diff --git a/backend/go/vllm-cpp/Makefile b/backend/go/vllm-cpp/Makefile
index e7888e402..e73976023 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?=6a544bdb89eb5a3512ac922241439e45f24d74d4
+VLLM_CPP_VERSION?=839ea1ceddb787778b6bd86a38a917a1aab74d8f
 
 # 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