diff --git a/inference/pyproject.toml b/inference/pyproject.toml
index 86faf5d..c122c45 100644
--- a/inference/pyproject.toml
+++ b/inference/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ cu130 = ["torch==2.9.1", "torchvision==0.24.1", "torchaudio==2.9.1", "nvidia-npp
 
 # Optional backends. Neither is installed by default: the HuggingFace backend needs no extra
 # package and is the default at runtime.
-vllm = ["vllm==0.14.1"]
+vllm = ["vllm==0.24.0"]
 sglang = ["sglang==0.5.8"]
 
 [tool.uv]