# CUDA.jl only supports NVIDIA drivers for CUDA 11.x or 12.x (yours is for CUDA 13.0.0)

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cuda-jl-only-supports-nvidia-drivers-for-cuda-11-x-or-12-x-yours-is-for-cuda-13-0-0/137803>\
**Category:** Performance\
**Tags:** cuda\
**Created:** [June 25, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cuda-jl-only-supports-nvidia-drivers-for-cuda-11-x-or-12-x-yours-is-for-cuda-13-0-0/137803 "2026-06-25T15:30:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@Cyan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Cyan)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cuda-jl-only-supports-nvidia-drivers-for-cuda-11-x-or-12-x-yours-is-for-cuda-13-0-0/137803/1 "2026-06-25T15:30:21Z")

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Hi, all. I have upgraded the CUDA several times, but still got:

```julia-auto
julia> using CUDA 
┌ Error: This version of CUDA.jl only supports NVIDIA drivers for CUDA 11.x or 12.x (yours is for CUDA 13.0.0) 
└ @ CUDA ~/.julia/packages/CUDA/ja0IX/src/initialization.jl:70

```

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**Author:** ![gbaraldi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gbaraldi/32/22101_2.png) [@gbaraldi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gbaraldi)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cuda-jl-only-supports-nvidia-drivers-for-cuda-11-x-or-12-x-yours-is-for-cuda-13-0-0/137803/2 "2026-06-25T16:00:03Z")

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Which CUDA.jl version do you have (maybe another package is holding it back). CUDA.jl latest tests and runs on 13.x

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**Author:** ![Cyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@Cyan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Cyan)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cuda-jl-only-supports-nvidia-drivers-for-cuda-11-x-or-12-x-yours-is-for-cuda-13-0-0/137803/3 "2026-06-26T01:06:27Z")

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my [052768ef] CUDA.jl is v5.8.2, and

```julia-auto
nvcc --version
nvidia-smi
nvcc: NVIDIA (R) Cuda compiler driver
Copyright (c) 2005-2023 NVIDIA Corporation
Built on Mon_Apr__3_17:16:06_PDT_2023
Cuda compilation tools, release 12.1, V12.1.105
Build cuda_12.1.r12.1/compiler.32688072_0
Thu Jun 25 23:16:09 2026       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 580.159.03 Driver Version: 580.159.03 CUDA Version: 13.0 |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M | Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap | Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
| | | MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
| 0 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 ... Off | 00000000:01:00.0 On | N/A |
| 0% 35C P8 20W / 320W | 633MiB / 16376MiB | 4% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=========================================================================================|
| 0 N/A N/A 3637 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 188MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 3825 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 104MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 5057 G .../8521/usr/lib/firefox/firefox 255MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

```

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**Author:** ![Cyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@Cyan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Cyan)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 1:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cuda-jl-only-supports-nvidia-drivers-for-cuda-11-x-or-12-x-yours-is-for-cuda-13-0-0/137803/4 "2026-06-26T01:08:46Z")

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and here is full error

```julia-auto
┌ Warning: Module CUDA with build ID ffffffff-ffff-ffff-0000-207c9d1142e3 is missing from the cache.
│ This may mean CUDA [052768ef-5323-5732-b1bb-66c8b64840ba] does not support precompilation but is imported by a module that does.
└ @ Base loading.jl:2011
┌ Error: Error during loading of extension AtomixCUDAExt of Atomix, use `Base.retry_load_extensions()` to retry.
│ exception =
│ 1-element ExceptionStack:
│ Declaring __precompile__ (false) is not allowed in files that are being precompiled.
│ Stacktrace:
│ [1] _require(pkg::Base.PkgId, env::Nothing)
│ @ Base ./loading.jl:2062
│ [2] __require_prelocked(uuidkey::Base.PkgId, env::Nothing)
│ @ Base ./loading.jl:1875
│ [3] #invoke_in_world#3
│ @ ./essentials.jl:926 [inlined]
│ [4] invoke_in_world
│ @ ./essentials.jl:923 [inlined]
│ [5] _require_prelocked
│ @ ./loading.jl:1866 [inlined]
│ [6] _require_prelocked
│ @ ./loading.jl:1865 [inlined]
│ [7] run_extension_callbacks(extid::Base.ExtensionId)
│ @ Base ./loading.jl:1358
│ [8] run_extension_callbacks(pkgid::Base.PkgId)
│ @ Base ./loading.jl:1393
│ [9] run_package_callbacks(modkey::Base.PkgId)
...
┌ Error: This version of CUDA.jl only supports NVIDIA drivers for CUDA 11.x or 12.x (yours is for CUDA 13.0.0)
└ @ CUDA /home/cyan/.julia/packages/CUDA/ja0IX/src/initialization.jl:70
┌ Error: This version of CUDA.jl only supports NVIDIA drivers for CUDA 11.x or 12.x (yours is for CUDA 13.0.0)
└ @ CUDA ~/.julia/packages/CUDA/ja0IX/src/initialization.jl:70

```

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**Author:** ![gbaraldi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gbaraldi/32/22101_2.png) [@gbaraldi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gbaraldi)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cuda-jl-only-supports-nvidia-drivers-for-cuda-11-x-or-12-x-yours-is-for-cuda-13-0-0/137803/5 "2026-06-26T02:37:06Z")

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Your CUDA.jl version is somewhat old. CUDA’s latest release is 6.2. So something else in your environment is keeping it in an older version

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**Author:** ![Cyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@Cyan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Cyan)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 1:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cuda-jl-only-supports-nvidia-drivers-for-cuda-11-x-or-12-x-yours-is-for-cuda-13-0-0/137803/6 "2026-07-16T01:53:37Z")

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Thanks, I updated my Julia and CUDA. This has been solved 😀