diff --git a/deps/build_local.jl b/deps/build_local.jl
index e62a2624ca..6f2eab3f46 100644
--- a/deps/build_local.jl
+++ b/deps/build_local.jl
@@ -6,6 +6,46 @@ Reactant_jll = Base.UUID("0192cb87-2b54-54ad-80e0-3be72ad8a3c0")
 
 using ArgParse
 
+using Libdl
+
+# adapted from `cudaRuntimeGetVersion` in CUDA_Runtime_jll
+function cuDriverGetVersion(library_handle)
+    function_handle = Libdl.dlsym(library_handle, "cuDriverGetVersion"; throw_error=false)
+    if function_handle === nothing
+        @debug "CUDA Driver library seems invalid (does not contain 'cuDriverGetVersion')"
+        return nothing
+    end
+    version_ref = Ref{Cint}()
+    status = ccall(function_handle, Cint, (Ptr{Cint},), version_ref)
+    if status != 0
+        @debug "Call to 'cuDriverGetVersion' failed with status $(status)"
+        return nothing
+    end
+    major, ver = divrem(version_ref[], 1000)
+    minor, patch = divrem(ver, 10)
+    version = VersionNumber(major, minor, patch)
+    @debug "Detected CUDA Driver version $(version)"
+    return version
+end
+
+function get_cuda_version()
+    cuname = if Sys.iswindows()
+        Libdl.find_library("nvcuda")
+    else
+        Libdl.find_library(["libcuda.so.1", "libcuda.so"])
+    end
+
+    if cuname == ""
+    	return nothing
+    end
+
+    handle = Libdl.dlopen(cuname)
+    current_cuda_version = cuDriverGetVersion(handle)
+    path = Libdl.dlpath(handle)
+    Libdl.dlclose(handle)
+    return current_cuda_version
+end
+
 s = ArgParseSettings()
 #! format: off
 @add_arg_table! s begin
@@ -21,7 +61,7 @@ s = ArgParseSettings()
         default = something(Sys.which("gcc"), "/usr/bin/gcc")
         arg_type = String
     "--cc"
-        default = something(Sys.which("cc"), Sys.which("gcc"), Sys.which("clang"), "/usr/bin/cc")
+        default = something(Sys.which("clang"), Sys.which("cc"), Sys.which("gcc"), "/usr/bin/cc")
         arg_type = String
     "--hermetic_python_version"
         help = "Hermetic Python version."
@@ -78,21 +118,32 @@ source_dir = joinpath(@__DIR__, "ReactantExtra")
 build_kind = parsed_args["debug"] ? "dbg" : "opt"
 
 build_backend = parsed_args["backend"]
-@assert build_backend in ("auto", "cpu", "cuda")
-
-if build_backend == "auto"
-    build_backend = try
-        run(Cmd(`nvidia-smi`))
-        "cuda"
-    catch
-        "cpu"
+
+if build_backend == "auto" || build_backend == "cuda"
+    cuda_ver = get_cuda_version()
+    @show cuda_ver
+    if cuda_ver === nothing
+	if build_backend == "cuda"
+		throw(AssertionError("Could not detect cuda version, but requested cuda with auto version build"))
+	end
+	build_backend = "cpu"
+    else
+	if Int(get_cuda_version().major) == 13
+	   build_backend = "cuda13"
+	else
+	   build_backend = "cuda12"
+	end
     end
 end
 
-arg = if build_backend == "cuda"
-    "--config=cuda"
+arg = if build_backend == "cuda12"
+    "--config=cuda12"
+elseif build_backend == "cuda13"
+    "--config=cuda13"
 elseif build_backend == "cpu"
     ""
+else
+    throw(AssertionError("Unknown backend `$build_backend`"))
 end
 
 bazel_cmd = if !isnothing(Sys.which("bazelisk"))