diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
index abe2fc8ed8b..9d79733703c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ jobs:
   # Please keep pr-builder as the top job here
   pr-builder:
     needs:
+      - check-nightly-ci
       - changed-files
       - checks
       - conda-cpp-build
@@ -54,6 +55,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Telemetry setup
         if: ${{ vars.TELEMETRY_ENABLED == 'true' }}
         uses: rapidsai/shared-actions/telemetry-dispatch-stash-base-env-vars@main
+  check-nightly-ci:
+    # Switch to ubuntu-latest once it defaults to a version of Ubuntu that
+    # provides at least Python 3.11 (see
+    # https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.date.fromisoformat)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    env:
+      RAPIDS_GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Check if nightly CI is passing
+        uses: rapidsai/shared-actions/check_nightly_success/dispatch@main
+        with:
+          repo: cudf
   changed-files:
     secrets: inherit
     needs: telemetry-setup
diff --git a/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_preprocess.cu b/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_preprocess.cu
index bcdae4cbd3b..d9ea10a695e 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_preprocess.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_preprocess.cu
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ void decode_page_headers(pass_intermediate_data& pass,
 {
   CUDF_FUNC_RANGE();
 
-  auto iter = thrust::make_counting_iterator(0);
+  auto iter = thrust::counting_iterator<size_t>(0);
   rmm::device_uvector<size_t> chunk_page_counts(pass.chunks.size() + 1, stream);
   thrust::transform_exclusive_scan(
     rmm::exec_policy_nosync(stream),
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ void decode_page_headers(pass_intermediate_data& pass,
         return static_cast<size_t>(
           i >= num_chunks ? 0 : chunks[i].num_data_pages + chunks[i].num_dict_pages);
       }),
-    0,
+    size_t{0},
     thrust::plus<size_t>{});
   rmm::device_uvector<chunk_page_info> d_chunk_page_info(pass.chunks.size(), stream);
   thrust::for_each(rmm::exec_policy_nosync(stream),