diff --git a/src/gt4py/next/program_processors/runners/gtfn.py b/src/gt4py/next/program_processors/runners/gtfn.py
index 396c921e2a..7233e7a893 100644
--- a/src/gt4py/next/program_processors/runners/gtfn.py
+++ b/src/gt4py/next/program_processors/runners/gtfn.py
@@ -191,5 +191,5 @@ def compilation_hash(otf_closure: stages.ProgramCall) -> int:
 )
 run_gtfn_gpu_cached = otf_compile_executor.OTFBackend(
     executor=gtfn_gpu_cached_executor,
-    allocator=next_allocators.StandardCPUFieldBufferAllocator(),
+    allocator=next_allocators.StandardGPUFieldBufferAllocator(),
 )