diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index aa9ad304382cdcf4d68e6073400ef76a8cc85b0f..d54815c43af42d3db393c0df87e912e2fe0f5a32 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -4,21 +4,26 @@ from typing import Sequence
 import os
 import nox
 import subprocess
+import re
 
 nox.options.sessions = ["lint", "typecheck", "testsuite"]
 
 
 def get_cuda_version() -> None | tuple[int, ...]:
-    smi_args = ["nvidia-smi", "--version"]
-
+    query_args = ["nvcc", "--version"]
+    
     try:
-        result = subprocess.run(smi_args, capture_output=True)
+        query_result = subprocess.run(query_args, capture_output=True)
     except FileNotFoundError:
         return None
 
-    smi_output = str(result.stdout).splitlines()
-    cuda_version = smi_output[-1].split(":")[1].strip()
-    return tuple(int(v) for v in cuda_version.split("."))
+    matches = re.findall(r"release \d+\.\d+", str(query_result.stdout))
+    if matches:
+        match = matches[0]
+        version_string = match.split()[-1]
+        return tuple(int(v) for v in version_string.split("."))
+    else:
+        return None
 
 
 def editable_install(session: nox.Session, opts: Sequence[str] = ()):