diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/default.nix
index dec0756bdab7..b02926f7e119 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/default.nix
@@ -90,5 +90,5 @@ rec {
   # latest cudnn, nccl, cutensor, etc! It sometimes happens that CUDA versions
   # are released prior to compatibility with the rest of the ecosystem. And
   # don't forget to request a review from @NixOS/cuda-maintainers!
-  cudatoolkit_11 = cudatoolkit_11_4; # update to 11.5 or 11.6 when pytorch reaches 1.11
+  cudatoolkit_11 = cudatoolkit_11_6;
 }