diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c6fbe1f1473a..85163fdc71a5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ trtllm =[
 vllm = [
     "uvloop",
     "nixl[cu13]==1.1.0",
-    "vllm[flashinfer,runai,otel]==0.24.0",
+    "vllm[flashinfer,runai,otel]==0.26.0",
     # vllm-omni is not part of ai-dynamo[vllm]: container builds inherit the
     # framework stack from vllm/vllm-openai, and pip/uv dependency resolution
     # for omni can override the vLLM torch stack.