diff --git a/backend/index.yaml b/backend/index.yaml
index 38b8f798b..9042754f8 100644
--- a/backend/index.yaml
+++ b/backend/index.yaml
@@ -1613,6 +1613,20 @@
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-nvidia-l4t-cuda-13-arm64-turboquant
 ## whisper
+- !!merge <<: *whispercpp
+  name: "whisper-development"
+  capabilities:
+    default: "cpu-whisper-development"
+    nvidia: "cuda12-whisper-development"
+    intel: "intel-sycl-f16-whisper-development"
+    metal: "metal-whisper-development"
+    amd: "rocm-whisper-development"
+    vulkan: "vulkan-whisper-development"
+    nvidia-l4t: "nvidia-l4t-arm64-whisper-development"
+    nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-whisper-development"
+    nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-whisper-development"
+    nvidia-l4t-cuda-12: "nvidia-l4t-arm64-whisper-development"
+    nvidia-l4t-cuda-13: "cuda13-nvidia-l4t-arm64-whisper-development"
 - !!merge <<: *whispercpp
   name: "nvidia-l4t-arm64-whisper"
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-nvidia-l4t-arm64-whisper"