diff --git a/docs/cuopt/source/conf.py b/docs/cuopt/source/conf.py
index 6f1516840..878c34d6c 100644
--- a/docs/cuopt/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/cuopt/source/conf.py
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@
 nbsphinx_execute = "never"
 ipython_mplbackend = "str"
 
+# GPU routing example: Sphinx execution can fail when CUDA/CuPy don't match the docs
+# environment. Listed paths are skipped by myst-nb; this notebook is rendered from
+# checked-in cell outputs.
+nb_execution_excludepatterns = ["cuopt-python/routing/routing-example.ipynb"]
+
 # Add any files to exclude from the build
 exclude_patterns = ["hidden"]