diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-torchaudio/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-torchaudio/package.py
index cf4894cbfd7716..52370110d7bbd7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-torchaudio/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-torchaudio/package.py
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ class PyTorchaudio(PythonPackage):
     depends_on("pkgconfig", type="build")
     depends_on("sox")
 
+    # https://github.com/pytorch/audio/pull/3811
+    depends_on("cuda@:12.4", when="^py-torch+cuda")
+
     def setup_build_environment(self, env):
         # tools/setup_helpers/extension.py
         env.set("BUILD_SOX", 0)