diff --git a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
index 8f1642805..6b7e1da25 100644
--- a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
@@ -274,14 +274,14 @@ steps:
           - input-release-version
           - build-wheels
 
-      - label: "Upload release wheels to PyPI and GitHub"
+      - label: "Upload release wheels to PyPI"
         depends_on:
           - block-upload-release-wheels
         id: upload-release-wheels
         agents:
           queue: small_cpu_queue_postmerge
         commands:
-          - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-release-wheels.sh"
+          - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-release-wheels-pypi.sh"
 
   # =============================================================================
   # ROCm Release Pipeline (x86_64 only)
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/annotate-release.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/annotate-release.sh
index ef9b457b8..efc5256aa 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/annotate-release.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/annotate-release.sh
@@ -11,58 +11,80 @@ fi
 buildkite-agent annotate --style 'info' --context 'release-workflow' << EOF
 To download the wheel (by commit):
 \`\`\`
-aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}-cp38-abi3-manylinux1_x86_64.whl .
-aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}-cp38-abi3-manylinux2014_aarch64.whl .
+aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl .
+aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_31_aarch64.whl .
 
-aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}+cu129-cp38-abi3-manylinux1_x86_64.whl .
-aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}+cu129-cp38-abi3-manylinux1_x86_64.whl .
+(Optional) For CUDA 13.0:
+aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}+cu130-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_35_x86_64.whl .
+aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}+cu130-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_35_aarch64.whl .
+
+(Optional) For CPU:
+aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}+cpu-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_35_x86_64.whl .
+aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}+cpu-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_35_aarch64.whl .
 \`\`\`
 
-To download the wheel (by version):
-\`\`\`
-aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${RELEASE_VERSION}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}-cp38-abi3-manylinux1_x86_64.whl .
-aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${RELEASE_VERSION}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}-cp38-abi3-manylinux2014_aarch64.whl .
-
-aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${RELEASE_VERSION}+cu129/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}+cu129-cp38-abi3-manylinux1_x86_64.whl .
-aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${RELEASE_VERSION}+cu130/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}+cu130-cp38-abi3-manylinux1_x86_64.whl .
-\`\`\`
 
 To download and upload the image:
 
 \`\`\`
+Download images:
+
 docker pull public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-x86_64
 docker pull public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-aarch64
+docker pull public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-x86_64-cu130
+docker pull public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-aarch64-cu130
 docker pull public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-rocm-base
 docker pull public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-rocm
 
+Tag and push images:
+
 docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-x86_64 vllm/vllm-openai:x86_64
 docker tag vllm/vllm-openai:x86_64 vllm/vllm-openai:latest-x86_64
 docker tag vllm/vllm-openai:x86_64 vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-x86_64
 docker push vllm/vllm-openai:latest-x86_64
 docker push vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-x86_64
 
+docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-x86_64-cu130 vllm/vllm-openai:x86_64-cu130
+docker tag vllm/vllm-openai:x86_64-cu130 vllm/vllm-openai:latest-x86_64-cu130
+docker tag vllm/vllm-openai:x86_64-cu130 vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-x86_64-cu130
+docker push vllm/vllm-openai:latest-x86_64-cu130
+docker push vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-x86_64-cu130
+
 docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-aarch64 vllm/vllm-openai:aarch64
 docker tag vllm/vllm-openai:aarch64 vllm/vllm-openai:latest-aarch64
 docker tag vllm/vllm-openai:aarch64 vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-aarch64
 docker push vllm/vllm-openai:latest-aarch64
 docker push vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-aarch64
 
+docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-aarch64-cu130 vllm/vllm-openai:aarch64-cu130
+docker tag vllm/vllm-openai:aarch64-cu130 vllm/vllm-openai:latest-aarch64-cu130
+docker tag vllm/vllm-openai:aarch64-cu130 vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-aarch64-cu130
+docker push vllm/vllm-openai:latest-aarch64-cu130
+docker push vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-aarch64-cu130
+
+docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-rocm vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-rocm
+docker tag vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-rocm vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:latest
+docker tag vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-rocm vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-rocm
+docker push vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:latest
+docker push vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-rocm
+
+Create multi-arch manifest:
 docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-rocm-base vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-base
 docker tag vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-base vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:latest-base
 docker tag vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-base vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-base
 docker push vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:latest-base
 docker push vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-base
 
-docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-rocm vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}
-docker tag vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT} vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:latest
-docker tag vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT} vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:v${RELEASE_VERSION}
-docker push vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:latest
-docker push vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:v${RELEASE_VERSION}
-
 docker manifest rm vllm/vllm-openai:latest
 docker manifest create vllm/vllm-openai:latest vllm/vllm-openai:latest-x86_64 vllm/vllm-openai:latest-aarch64
 docker manifest create vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION} vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-x86_64 vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-aarch64
 docker manifest push vllm/vllm-openai:latest
 docker manifest push vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}
+
+docker manifest rm vllm/vllm-openai:latest-cu130
+docker manifest create vllm/vllm-openai:latest-cu130 vllm/vllm-openai:latest-x86_64-cu130 vllm/vllm-openai:latest-aarch64-cu130
+docker manifest create vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-cu130 vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-x86_64-cu130 vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-aarch64-cu130
+docker manifest push vllm/vllm-openai:latest-cu130
+docker manifest push vllm/vllm-openai:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-cu130
 \`\`\`
 EOF 
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/upload-release-wheels.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/upload-release-wheels-pypi.sh
similarity index 56%
rename from .buildkite/scripts/upload-release-wheels.sh
rename to .buildkite/scripts/upload-release-wheels-pypi.sh
index 2d8fc6a40..75f519168 100644
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/upload-release-wheels.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/upload-release-wheels-pypi.sh
@@ -7,17 +7,19 @@ SUBPATH=$BUILDKITE_COMMIT
 S3_COMMIT_PREFIX="s3://$BUCKET/$SUBPATH/"
 
 RELEASE_VERSION=$(buildkite-agent meta-data get release-version)
-echo "Release version from Buildkite: $RELEASE_VERSION"
 GIT_VERSION=$(git describe --exact-match --tags $BUILDKITE_COMMIT 2>/dev/null)
-if [ -z "$GIT_VERSION" ]; then
+
+echo "Release version from Buildkite: $RELEASE_VERSION"
+
+if [[ -z "$GIT_VERSION" ]]; then
     echo "[FATAL] Not on a git tag, cannot create release."
     exit 1
 else
     echo "Git version for commit $BUILDKITE_COMMIT: $GIT_VERSION"
 fi
 # sanity check for version mismatch
-if [ "$RELEASE_VERSION" != "$GIT_VERSION" ]; then
-  if [ "$FORCE_RELEASE_IGNORE_VERSION_MISMATCH" == "true" ]; then
+if [[ "$RELEASE_VERSION" != "$GIT_VERSION" ]]; then
+  if [[ "$FORCE_RELEASE_IGNORE_VERSION_MISMATCH" == "true" ]]; then
     echo "[WARNING] Force release and ignore version mismatch"
   else
     echo "[FATAL] Release version from Buildkite does not match Git version."
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ fi
 PURE_VERSION=${RELEASE_VERSION#v} # remove leading 'v'
 
 # check pypi token
-if [ -z "$PYPI_TOKEN" ]; then
+if [[ -z "$PYPI_TOKEN" ]]; then
   echo "[FATAL] PYPI_TOKEN is not set."
   exit 1
 else
@@ -35,41 +37,8 @@ else
   export TWINE_PASSWORD="$PYPI_TOKEN"
 fi
 
-# check github token
-if [ -z "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
-  echo "[FATAL] GITHUB_TOKEN is not set."
-  exit 1
-else
-  export GH_TOKEN="$GITHUB_TOKEN"
-fi
-
 set -x # avoid printing secrets above
 
-# download gh CLI from github
-# Get latest gh CLI version from GitHub API
-GH_VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/cli/cli/releases/latest | grep '"tag_name":' | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/' | sed 's/^v//')
-if [ -z "$GH_VERSION" ]; then
-  echo "[FATAL] Failed to get latest gh CLI version from GitHub"
-  exit 1
-fi
-echo "Downloading gh CLI version: $GH_VERSION"
-GH_TARBALL="gh_${GH_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz"
-GH_URL="https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/download/v${GH_VERSION}/${GH_TARBALL}"
-GH_INSTALL_DIR="/tmp/gh-install"
-mkdir -p "$GH_INSTALL_DIR"
-pushd "$GH_INSTALL_DIR"
-curl -L -o "$GH_TARBALL" "$GH_URL"
-tar -xzf "$GH_TARBALL"
-GH_BIN=$(realpath $(find . -name "gh" -type f -executable | head -n 1))
-if [ -z "$GH_BIN" ]; then
-  echo "[FATAL] Failed to find gh CLI executable"
-  exit 1
-fi
-echo "gh CLI downloaded successfully, version: $($GH_BIN --version)"
-echo "Last 5 releases on GitHub:" # as a sanity check of gh and GH_TOKEN
-command "$GH_BIN" release list --limit 5
-popd
-
 # install twine from pypi
 python3 -m venv /tmp/vllm-release-env
 source /tmp/vllm-release-env/bin/activate
@@ -89,16 +58,13 @@ echo "Wheels copied to local directory"
 git archive --format=tar.gz --output="$DIST_DIR/vllm-${PURE_VERSION}.tar.gz" $BUILDKITE_COMMIT
 ls -la $DIST_DIR
 
-
 # upload wheels to PyPI (only default variant, i.e. files without '+' in the name)
 PYPI_WHEEL_FILES=$(find $DIST_DIR -name "vllm-${PURE_VERSION}*.whl" -not -name "*+*")
-if [ -z "$PYPI_WHEEL_FILES" ]; then
+if [[ -z "$PYPI_WHEEL_FILES" ]]; then
   echo "No default variant wheels found, quitting..."
   exit 1
 fi
-python3 -m twine check $PYPI_WHEEL_FILES
-python3 -m twine --non-interactive --verbose upload $PYPI_WHEEL_FILES
-echo "Wheels uploaded to PyPI"
 
-# create release on GitHub with the release version and all wheels
-command "$GH_BIN" release create $GIT_VERSION -d --latest --notes-from-tag --verify-tag $DIST_DIR/*.whl
+python3 -m twine check $PYPI_WHEEL_FILES
+python3 -m twine upload --non-interactive --verbose $PYPI_WHEEL_FILES
+echo "Wheels uploaded to PyPI"