diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/magma/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/magma/package.py
index 16b7c777c10f4a151b931a3251939be1b0c1f610..b6140bbd8a53ed9f0f5016044ca879e45cf2e602 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/magma/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/magma/package.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class Magma(CMakePackage, CudaPackage):
     depends_on('blas')
     depends_on('lapack')
     depends_on('cuda@8:', when='@2.5.1:')  # See PR #14471
+    depends_on('cuda@:10', when='@:2.5.3')  # incompatible with CUDA 11
 
     conflicts('~cuda', msg='Magma requires cuda')
     conflicts('cuda_arch=none',