diff --git a/.github/file-filter.yml b/.github/file-filter.yml
index b74b2a4f11..15841240ab 100644
--- a/.github/file-filter.yml
+++ b/.github/file-filter.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ python_src: &python_src
 
 cmakelist: &cmakelist
   - 'CMakeLists.txt'
+  - 'cmake/**'
   - 'toolchain/cmake/**'
 
 tests: &tests
diff --git a/cmake/MFCTargets.cmake b/cmake/MFCTargets.cmake
index 13777ccc32..401b361ae2 100644
--- a/cmake/MFCTargets.cmake
+++ b/cmake/MFCTargets.cmake
@@ -345,7 +345,8 @@ exit 0
             if (TARGET CUDA::nvToolsExt) # CUDA <= 12.8
                 target_link_libraries(${a_target} PRIVATE CUDA::nvToolsExt)
             else() # CUDA >= 12.9
-                target_link_libraries(${a_target} PRIVATE nvhpcwrapnvtx)
+                # -cudalib=nvtx3 links NVHPC's NVTX wrapper under each release's name
+                # (-lnvhpcwrapnvtx in 25.9 and 26.3, -lnvhpcnvtx in 26.9), so it is not named here.
                 target_link_options(${a_target} PRIVATE "-cudalib=nvtx3")
             endif()
         endif()