diff --git a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
index b3a6bb8ed4c..ee41ae2868e 100644
--- a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+# CUDA architecture lists — following PyTorch RELEASE.md
+# (https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/main/RELEASE.md)
+# SM86 included for broader Ampere coverage; SM89 for marlin fp8 support
+env:
+  CUDA_ARCH_X86: "7.5 8.0 8.6 8.9 9.0 10.0 12.0+PTX"
+  # aarch64 only architectures: 8.7 for Orin, 11.0 for Thor (since CUDA 13)
+  CUDA_ARCH_AARCH64: "8.0 8.7 8.9 9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0+PTX"
+  CUDA_ARCH_X86_CU129: "7.5 8.0 8.6 8.9 9.0 10.0 12.0"
+  CUDA_ARCH_AARCH64_CU129: "8.0 8.7 8.9 9.0 10.0 12.0"
+
 steps:
   - input: "Provide Release version here"
     id: input-release-version
@@ -14,12 +24,10 @@ steps:
         agents:
           queue: arm64_cpu_queue_release
         commands:
-          # #NOTE: torch_cuda_arch_list is derived from upstream PyTorch build files here:
-          # https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/main/.ci/aarch64_linux/aarch64_ci_build.sh#L7
-          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list='8.7 8.9 9.0 10.0+PTX 12.0' --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_AARCH64_CU129}\" --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
           - "mkdir artifacts"
           - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
-          - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh"
+          - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh manylinux_2_31"
         env:
           DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
 
@@ -29,9 +37,7 @@ steps:
         agents:
           queue: arm64_cpu_queue_release
         commands:
-          # #NOTE: torch_cuda_arch_list is derived from upstream PyTorch build files here:
-          # https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/main/.ci/aarch64_linux/aarch64_ci_build.sh#L7
-          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list='8.7 8.9 9.0 10.0+PTX 12.0' --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu22.04  --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_AARCH64}\" --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu22.04  --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
           - "mkdir artifacts"
           - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
           - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh manylinux_2_35"
@@ -57,7 +63,7 @@ steps:
         agents:
           queue: cpu_queue_release
         commands:
-          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1 --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_X86_CU129}\" --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
           - "mkdir artifacts"
           - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
           - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh manylinux_2_31"
@@ -70,7 +76,7 @@ steps:
         agents:
           queue: cpu_queue_release
         commands:
-          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu22.04 --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_X86}\" --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu22.04 --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
           - "mkdir artifacts"
           - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
           - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh manylinux_2_35"
@@ -108,96 +114,95 @@ steps:
     depends_on: block-build-release-images
     allow_dependency_failure: true
     steps:
-      - label: "Build release image - x86_64 - CUDA 12.9"
+      - label: "Build release image - x86_64 - CUDA 13.0"
         depends_on: ~
         id: build-release-image-x86
         agents:
           queue: cpu_queue_release
         commands:
           - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1 --build-arg FLASHINFER_AOT_COMPILE=true --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m) --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_X86}\" --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu22.04 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m) --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
           - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)"
           # re-tag to default image tag and push, just in case arm64 build fails
           - "docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m) public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
           - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
 
-      - label: "Build release image - aarch64 - CUDA 12.9"
+      - label: "Build release image - aarch64 - CUDA 13.0"
         depends_on: ~
         id: build-release-image-arm64
         agents:
           queue: arm64_cpu_queue_release
         commands:
           - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1 --build-arg FLASHINFER_AOT_COMPILE=true --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list='8.7 8.9 9.0 10.0+PTX 12.0' --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m) --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_AARCH64}\" --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu22.04 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m) --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
           - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)"
 
-      - label: "Build release image - x86_64 - CUDA 13.0"
+      - label: "Build release image - x86_64 - CUDA 12.9"
         depends_on: ~
-        id: build-release-image-x86-cuda-13-0
+        id: build-release-image-x86-cuda-12-9
         agents:
           queue: cpu_queue_release
         commands:
           - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu22.04 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu130 --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
-          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu130"
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_X86_CU129}\" --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu129 --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu129"
           # re-tag to default image tag and push, just in case arm64 build fails
-          - "docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu130 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu130"
-          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu130"
+          - "docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu129 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu129"
+          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu129"
 
-      - label: "Build release image - aarch64 - CUDA 13.0"
+      - label: "Build release image - aarch64 - CUDA 12.9"
         depends_on: ~
-        id: build-release-image-arm64-cuda-13-0
+        id: build-release-image-arm64-cuda-12-9
         agents:
           queue: arm64_cpu_queue_release
         commands:
           - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-          # compute capability 12.0 for RTX-50 series / RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, 12.1 for DGX Spark
-          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list='8.7 8.9 9.0 10.0+PTX 12.0 12.1' --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu22.04 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu130 --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
-          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu130"
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_AARCH64_CU129}\" --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu129 --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu129"
 
-      - label: "Build release image - x86_64 - CUDA 12.9 - Ubuntu 24.04"
+      - label: "Build release image - x86_64 - CUDA 13.0 - Ubuntu 24.04"
         depends_on: ~
         id: build-release-image-x86-ubuntu2404
         agents:
           queue: cpu_queue_release
         commands:
           - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1 --build-arg UBUNTU_VERSION=24.04 --build-arg GDRCOPY_OS_VERSION=Ubuntu24_04 --build-arg FLASHINFER_AOT_COMPILE=true --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list='8.7 8.9 9.0 10.0+PTX 12.0' --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-ubuntu2404 --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg UBUNTU_VERSION=24.04 --build-arg GDRCOPY_OS_VERSION=Ubuntu24_04 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_X86}\" --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu24.04 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-ubuntu2404 --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
           - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-ubuntu2404"
           - "docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-ubuntu2404 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-ubuntu2404"
           - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-ubuntu2404"
 
-      - label: "Build release image - aarch64 - CUDA 12.9 - Ubuntu 24.04"
+      - label: "Build release image - aarch64 - CUDA 13.0 - Ubuntu 24.04"
         depends_on: ~
         id: build-release-image-arm64-ubuntu2404
         agents:
           queue: arm64_cpu_queue_release
         commands:
           - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1 --build-arg UBUNTU_VERSION=24.04 --build-arg GDRCOPY_OS_VERSION=Ubuntu24_04 --build-arg FLASHINFER_AOT_COMPILE=true --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list='8.7 8.9 9.0 10.0+PTX 12.0' --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-ubuntu2404 --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg UBUNTU_VERSION=24.04 --build-arg GDRCOPY_OS_VERSION=Ubuntu24_04 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_AARCH64}\" --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu24.04 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-ubuntu2404 --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
           - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-ubuntu2404"
 
-      - label: "Build release image - x86_64 - CUDA 13.0 - Ubuntu 24.04"
+      - label: "Build release image - x86_64 - CUDA 12.9 - Ubuntu 24.04"
         depends_on: ~
-        id: build-release-image-x86-cuda-13-0-ubuntu2404
+        id: build-release-image-x86-cuda-12-9-ubuntu2404
         agents:
           queue: cpu_queue_release
         commands:
           - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg UBUNTU_VERSION=24.04 --build-arg GDRCOPY_OS_VERSION=Ubuntu24_04 --build-arg FLASHINFER_AOT_COMPILE=true --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list='8.7 8.9 9.0 10.0+PTX 12.0 12.1' --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu24.04 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu130-ubuntu2404 --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
-          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu130-ubuntu2404"
-          - "docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu130-ubuntu2404 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu130-ubuntu2404"
-          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu130-ubuntu2404"
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1 --build-arg UBUNTU_VERSION=24.04 --build-arg GDRCOPY_OS_VERSION=Ubuntu24_04 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_X86_CU129}\" --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu129-ubuntu2404 --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu129-ubuntu2404"
+          - "docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu129-ubuntu2404 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu129-ubuntu2404"
+          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu129-ubuntu2404"
 
-      - label: "Build release image - aarch64 - CUDA 13.0 - Ubuntu 24.04"
+      - label: "Build release image - aarch64 - CUDA 12.9 - Ubuntu 24.04"
         depends_on: ~
-        id: build-release-image-arm64-cuda-13-0-ubuntu2404
+        id: build-release-image-arm64-cuda-12-9-ubuntu2404
         agents:
           queue: arm64_cpu_queue_release
         commands:
           - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg UBUNTU_VERSION=24.04 --build-arg GDRCOPY_OS_VERSION=Ubuntu24_04 --build-arg FLASHINFER_AOT_COMPILE=true --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list='8.7 8.9 9.0 10.0+PTX 12.0 12.1' --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu24.04 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu130-ubuntu2404 --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
-          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu130-ubuntu2404"
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1 --build-arg UBUNTU_VERSION=24.04 --build-arg GDRCOPY_OS_VERSION=Ubuntu24_04 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_AARCH64_CU129}\" --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu129-ubuntu2404 --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu129-ubuntu2404"
 
       - block: "Build release image for x86_64 CPU"
         key: block-cpu-release-image-build
@@ -238,7 +243,7 @@ steps:
   - group: "Publish release images"
     key: "publish-release-images"
     steps:
-      - label: "Create multi-arch manifest - CUDA 12.9"
+      - label: "Create multi-arch manifest - CUDA 13.0"
         depends_on:
           - build-release-image-x86
           - build-release-image-arm64
@@ -250,7 +255,7 @@ steps:
           - "docker manifest create public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-x86_64 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-aarch64 --amend"
           - "docker manifest push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
 
-      - label: "Annotate release workflow - CUDA 12.9"
+      - label: "Annotate release workflow - CUDA 13.0"
         depends_on:
           - create-multi-arch-manifest
         id: annotate-release-workflow
@@ -259,19 +264,19 @@ steps:
         commands:
           - "bash .buildkite/scripts/annotate-release.sh"
 
-      - label: "Create multi-arch manifest - CUDA 13.0"
+      - label: "Create multi-arch manifest - CUDA 12.9"
         depends_on:
-          - build-release-image-x86-cuda-13-0
-          - build-release-image-arm64-cuda-13-0
-        id: create-multi-arch-manifest-cuda-13-0
+          - build-release-image-x86-cuda-12-9
+          - build-release-image-arm64-cuda-12-9
+        id: create-multi-arch-manifest-cuda-12-9
         agents:
           queue: small_cpu_queue_release
         commands:
           - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-          - "docker manifest create public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu130 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-x86_64-cu130 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-aarch64-cu130 --amend"
-          - "docker manifest push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu130"
+          - "docker manifest create public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu129 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-x86_64-cu129 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-aarch64-cu129 --amend"
+          - "docker manifest push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu129"
 
-      - label: "Create multi-arch manifest - CUDA 12.9 - Ubuntu 24.04"
+      - label: "Create multi-arch manifest - CUDA 13.0 - Ubuntu 24.04"
         depends_on:
           - build-release-image-x86-ubuntu2404
           - build-release-image-arm64-ubuntu2404
@@ -283,17 +288,17 @@ steps:
           - "docker manifest create public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-ubuntu2404 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-x86_64-ubuntu2404 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-aarch64-ubuntu2404 --amend"
           - "docker manifest push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-ubuntu2404"
 
-      - label: "Create multi-arch manifest - CUDA 13.0 - Ubuntu 24.04"
+      - label: "Create multi-arch manifest - CUDA 12.9 - Ubuntu 24.04"
         depends_on:
-          - build-release-image-x86-cuda-13-0-ubuntu2404
-          - build-release-image-arm64-cuda-13-0-ubuntu2404
-        id: create-multi-arch-manifest-cuda-13-0-ubuntu2404
+          - build-release-image-x86-cuda-12-9-ubuntu2404
+          - build-release-image-arm64-cuda-12-9-ubuntu2404
+        id: create-multi-arch-manifest-cuda-12-9-ubuntu2404
         agents:
           queue: small_cpu_queue_release
         commands:
           - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-          - "docker manifest create public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu130-ubuntu2404 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-x86_64-cu130-ubuntu2404 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-aarch64-cu130-ubuntu2404 --amend"
-          - "docker manifest push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu130-ubuntu2404"
+          - "docker manifest create public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu129-ubuntu2404 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-x86_64-cu129-ubuntu2404 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-aarch64-cu129-ubuntu2404 --amend"
+          - "docker manifest push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu129-ubuntu2404"
 
       - label: "Publish nightly multi-arch image to DockerHub"
         depends_on:
@@ -313,16 +318,16 @@ steps:
           DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
           DOCKERHUB_USERNAME: "vllmbot"
 
-      - label: "Publish nightly multi-arch image to DockerHub - CUDA 13.0"
+      - label: "Publish nightly multi-arch image to DockerHub - CUDA 12.9"
         depends_on:
-          - create-multi-arch-manifest-cuda-13-0
+          - create-multi-arch-manifest-cuda-12-9
         if: build.env("NIGHTLY") == "1"
         agents:
           queue: small_cpu_queue_release
         commands:
-          - "bash .buildkite/scripts/push-nightly-builds.sh cu130"
+          - "bash .buildkite/scripts/push-nightly-builds.sh cu129"
           # Clean up old nightly builds (keep only last 14)
-          - "bash .buildkite/scripts/cleanup-nightly-builds.sh cu130-nightly-"
+          - "bash .buildkite/scripts/cleanup-nightly-builds.sh cu129-nightly-"
         plugins:
           - docker-login#v3.0.0:
               username: vllmbot
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/annotate-release.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/annotate-release.sh
index 2da9db2f2e5..6f41d1cdda4 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/annotate-release.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/annotate-release.sh
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ ROCM_BASE_CACHE_KEY=$(.buildkite/scripts/cache-rocm-base-wheels.sh key)
 buildkite-agent annotate --style 'info' --context 'release-workflow' << EOF
 To download the wheel (by commit):
 \`\`\`
-aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl .
-aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_31_aarch64.whl .
+aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_35_x86_64.whl .
+aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_35_aarch64.whl .
 
-(Optional) For CUDA 13.0:
-aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}+cu130-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_35_x86_64.whl .
-aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}+cu130-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_35_aarch64.whl .
+(Optional) For CUDA 12.9:
+aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}+cu129-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl .
+aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}+cu129-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_31_aarch64.whl .
 
 (Optional) For CPU:
 aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}+cpu-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_35_x86_64.whl .
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ To download and upload the image:
 
 docker pull public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-x86_64
 docker pull public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-aarch64
-docker pull public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-x86_64-cu130
-docker pull public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-aarch64-cu130
+docker pull public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-x86_64-cu129
+docker pull public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-aarch64-cu129
 docker pull public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${ROCM_BASE_CACHE_KEY}-rocm-base
 docker pull public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-rocm
 docker pull public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-cpu-release-repo:v${RELEASE_VERSION}
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ docker tag vllm/vllm-openai:x86_64 vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-x86_64
 docker push vllm/vllm-openai:latest-x86_64
 docker push vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-x86_64
 
-docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-x86_64-cu130 vllm/vllm-openai:x86_64-cu130
-docker tag vllm/vllm-openai:x86_64-cu130 vllm/vllm-openai:latest-x86_64-cu130
-docker tag vllm/vllm-openai:x86_64-cu130 vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-x86_64-cu130
-docker push vllm/vllm-openai:latest-x86_64-cu130
-docker push vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-x86_64-cu130
+docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-x86_64-cu129 vllm/vllm-openai:x86_64-cu129
+docker tag vllm/vllm-openai:x86_64-cu129 vllm/vllm-openai:latest-x86_64-cu129
+docker tag vllm/vllm-openai:x86_64-cu129 vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-x86_64-cu129
+docker push vllm/vllm-openai:latest-x86_64-cu129
+docker push vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-x86_64-cu129
 
 docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-aarch64 vllm/vllm-openai:aarch64
 docker tag vllm/vllm-openai:aarch64 vllm/vllm-openai:latest-aarch64
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ docker tag vllm/vllm-openai:aarch64 vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-aarch64
 docker push vllm/vllm-openai:latest-aarch64
 docker push vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-aarch64
 
-docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-aarch64-cu130 vllm/vllm-openai:aarch64-cu130
-docker tag vllm/vllm-openai:aarch64-cu130 vllm/vllm-openai:latest-aarch64-cu130
-docker tag vllm/vllm-openai:aarch64-cu130 vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-aarch64-cu130
-docker push vllm/vllm-openai:latest-aarch64-cu130
-docker push vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-aarch64-cu130
+docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-aarch64-cu129 vllm/vllm-openai:aarch64-cu129
+docker tag vllm/vllm-openai:aarch64-cu129 vllm/vllm-openai:latest-aarch64-cu129
+docker tag vllm/vllm-openai:aarch64-cu129 vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-aarch64-cu129
+docker push vllm/vllm-openai:latest-aarch64-cu129
+docker push vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-aarch64-cu129
 
 ## ROCm
 
@@ -104,11 +104,11 @@ docker manifest create vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION} vllm/vllm-openai:v${
 docker manifest push vllm/vllm-openai:latest
 docker manifest push vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}
 
-docker manifest rm vllm/vllm-openai:latest-cu130
-docker manifest create vllm/vllm-openai:latest-cu130 vllm/vllm-openai:latest-x86_64-cu130 vllm/vllm-openai:latest-aarch64-cu130
-docker manifest create vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-cu130 vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-x86_64-cu130 vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-aarch64-cu130
-docker manifest push vllm/vllm-openai:latest-cu130
-docker manifest push vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-cu130
+docker manifest rm vllm/vllm-openai:latest-cu129
+docker manifest create vllm/vllm-openai:latest-cu129 vllm/vllm-openai:latest-x86_64-cu129 vllm/vllm-openai:latest-aarch64-cu129
+docker manifest create vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-cu129 vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-x86_64-cu129 vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-aarch64-cu129
+docker manifest push vllm/vllm-openai:latest-cu129
+docker manifest push vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-cu129
 
 docker manifest rm vllm/vllm-openai-cpu:latest || true
 docker manifest create vllm/vllm-openai-cpu:latest vllm/vllm-openai-cpu:latest-x86_64 vllm/vllm-openai-cpu:latest-arm64
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/check-ray-compatibility.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/check-ray-compatibility.sh
index 1572fe94168..b056d4403db 100644
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/check-ray-compatibility.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/check-ray-compatibility.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if python3 -c "import torch; assert torch.version.hip" 2>/dev/null; then
         TORCH_INDEX_URL=""
     fi
 else
-    TORCH_INDEX_URL="https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu129"
+    TORCH_INDEX_URL="https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu130"
 fi
 echo ">>> Using PyTorch index: ${TORCH_INDEX_URL:-PyPI default}"
 
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/generate-and-upload-nightly-index.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/generate-and-upload-nightly-index.sh
index 7cef252c607..88c4f517313 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/generate-and-upload-nightly-index.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/generate-and-upload-nightly-index.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ set -ex
 
 BUCKET="vllm-wheels"
 INDICES_OUTPUT_DIR="indices"
-DEFAULT_VARIANT_ALIAS="cu129" # align with vLLM_MAIN_CUDA_VERSION in vllm/envs.py
+DEFAULT_VARIANT_ALIAS="cu130" # align with vLLM_MAIN_CUDA_VERSION in vllm/envs.py
 PYTHON="${PYTHON_PROG:-python3}" # try to read from env var, otherwise use python3
 SUBPATH=$BUILDKITE_COMMIT
 S3_COMMIT_PREFIX="s3://$BUCKET/$SUBPATH/"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/build.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/build.sh
index 30c63ee0da9..5bb9f719680 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/build.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ $python_executable -m pip install -r requirements/build/cuda.txt -r requirements
 # Limit the number of parallel jobs to avoid OOM
 export MAX_JOBS=1
 # Make sure release wheels are built for the following architectures
-export TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST="7.0 7.5 8.0 8.6 8.9 9.0+PTX"
+export TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST="7.5 8.0 8.6 8.9 9.0 10.0 12.0+PTX"
 
 bash tools/check_repo.sh
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fbc335b7f8e..8f859c9cc40 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,12 +94,15 @@ find_package(Torch REQUIRED)
 # This check must happen after find_package(Torch) because that's when CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION gets defined
 if(DEFINED CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION AND
    CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 13.0)
-  set(CUDA_SUPPORTED_ARCHS "7.5;8.0;8.6;8.7;8.9;9.0;10.0;11.0;12.0;12.1")
+   # starting from CUDA 12.9 and Blackwell (10.0), we use family-specific targets (10.0f, 12.0f, etc)
+   # to support the whole generation without specifying all sub-architectures
+   # see: https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-blackwell-and-nvidia-cuda-12-9-introduce-family-specific-architecture-features/
+  set(CUDA_SUPPORTED_ARCHS "7.5;8.0;8.6;8.7;8.9;9.0;10.0;11.0;12.0")
 elseif(DEFINED CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION AND
    CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 12.8)
-  set(CUDA_SUPPORTED_ARCHS "7.0;7.2;7.5;8.0;8.6;8.7;8.9;9.0;10.0;10.1;12.0;12.1")
+  set(CUDA_SUPPORTED_ARCHS "7.5;8.0;8.6;8.7;8.9;9.0;10.0;10.1;10.3;12.0;12.1")
 else()
-  set(CUDA_SUPPORTED_ARCHS "7.0;7.2;7.5;8.0;8.6;8.7;8.9;9.0")
+  set(CUDA_SUPPORTED_ARCHS "7.0;7.5;8.0;8.6;8.7;8.9;9.0")
 endif()
 
 #
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 50cceb892ac..d76a2e986b7 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
 # Explicitly set the list to avoid issues with torch 2.2
 # See https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/123243
 # From versions.json: .torch.cuda_arch_list
-ARG torch_cuda_arch_list='7.0 7.5 8.0 8.9 9.0 10.0 12.0'
+ARG torch_cuda_arch_list='7.5 8.0 8.6 8.9 9.0 10.0 12.0+PTX'
 ENV TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST=${torch_cuda_arch_list}
 #################### BUILD BASE IMAGE ####################
 
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ ARG PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL UV_EXTRA_INDEX_URL
 ENV UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT=500
 
 # install kv_connectors if requested
-ARG torch_cuda_arch_list='7.0 7.5 8.0 8.9 9.0 10.0 12.0'
+ARG torch_cuda_arch_list='7.5 8.0 8.6 8.9 9.0 10.0 12.0+PTX'
 ENV TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST=${torch_cuda_arch_list}
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     --mount=type=bind,source=requirements/kv_connectors.txt,target=/tmp/kv_connectors.txt,ro \
diff --git a/docker/docker-bake.hcl b/docker/docker-bake.hcl
index e1c2fbba63a..055287ca3be 100644
--- a/docker/docker-bake.hcl
+++ b/docker/docker-bake.hcl
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ target "test-ubuntu2404" {
   args = {
     UBUNTU_VERSION          = "24.04"
     GDRCOPY_OS_VERSION      = "Ubuntu24_04"
-    FLASHINFER_AOT_COMPILE  = "true"
   }
   output = ["type=docker"]
 }
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ target "openai-ubuntu2404" {
   args = {
     UBUNTU_VERSION          = "24.04"
     GDRCOPY_OS_VERSION      = "Ubuntu24_04"
-    FLASHINFER_AOT_COMPILE  = "true"
   }
   output = ["type=docker"]
 }
diff --git a/docker/versions.json b/docker/versions.json
index 52a2149b2f0..f4e05914afa 100644
--- a/docker/versions.json
+++ b/docker/versions.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
       "default": "false"
     },
     "TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST": {
-      "default": "7.0 7.5 8.0 8.9 9.0 10.0 12.0"
+      "default": "7.5 8.0 8.6 8.9 9.0 10.0 12.0+PTX"
     },
     "MAX_JOBS": {
       "default": "2"
diff --git a/vllm/envs.py b/vllm/envs.py
index faafe93ac5f..66116e4ee44 100755
--- a/vllm/envs.py
+++ b/vllm/envs.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     VLLM_MEDIA_CONNECTOR: str = "http"
     VLLM_MM_HASHER_ALGORITHM: str = "blake3"
     VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE: str = "cuda"
-    VLLM_MAIN_CUDA_VERSION: str = "12.9"
+    VLLM_MAIN_CUDA_VERSION: str = "13.0"
     VLLM_FLOAT32_MATMUL_PRECISION: Literal["highest", "high", "medium"] = "highest"
     VLLM_BATCH_INVARIANT: bool = False
     MAX_JOBS: str | None = None
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ environment_variables: dict[str, Callable[[], Any]] = {
     "VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE": lambda: os.getenv("VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE", "cuda").lower(),
     # Main CUDA version of vLLM. This follows PyTorch but can be overridden.
     "VLLM_MAIN_CUDA_VERSION": lambda: (
-        os.getenv("VLLM_MAIN_CUDA_VERSION", "").lower() or "12.9"
+        os.getenv("VLLM_MAIN_CUDA_VERSION", "").lower() or "13.0"
     ),
     # Controls PyTorch float32 matmul precision mode within vLLM workers.
     # Valid options mirror torch.set_float32_matmul_precision