diff --git a/.github/workflows/cuda.yml b/.github/workflows/cuda.yml
index 9ab8440a6625..37fe58130ff3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cuda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cuda.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
           - method: source
             compiler: gcc
             python_version: "3.9"
-            cuda_version: "10.0"
+            cuda_version: "11.7.1"
             task: cuda
           - method: pip
             compiler: clang
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6705ef130052..6b5705904a27 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -203,14 +203,11 @@ if(__INTEGRATE_OPENCL)
 endif()
 
 if(USE_CUDA)
-    find_package(CUDA 10.0 REQUIRED)
+    find_package(CUDA 11.0 REQUIRED)
     include_directories(${CUDA_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -Xcompiler=${OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS} -Xcompiler=-fPIC -Xcompiler=-Wall")
 
     set(CUDA_ARCHS "6.0" "6.1" "6.2" "7.0")
-    if(CUDA_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "10.0")
-        list(APPEND CUDA_ARCHS "7.5")
-    endif()
     if(CUDA_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "11.0")
         list(APPEND CUDA_ARCHS "8.0")
     endif()
diff --git a/docs/Installation-Guide.rst b/docs/Installation-Guide.rst
index 412f0ec5993a..41f7070d6a9d 100644
--- a/docs/Installation-Guide.rst
+++ b/docs/Installation-Guide.rst
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ On Linux a CUDA version of LightGBM can be built using **CUDA**, **CMake** and *
 
 The following dependencies should be installed before compilation:
 
--  **CUDA** 10.0 or later libraries. Please refer to `this detailed guide`_. Pay great attention to the minimum required versions of host compilers listed in the table from that guide and use only recommended versions of compilers.
+-  **CUDA** 11.0 or later libraries. Please refer to `this detailed guide`_. Pay great attention to the minimum required versions of host compilers listed in the table from that guide and use only recommended versions of compilers.
 
 -  **CMake** 3.16 or later.