diff --git a/backend/go/vllm-cpp/Makefile b/backend/go/vllm-cpp/Makefile
index 4858a5bbc..a322b9b62 100644
--- a/backend/go/vllm-cpp/Makefile
+++ b/backend/go/vllm-cpp/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ JOBS?=$(shell nproc --ignore=1 2>/dev/null || sysctl -n hw.ncpu 2>/dev/null || e
 
 # vllm.cpp version
 VLLM_CPP_REPO?=https://github.com/mudler/vllm.cpp
-VLLM_CPP_VERSION?=e27e6d1c8f9ccd2803d37030f8a677507fe6e314
+VLLM_CPP_VERSION?=f3cd97e379fbeca4e50415edbdd52d2517b98ef8
 
 # MLX GEMM provider (darwin/metal only; see the metal branch below for why).
 # Consumed as the prebuilt pip wheel: building MLX from source needs `xcrun