float32, gmem_ptr: cute.Pointer, *, loc=None, ip=None) -> None:
     """Wrapper of atomic add for fp32."""
-    nvvm.atomicrmw(op=nvvm.AtomicOpKind.FADD, ptr=gmem_ptr.llvm_ptr, a=Float32(a).ir_value(), loc=loc, ip=ip)
+    nvvm_atomicrmw(T.f32(), op=nvvm.AtomicOpKind.FADD, ptr=gmem_ptr.llvm_ptr, a=Float32(a).ir_value(), loc=loc, ip=ip)
 
 
 @dsl_user_op