diff --git a/sphericart-jax/pyproject.toml b/sphericart-jax/pyproject.toml
index 77928308d..2036aa3f3 100644
--- a/sphericart-jax/pyproject.toml
+++ b/sphericart-jax/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 name = "sphericart-jax"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
-dependencies = ["jax >= 0.4.18"]
+dependencies = [
+    "jax >= 0.4.18",
+    "packaging",
+]
 
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
diff --git a/sphericart-jax/python/sphericart/jax/__init__.py b/sphericart-jax/python/sphericart/jax/__init__.py
index df1f0c216..cfcd8450c 100644
--- a/sphericart-jax/python/sphericart/jax/__init__.py
+++ b/sphericart-jax/python/sphericart/jax/__init__.py
@@ -1,18 +1,77 @@
 import jax
+from packaging import version
+import warnings
+
 from .lib import sphericart_jax_cpu
 from .spherical_harmonics import spherical_harmonics, solid_harmonics  # noqa: F401
 
 
+def get_minimum_cuda_version_for_jax(jax_version):
+    """
+    Get the minimum required CUDA version for a specific JAX version.
+
+    Args:
+        jax_version (str): Installed JAX version, e.g., '0.4.11'.
+
+    Returns:
+        tuple: Minimum required CUDA version as (major, minor), e.g., (11, 8).
+    """
+    # Define ranges of JAX versions and their corresponding minimum CUDA versions
+    version_ranges = [
+        (
+            version.parse("0.4.26"),
+            version.parse("999.999.999"),
+            (12, 1),
+        ),  # JAX 0.4.26 and later: CUDA 12.1+
+        (
+            version.parse("0.4.11"),
+            version.parse("0.4.25"),
+            (11, 8),
+        ),  # JAX 0.4.11 - 0.4.25: CUDA 11.8+
+    ]
+
+    jax_ver = version.parse(jax_version)
+
+    # Find the appropriate CUDA version range
+    for start, end, cuda_version in version_ranges:
+        if start <= jax_ver <= end:
+            return cuda_version
+
+    raise ValueError(f"Unsupported JAX version: {jax_version}")
+
+
 # register the operations to xla
 for _name, _value in sphericart_jax_cpu.registrations().items():
     jax.lib.xla_client.register_custom_call_target(_name, _value, platform="cpu")
 
+has_sphericart_jax_cuda = False
 try:
     from .lib import sphericart_jax_cuda
 
+    has_sphericart_jax_cuda = True
     # register the operations to xla
     for _name, _value in sphericart_jax_cuda.registrations().items():
         jax.lib.xla_client.register_custom_call_target(_name, _value, platform="gpu")
-
 except ImportError:
+    has_sphericart_jax_cuda = False
     pass
+
+if has_sphericart_jax_cuda:
+    from .lib.sphericart_jax_cuda import get_cuda_runtime_version
+
+    # check the jaxlib version is suitable for the host cudatoolkit.
+    cuda_version = get_cuda_runtime_version()
+    cuda_version = (cuda_version["major"], cuda_version["minor"])
+    jax_version = jax.__version__
+    required_version = get_minimum_cuda_version_for_jax(jax_version)
+    if cuda_version < required_version:
+        warnings.warn(
+            "The installed CUDA Toolkit version is "
+            f"{cuda_version[0]}.{cuda_version[1]}, which "
+            f"is not compatible with the installed JAX version {jax_version}. "
+            "The minimum required CUDA Toolkit for your JAX version "
+            f"is {required_version[0]}.{required_version[1]}. "
+            "Please upgrade your CUDA Toolkit to meet the requirements, or ",
+            "downgrade JAX to a compatible version.",
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
diff --git a/sphericart-jax/src/sphericart_jax_cuda.cpp b/sphericart-jax/src/sphericart_jax_cuda.cpp
index 23ba7f765..3fc041f98 100644
--- a/sphericart-jax/src/sphericart_jax_cuda.cpp
+++ b/sphericart-jax/src/sphericart_jax_cuda.cpp
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@
 #include <mutex>
 #include <tuple>
 
+#include "dynamic_cuda.hpp"
 #include "sphericart_cuda.hpp"
 #include "sphericart/pybind11_kernel_helpers.hpp"
 
+using namespace pybind11::literals;
+
 struct SphDescriptor {
     std::int64_t n_samples;
     std::int64_t lmax;
@@ -115,11 +118,23 @@ pybind11::dict Registrations() {
     return dict;
 }
 
+std::pair<int, int> getCUDARuntimeVersion() {
+    int version;
+    CUDART_SAFE_CALL(CUDART_INSTANCE.cudaRuntimeGetVersion(&version));
+    int major = version / 1000;
+    int minor = (version % 1000) / 10;
+    return {major, minor};
+}
+
 PYBIND11_MODULE(sphericart_jax_cuda, m) {
     m.def("registrations", &Registrations);
     m.def("build_sph_descriptor", [](std::int64_t n_samples, std::int64_t lmax) {
         return PackDescriptor(SphDescriptor{n_samples, lmax});
     });
+    m.def("get_cuda_runtime_version", []() {
+        auto [major, minor] = getCUDARuntimeVersion();
+        return pybind11::dict("major"_a = major, "minor"_a = minor);
+    });
 }
 
 } // namespace cuda
diff --git a/sphericart/include/dynamic_cuda.hpp b/sphericart/include/dynamic_cuda.hpp
index c6112cba3..486fc20e2 100644
--- a/sphericart/include/dynamic_cuda.hpp
+++ b/sphericart/include/dynamic_cuda.hpp
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ class CUDART {
     using cudaDeviceSynchronize_t = cudaError_t (*)(void);
     using cudaPointerGetAttributes_t = cudaError_t (*)(cudaPointerAttributes*, const void*);
     using cudaFree_t = cudaError_t (*)(void*);
+    using cudaRuntimeGetVersion_t = cudaError_t (*)(int*);
 
     cudaGetDeviceCount_t cudaGetDeviceCount;
     cudaGetDevice_t cudaGetDevice;
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ class CUDART {
     cudaDeviceSynchronize_t cudaDeviceSynchronize;
     cudaPointerGetAttributes_t cudaPointerGetAttributes;
     cudaFree_t cudaFree;
+    cudaRuntimeGetVersion_t cudaRuntimeGetVersion;
 
     CUDART() {
 #ifdef __linux__
@@ -124,6 +126,8 @@ class CUDART {
             cudaPointerGetAttributes =
                 load<cudaPointerGetAttributes_t>(cudartHandle, "cudaPointerGetAttributes");
             cudaFree = load<cudaFree_t>(cudartHandle, "cudaFree");
+            cudaRuntimeGetVersion =
+                load<cudaRuntimeGetVersion_t>(cudartHandle, "cudaRuntimeGetVersion");
         }
     }