diff --git a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
index cc1ca1807..36a91bb14 100644
--- a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
@@ -214,3 +214,365 @@ steps:
     env:
       DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
       DOCKERHUB_USERNAME: "vllmbot"
+
+  # =============================================================================
+  # ROCm Release Pipeline (x86_64 only)
+  # =============================================================================
+  #
+  # vLLM version is determined by the Buildkite checkout (like CUDA pipeline).
+  # To build a specific version, trigger the build from that branch/tag.
+  #
+  # Environment variables for ROCm builds (set via Buildkite UI or schedule):
+  #   ROCM_PYTHON_VERSION: Python version (default: 3.12)
+  #   PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH: GPU architectures (default: gfx90a;gfx942;gfx950;gfx1100;gfx1101;gfx1200;gfx1201;gfx1150;gfx1151)
+  #   ROCM_UPLOAD_WHEELS: Upload to S3 (default: false for nightly, true for releases)
+  #   ROCM_FORCE_REBUILD: Force rebuild base wheels, ignore S3 cache (default: false)
+  #
+  # Note: ROCm version is determined by BASE_IMAGE in docker/Dockerfile.rocm_base
+  #       (currently rocm/dev-ubuntu-22.04:7.1-complete)
+  #
+  # =============================================================================
+
+  # ROCm Input Step - Collect build configuration (manual trigger only)
+  - input: "ROCm Wheel Release Build Configuration"
+    key: input-rocm-config
+    depends_on: ~
+    if: build.source == "ui"
+    fields:
+      - text: "Python Version"
+        key: "rocm-python-version"
+        default: "3.12"
+        hint: "Python version (e.g., 3.12)"
+      - text: "GPU Architectures"
+        key: "rocm-pytorch-rocm-arch"
+        default: "gfx90a;gfx942;gfx950;gfx1100;gfx1101;gfx1200;gfx1201;gfx1150;gfx1151"
+        hint: "Semicolon-separated GPU architectures"
+      - select: "Upload Wheels to S3"
+        key: "rocm-upload-wheels"
+        default: "true"
+        options:
+          - label: "No - Build only (nightly/dev)"
+            value: "false"
+          - label: "Yes - Upload to S3 (release)"
+            value: "true"
+      - select: "Force Rebuild Base Wheels"
+        key: "rocm-force-rebuild"
+        default: "false"
+        hint: "Ignore S3 cache and rebuild base wheels from scratch"
+        options:
+          - label: "No - Use cached wheels if available"
+            value: "false"
+          - label: "Yes - Rebuild even if cache exists"
+            value: "true"
+
+  # ROCm Job 1: Build ROCm Base Wheels (with S3 caching)
+  - label: ":rocm: Build ROCm Base Wheels"
+    id: build-rocm-base-wheels
+    depends_on:
+      - step: input-rocm-config
+        allow_failure: true  # Allow failure so non-UI builds can proceed (input step is skipped)
+    agents:
+      queue: cpu_queue_postmerge
+    commands:
+      # Set configuration and check cache
+      - |
+        set -euo pipefail
+
+        # Get values from meta-data (set by input step) or use defaults
+        PYTHON_VERSION="$$(buildkite-agent meta-data get rocm-python-version 2>/dev/null || echo '')"
+        export PYTHON_VERSION="$${PYTHON_VERSION:-3.12}"
+
+        PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH="$$(buildkite-agent meta-data get rocm-pytorch-rocm-arch 2>/dev/null || echo '')"
+        export PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH="$${PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH:-gfx90a;gfx942;gfx950;gfx1100;gfx1101;gfx1200;gfx1201;gfx1150;gfx1151}"
+
+        # Check for force rebuild flag
+        ROCM_FORCE_REBUILD="$${ROCM_FORCE_REBUILD:-}"
+        if [ -z "$${ROCM_FORCE_REBUILD}" ]; then
+          ROCM_FORCE_REBUILD="$$(buildkite-agent meta-data get rocm-force-rebuild 2>/dev/null || echo '')"
+        fi
+
+        echo "========================================"
+        echo "ROCm Base Wheels Build Configuration"
+        echo "========================================"
+        echo "  PYTHON_VERSION: $${PYTHON_VERSION}"
+        echo "  PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH: $${PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH}"
+        echo "  ROCM_FORCE_REBUILD: $${ROCM_FORCE_REBUILD:-false}"
+        echo "========================================"
+
+        # Save resolved config for later jobs
+        buildkite-agent meta-data set "rocm-python-version" "$${PYTHON_VERSION}"
+        buildkite-agent meta-data set "rocm-pytorch-rocm-arch" "$${PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH}"
+
+        # Check S3 cache for pre-built wheels
+        CACHE_KEY=$$(.buildkite/scripts/cache-rocm-base-wheels.sh key)
+        CACHE_PATH=$$(.buildkite/scripts/cache-rocm-base-wheels.sh path)
+        echo ""
+        echo "Cache key: $${CACHE_KEY}"
+        echo "Cache path: $${CACHE_PATH}"
+
+        # Save cache key for downstream jobs
+        buildkite-agent meta-data set "rocm-cache-key" "$${CACHE_KEY}"
+
+        CACHE_STATUS="miss"
+        if [ "$${ROCM_FORCE_REBUILD}" != "true" ]; then
+          CACHE_STATUS=$$(.buildkite/scripts/cache-rocm-base-wheels.sh check)
+        else
+          echo "Force rebuild requested, skipping cache check"
+        fi
+
+        if [ "$${CACHE_STATUS}" = "hit" ]; then
+          echo ""
+          echo "CACHE HIT! Downloading pre-built wheels..."
+          echo ""
+          .buildkite/scripts/cache-rocm-base-wheels.sh download
+
+          # Set the S3 path for the cached Docker image (for Job 2 to download)
+          S3_ARTIFACT_PATH="s3://$${S3_BUCKET}/rocm/cache/$${CACHE_KEY}"
+          buildkite-agent meta-data set "rocm-docker-image-s3-path" "$${S3_ARTIFACT_PATH}/rocm-base-image.tar.gz"
+
+          # Mark that we used cache (for Docker image handling)
+          buildkite-agent meta-data set "rocm-used-cache" "true"
+
+          echo ""
+          echo "Cache download complete. Skipping Docker build."
+          echo "Docker image will be downloaded from: $${S3_ARTIFACT_PATH}/rocm-base-image.tar.gz"
+        else
+          echo ""
+          echo "CACHE MISS. Building from scratch..."
+          echo ""
+
+          # Build full base image (for later vLLM build)
+          DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker buildx build \
+            --file docker/Dockerfile.rocm_base \
+            --tag rocm/vllm-dev:base-$${BUILDKITE_BUILD_NUMBER} \
+            --build-arg PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH="$${PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH}" \
+            --build-arg PYTHON_VERSION="$${PYTHON_VERSION}" \
+            --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 \
+            --build-arg SCCACHE_BUCKET_NAME=vllm-build-sccache \
+            --build-arg SCCACHE_REGION_NAME=us-west-2 \
+            --build-arg SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS=0 \
+            --load \
+            .
+
+          # Build debs_wheel_release stage for wheel extraction
+          DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker buildx build \
+            --file docker/Dockerfile.rocm_base \
+            --tag rocm-base-debs:$${BUILDKITE_BUILD_NUMBER} \
+            --target debs_wheel_release \
+            --build-arg PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH="$${PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH}" \
+            --build-arg PYTHON_VERSION="$${PYTHON_VERSION}" \
+            --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 \
+            --build-arg SCCACHE_BUCKET_NAME=vllm-build-sccache \
+            --build-arg SCCACHE_REGION_NAME=us-west-2 \
+            --build-arg SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS=0 \
+            --load \
+            .
+
+          # Extract wheels from Docker image
+          mkdir -p artifacts/rocm-base-wheels
+          container_id=$$(docker create rocm-base-debs:$${BUILDKITE_BUILD_NUMBER})
+          docker cp $${container_id}:/app/debs/. artifacts/rocm-base-wheels/
+          docker rm $${container_id}
+          echo "Extracted base wheels:"
+          ls -lh artifacts/rocm-base-wheels/
+
+          # Upload wheels to S3 cache for future builds
+          echo ""
+          echo "Uploading wheels to S3 cache..."
+          .buildkite/scripts/cache-rocm-base-wheels.sh upload
+
+          # Export base Docker image for reuse in vLLM build
+          mkdir -p artifacts/rocm-docker-image
+          docker save rocm/vllm-dev:base-$${BUILDKITE_BUILD_NUMBER} | gzip > artifacts/rocm-docker-image/rocm-base-image.tar.gz
+          echo "Docker image size:"
+          ls -lh artifacts/rocm-docker-image/
+
+          # Upload large Docker image to S3 (also cached by cache key)
+          S3_ARTIFACT_PATH="s3://$${S3_BUCKET}/rocm/cache/$${CACHE_KEY}"
+          echo "Uploading Docker image to $${S3_ARTIFACT_PATH}/"
+          aws s3 cp artifacts/rocm-docker-image/rocm-base-image.tar.gz "$${S3_ARTIFACT_PATH}/rocm-base-image.tar.gz"
+
+          # Save the S3 path for downstream jobs
+          buildkite-agent meta-data set "rocm-docker-image-s3-path" "$${S3_ARTIFACT_PATH}/rocm-base-image.tar.gz"
+
+          # Mark that we did NOT use cache
+          buildkite-agent meta-data set "rocm-used-cache" "false"
+
+          echo ""
+          echo "Build complete. Wheels cached for future builds."
+        fi
+    artifact_paths:
+      - "artifacts/rocm-base-wheels/*.whl"
+    env:
+      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+      S3_BUCKET: "vllm-wheels"
+
+  # ROCm Job 2: Build vLLM ROCm Wheel
+  - label: ":python: Build vLLM ROCm Wheel"
+    id: build-rocm-vllm-wheel
+    depends_on:
+      - step: build-rocm-base-wheels
+        allow_failure: false
+    agents:
+      queue: cpu_queue_postmerge
+    timeout_in_minutes: 180
+    commands:
+      # Download artifacts and prepare Docker image
+      - |
+        set -euo pipefail
+
+        # Ensure git tags are up-to-date (Buildkite's default fetch doesn't update tags)
+        # This fixes version detection when tags are moved/force-pushed
+        echo "Fetching latest tags from origin..."
+        git fetch --tags --force origin
+        
+        # Log tag information for debugging version detection
+        echo "========================================"
+        echo "Git Tag Verification"
+        echo "========================================"
+        echo "Current HEAD: $(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+        echo "git describe --tags: $(git describe --tags 2>/dev/null || echo 'No tags found')"
+        echo ""
+        echo "Recent tags (pointing to commits near HEAD):"
+        git tag -l --sort=-creatordate | head -5
+        echo "setuptools_scm version detection:"
+        pip install -q setuptools_scm 2>/dev/null || true
+        python3 -c "import setuptools_scm; print('  Detected version:', setuptools_scm.get_version())" 2>/dev/null || echo "  (setuptools_scm not available in this environment)"
+        echo "========================================"
+
+        # Download wheel artifacts from current build
+        echo "Downloading wheel artifacts from current build"
+        buildkite-agent artifact download "artifacts/rocm-base-wheels/*.whl" .
+
+        # Download Docker image from S3 (too large for Buildkite artifacts)
+        DOCKER_IMAGE_S3_PATH="$$(buildkite-agent meta-data get rocm-docker-image-s3-path 2>/dev/null || echo '')"
+        if [ -z "$${DOCKER_IMAGE_S3_PATH}" ]; then
+          echo "ERROR: rocm-docker-image-s3-path metadata not found"
+          echo "This should have been set by the build-rocm-base-wheels job"
+          exit 1
+        fi
+        echo "Downloading Docker image from $${DOCKER_IMAGE_S3_PATH}"
+        mkdir -p artifacts/rocm-docker-image
+        aws s3 cp "$${DOCKER_IMAGE_S3_PATH}" artifacts/rocm-docker-image/rocm-base-image.tar.gz
+
+        # Load base Docker image and capture the tag
+        echo "Loading base Docker image..."
+        LOAD_OUTPUT=$$(gunzip -c artifacts/rocm-docker-image/rocm-base-image.tar.gz | docker load)
+        echo "$${LOAD_OUTPUT}"
+        # Extract the actual loaded image tag from "Loaded image: <tag>" output
+        # This avoids picking up stale images (like rocm/vllm-dev:nightly) already on the agent
+        BASE_IMAGE_TAG=$$(echo "$${LOAD_OUTPUT}" | grep "Loaded image:" | sed 's/Loaded image: //')
+        if [ -z "$${BASE_IMAGE_TAG}" ]; then
+          echo "ERROR: Failed to extract image tag from docker load output"
+          echo "Load output was: $${LOAD_OUTPUT}"
+          exit 1
+        fi
+        echo "Loaded base image: $${BASE_IMAGE_TAG}"
+
+        # Prepare base wheels for Docker build context
+        mkdir -p docker/context/base-wheels
+        touch docker/context/base-wheels/.keep
+        cp artifacts/rocm-base-wheels/*.whl docker/context/base-wheels/
+        echo "Base wheels for vLLM build:"
+        ls -lh docker/context/base-wheels/
+
+        # Get GPU architectures from meta-data
+        PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH="$$(buildkite-agent meta-data get rocm-pytorch-rocm-arch 2>/dev/null || echo '')"
+        PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH="$${PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH:-gfx90a;gfx942;gfx950;gfx1100;gfx1101;gfx1200;gfx1201;gfx1150;gfx1151}"
+
+        echo "========================================"
+        echo "Building vLLM wheel with:"
+        echo "  BUILDKITE_COMMIT: $${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}"
+        echo "  BUILDKITE_BRANCH: $${BUILDKITE_BRANCH}"
+        echo "  PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH: $${PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH}"
+        echo "  BASE_IMAGE: $${BASE_IMAGE_TAG}"
+        echo "========================================"
+
+        # Build vLLM wheel using local checkout (REMOTE_VLLM=0)
+        DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build \
+          --file docker/Dockerfile.rocm \
+          --target export_vllm_wheel_release \
+          --output type=local,dest=rocm-dist \
+          --build-arg BASE_IMAGE="$${BASE_IMAGE_TAG}" \
+          --build-arg ARG_PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH="$${PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH}" \
+          --build-arg REMOTE_VLLM=0 \
+          --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 \
+          --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 \
+          --build-arg SCCACHE_BUCKET_NAME=vllm-build-sccache \
+          --build-arg SCCACHE_REGION_NAME=us-west-2 \
+          --build-arg SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS=0 \
+          .
+
+        echo "Built vLLM wheel:"
+        ls -lh rocm-dist/*.whl
+
+        # Copy wheel to artifacts directory
+        mkdir -p artifacts/rocm-vllm-wheel
+        cp rocm-dist/*.whl artifacts/rocm-vllm-wheel/
+        echo "Final vLLM wheel:"
+        ls -lh artifacts/rocm-vllm-wheel/
+    artifact_paths:
+      - "artifacts/rocm-vllm-wheel/*.whl"
+    env:
+      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+      S3_BUCKET: "vllm-wheels"
+
+  # ROCm Job 3: Upload Wheels to S3
+  - label: ":s3: Upload ROCm Wheels to S3"
+    id: upload-rocm-wheels
+    depends_on:
+      - step: build-rocm-vllm-wheel
+        allow_failure: false
+    agents:
+      queue: cpu_queue_postmerge
+    timeout_in_minutes: 60
+    commands:
+      # Download all wheel artifacts and run upload
+      - |
+        set -euo pipefail
+
+        # Check if upload is enabled (from env var, meta-data, or release branch)
+        ROCM_UPLOAD_WHEELS="$${ROCM_UPLOAD_WHEELS:-}"
+        if [ -z "$${ROCM_UPLOAD_WHEELS}" ]; then
+          # Try to get from meta-data (input form)
+          ROCM_UPLOAD_WHEELS="$$(buildkite-agent meta-data get rocm-upload-wheels 2>/dev/null || echo '')"
+        fi
+
+        echo "========================================"
+        echo "Upload check:"
+        echo "  ROCM_UPLOAD_WHEELS: $${ROCM_UPLOAD_WHEELS}"
+        echo "  BUILDKITE_BRANCH: $${BUILDKITE_BRANCH}"
+        echo "========================================"
+
+        # Skip upload if not enabled
+        if [ "$${ROCM_UPLOAD_WHEELS}" != "true" ]; then
+          echo "Skipping S3 upload (ROCM_UPLOAD_WHEELS != true, NIGHTLY != 1, not a release branch)"
+          echo "To enable upload, set 'Upload Wheels to S3' to 'Yes' in the build configuration"
+          exit 0
+        fi
+
+        echo "Upload enabled, proceeding..."
+
+        # Download artifacts from current build
+        echo "Downloading artifacts from current build"
+        buildkite-agent artifact download "artifacts/rocm-base-wheels/*.whl" .
+        buildkite-agent artifact download "artifacts/rocm-vllm-wheel/*.whl" .
+
+        # Run upload script
+        bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-rocm-wheels.sh
+    env:
+      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+      S3_BUCKET: "vllm-wheels"
+
+  # ROCm Job 4: Annotate ROCm Wheel Release
+  - label: ":memo: Annotate ROCm wheel release"
+    id: annotate-rocm-release
+    depends_on:
+      - step: upload-rocm-wheels
+        allow_failure: true
+    agents:
+      queue: cpu_queue_postmerge
+    commands:
+      - "bash .buildkite/scripts/annotate-rocm-release.sh"
+    env:
+      S3_BUCKET: "vllm-wheels"
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/annotate-rocm-release.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/annotate-rocm-release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fcc7c290e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/annotate-rocm-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+#
+# Generate Buildkite annotation for ROCm wheel release
+
+set -ex
+
+# Get build configuration from meta-data
+# Extract ROCm version dynamically from Dockerfile.rocm_base
+# BASE_IMAGE format: rocm/dev-ubuntu-22.04:7.1-complete -> extracts "7.1"
+ROCM_VERSION=$(grep -E '^ARG BASE_IMAGE=' docker/Dockerfile.rocm_base | sed -E 's/.*:([0-9]+\.[0-9]+).*/\1/' || echo "unknown")
+PYTHON_VERSION=$(buildkite-agent meta-data get rocm-python-version 2>/dev/null || echo "3.12")
+PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH=$(buildkite-agent meta-data get rocm-pytorch-rocm-arch 2>/dev/null || echo "gfx90a;gfx942;gfx950;gfx1100;gfx1101;gfx1200;gfx1201;gfx1150;gfx1151")
+
+# S3 URLs
+S3_BUCKET="${S3_BUCKET:-vllm-wheels}"
+S3_REGION="${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION:-us-west-2}"
+S3_URL="https://${S3_BUCKET}.s3.${S3_REGION}.amazonaws.com"
+ROCM_PATH="rocm/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}"
+
+buildkite-agent annotate --style 'success' --context 'rocm-release-workflow' << EOF
+## :rocm: ROCm Wheel Release
+
+### Build Configuration
+| Setting | Value |
+|---------|-------|
+| **ROCm Version** | ${ROCM_VERSION} |
+| **Python Version** | ${PYTHON_VERSION} |
+| **GPU Architectures** | ${PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH} |
+| **Branch** | \`${BUILDKITE_BRANCH}\` |
+| **Commit** | \`${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}\` |
+
+### :package: Installation
+
+**Install from this build (by commit):**
+\`\`\`bash
+uv pip install vllm --extra-index-url ${S3_URL}/${ROCM_PATH}/{rocm_variant}/
+
+# Example:
+uv pip install vllm --extra-index-url ${S3_URL}/${ROCM_PATH}/rocm700/
+\`\`\`
+
+**Install from nightly (if published):**
+\`\`\`bash
+uv pip install vllm --extra-index-url ${S3_URL}/rocm/nightly/
+\`\`\`
+
+### :floppy_disk: Download Wheels Directly
+
+\`\`\`bash
+# List all ROCm wheels
+aws s3 ls s3://${S3_BUCKET}/${ROCM_PATH}/
+
+# Download specific wheels
+aws s3 cp s3://${S3_BUCKET}/${ROCM_PATH}/vllm-*.whl .
+aws s3 cp s3://${S3_BUCKET}/${ROCM_PATH}/torch-*.whl .
+aws s3 cp s3://${S3_BUCKET}/${ROCM_PATH}/triton_rocm-*.whl .
+aws s3 cp s3://${S3_BUCKET}/${ROCM_PATH}/torchvision-*.whl .
+aws s3 cp s3://${S3_BUCKET}/${ROCM_PATH}/amdsmi-*.whl .
+\`\`\`
+
+### :gear: Included Packages
+- **vllm**: vLLM with ROCm support
+- **torch**: PyTorch built for ROCm ${ROCM_VERSION}
+- **triton_rocm**: Triton built for ROCm
+- **torchvision**: TorchVision for ROCm PyTorch
+- **amdsmi**: AMD SMI Python bindings
+
+### :warning: Notes
+- These wheels are built for **ROCm ${ROCM_VERSION}** and will NOT work with CUDA GPUs
+- Supported GPU architectures: ${PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH}
+- Platform: Linux x86_64 only
+EOF
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/cache-rocm-base-wheels.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/cache-rocm-base-wheels.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..be2447250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/cache-rocm-base-wheels.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+#
+# Cache helper for ROCm base wheels
+#
+# This script manages caching of pre-built ROCm base wheels (torch, triton, etc.)
+# to avoid rebuilding them when Dockerfile.rocm_base hasn't changed.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   cache-rocm-base-wheels.sh check    - Check if cache exists, outputs "hit" or "miss"
+#   cache-rocm-base-wheels.sh upload   - Upload wheels to cache
+#   cache-rocm-base-wheels.sh download - Download wheels from cache
+#   cache-rocm-base-wheels.sh key      - Output the cache key
+#
+# Environment variables:
+#   S3_BUCKET          - S3 bucket name (default: vllm-wheels)
+#   PYTHON_VERSION     - Python version (affects cache key)
+#   PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH  - GPU architectures (affects cache key)
+#
+# Note: ROCm version is determined by BASE_IMAGE in Dockerfile.rocm_base,
+#       so changes to ROCm version are captured by the Dockerfile hash.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+BUCKET="${S3_BUCKET:-vllm-wheels}"
+DOCKERFILE="docker/Dockerfile.rocm_base"
+CACHE_PREFIX="rocm/cache"
+
+# Generate hash from Dockerfile content + build args
+generate_cache_key() {
+    # Include Dockerfile content
+    if [[ ! -f "$DOCKERFILE" ]]; then
+        echo "ERROR: Dockerfile not found: $DOCKERFILE" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    local dockerfile_hash=$(sha256sum "$DOCKERFILE" | cut -c1-16)
+
+    # Include key build args that affect the output
+    # These should match the ARGs in Dockerfile.rocm_base that change the build output
+    # Note: ROCm version is determined by BASE_IMAGE in the Dockerfile, so it's captured by dockerfile_hash
+    local args_string="${PYTHON_VERSION:-}|${PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH:-}"
+    local args_hash=$(echo "$args_string" | sha256sum | cut -c1-8)
+
+    echo "${dockerfile_hash}-${args_hash}"
+}
+
+CACHE_KEY=$(generate_cache_key)
+CACHE_PATH="s3://${BUCKET}/${CACHE_PREFIX}/${CACHE_KEY}/"
+
+case "${1:-}" in
+    check)
+        echo "Checking cache for key: ${CACHE_KEY}" >&2
+        echo "Cache path: ${CACHE_PATH}" >&2
+        echo "Variables used in cache key:" >&2
+        echo "  PYTHON_VERSION: ${PYTHON_VERSION:-<not set>}" >&2
+        echo "  PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH: ${PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH:-<not set>}" >&2
+
+        # Check if cache exists by listing objects
+        # We look for at least one .whl file
+        echo "Running: aws s3 ls ${CACHE_PATH}" >&2
+        S3_OUTPUT=$(aws s3 ls "${CACHE_PATH}" 2>&1) || true
+        echo "S3 ls output:" >&2
+        echo "$S3_OUTPUT" | head -5 >&2
+
+        if echo "$S3_OUTPUT" | grep -q "\.whl"; then
+            echo "hit"
+        else
+            echo "miss"
+        fi
+        ;;
+
+    upload)
+        echo "========================================"
+        echo "Uploading wheels to cache"
+        echo "========================================"
+        echo "Cache key: ${CACHE_KEY}"
+        echo "Cache path: ${CACHE_PATH}"
+        echo ""
+
+        if [[ ! -d "artifacts/rocm-base-wheels" ]]; then
+            echo "ERROR: artifacts/rocm-base-wheels directory not found" >&2
+            exit 1
+        fi
+
+        WHEEL_COUNT=$(ls artifacts/rocm-base-wheels/*.whl 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+        if [[ "$WHEEL_COUNT" -eq 0 ]]; then
+            echo "ERROR: No wheels found in artifacts/rocm-base-wheels/" >&2
+            exit 1
+        fi
+
+        echo "Uploading $WHEEL_COUNT wheels..."
+        aws s3 cp --recursive artifacts/rocm-base-wheels/ "${CACHE_PATH}"
+
+        echo ""
+        echo "Cache upload complete!"
+        echo "========================================"
+        ;;
+
+    download)
+        echo "========================================"
+        echo "Downloading wheels from cache"
+        echo "========================================"
+        echo "Cache key: ${CACHE_KEY}"
+        echo "Cache path: ${CACHE_PATH}"
+        echo ""
+
+        mkdir -p artifacts/rocm-base-wheels
+        aws s3 cp --recursive "${CACHE_PATH}" artifacts/rocm-base-wheels/
+
+        echo ""
+        echo "Downloaded wheels:"
+        ls -lh artifacts/rocm-base-wheels/
+
+        WHEEL_COUNT=$(ls artifacts/rocm-base-wheels/*.whl 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+        echo ""
+        echo "Total: $WHEEL_COUNT wheels"
+        echo "========================================"
+        ;;
+
+    key)
+        echo "${CACHE_KEY}"
+        ;;
+
+    path)
+        echo "${CACHE_PATH}"
+        ;;
+
+    *)
+        echo "Usage: $0 {check|upload|download|key|path}" >&2
+        echo "" >&2
+        echo "Commands:" >&2
+        echo "  check    - Check if cache exists, outputs 'hit' or 'miss'" >&2
+        echo "  upload   - Upload wheels from artifacts/rocm-base-wheels/ to cache" >&2
+        echo "  download - Download wheels from cache to artifacts/rocm-base-wheels/" >&2
+        echo "  key      - Output the cache key" >&2
+        echo "  path     - Output the full S3 cache path" >&2
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/generate-nightly-index.py b/.buildkite/scripts/generate-nightly-index.py
index 1794df947..2eb421140 100644
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/generate-nightly-index.py
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/generate-nightly-index.py
@@ -16,6 +16,18 @@ from urllib.parse import quote
 
 import regex as re
 
+
+def normalize_package_name(name: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Normalize package name according to PEP 503.
+    https://peps.python.org/pep-0503/#normalized-names
+
+    Replace runs of underscores, hyphens, and periods with a single hyphen,
+    and lowercase the result.
+    """
+    return re.sub(r"[-_.]+", "-", name).lower()
+
+
 if not sys.version_info >= (3, 12):
     raise RuntimeError("This script requires Python 3.12 or higher.")
 
@@ -78,7 +90,13 @@ def parse_from_filename(file: str) -> WheelFileInfo:
             version = version.removesuffix("." + variant)
     else:
         if "+" in version:
-            version, variant = version.split("+")
+            version_part, suffix = version.split("+", 1)
+            # Only treat known patterns as variants (rocmXXX, cuXXX, cpu)
+            # Git hashes and other suffixes are NOT variants
+            if suffix.startswith(("rocm", "cu", "cpu")):
+                variant = suffix
+                version = version_part
+            # Otherwise keep the full version string (variant stays None)
 
     return WheelFileInfo(
         package_name=package_name,
@@ -206,6 +224,26 @@ def generate_index_and_metadata(
         print("No wheel files found, skipping index generation.")
         return
 
+    # For ROCm builds: inherit variant from vllm wheel
+    # All ROCm wheels should share the same variant as vllm
+    rocm_variant = None
+    for file in parsed_files:
+        if (
+            file.package_name == "vllm"
+            and file.variant
+            and file.variant.startswith("rocm")
+        ):
+            rocm_variant = file.variant
+            print(f"Detected ROCm variant from vllm: {rocm_variant}")
+            break
+
+    # Apply ROCm variant to all wheels without a variant
+    if rocm_variant:
+        for file in parsed_files:
+            if file.variant is None:
+                file.variant = rocm_variant
+                print(f"Inherited variant '{rocm_variant}' for {file.filename}")
+
     # Group by variant
     variant_to_files: dict[str, list[WheelFileInfo]] = {}
     for file in parsed_files:
@@ -256,8 +294,8 @@ def generate_index_and_metadata(
 
         variant_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
-        # gather all package names in this variant
-        packages = set(f.package_name for f in files)
+        # gather all package names in this variant (normalized per PEP 503)
+        packages = set(normalize_package_name(f.package_name) for f in files)
         if variant == "default":
             # these packages should also appear in the "project list"
             # generate after all variants are processed
@@ -269,8 +307,10 @@ def generate_index_and_metadata(
                 f.write(project_list_str)
 
         for package in packages:
-            # filter files belonging to this package only
-            package_files = [f for f in files if f.package_name == package]
+            # filter files belonging to this package only (compare normalized names)
+            package_files = [
+                f for f in files if normalize_package_name(f.package_name) == package
+            ]
             package_dir = variant_dir / package
             package_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
             index_str, metadata_str = generate_package_index_and_metadata(
@@ -341,8 +381,13 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     version = args.version
-    if "/" in version or "\\" in version:
-        raise ValueError("Version string must not contain slashes.")
+    # Allow rocm/ prefix, reject other slashes and all backslashes
+    if "\\" in version:
+        raise ValueError("Version string must not contain backslashes.")
+    if "/" in version and not version.startswith("rocm/"):
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Version string must not contain slashes (except for 'rocm/' prefix)."
+        )
     current_objects_path = Path(args.current_objects)
     output_dir = Path(args.output_dir)
     if not output_dir.exists():
@@ -393,8 +438,23 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     # Generate index and metadata, assuming wheels and indices are stored as:
     # s3://vllm-wheels/{wheel_dir}/<wheel files>
     # s3://vllm-wheels/<anything>/<index files>
-    wheel_dir = args.wheel_dir or version
-    wheel_base_dir = Path(output_dir).parent / wheel_dir.strip().rstrip("/")
+    #
+    # For ROCm builds, version is "rocm/{commit}" and indices are uploaded to:
+    #   - rocm/{commit}/  (same as wheels)
+    #   - rocm/nightly/
+    #   - rocm/{version}/
+    # All these are under the "rocm/" prefix, so relative paths should be
+    # relative to "rocm/", not the bucket root.
+    if args.wheel_dir:
+        # Explicit wheel-dir provided (e.g., for version-specific indices pointing to commit dir)
+        wheel_dir = args.wheel_dir.strip().rstrip("/")
+    elif version.startswith("rocm/"):
+        # For rocm/commit, wheel_base_dir should be just the commit part
+        # so relative path from rocm/0.12.0/rocm710/vllm/ -> ../../../{commit}/
+        wheel_dir = version.split("/", 1)[1]
+    else:
+        wheel_dir = version
+    wheel_base_dir = Path(output_dir).parent / wheel_dir
     index_base_dir = Path(output_dir)
 
     generate_index_and_metadata(
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/upload-rocm-wheels.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/upload-rocm-wheels.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..bb555bc84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/upload-rocm-wheels.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+#
+# Upload ROCm wheels to S3 with proper index generation
+#
+# Required environment variables:
+#   AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (or IAM role)
+#   S3_BUCKET (default: vllm-wheels)
+#
+# S3 path structure:
+#   s3://vllm-wheels/rocm/{commit}/     - All wheels for this commit
+#   s3://vllm-wheels/rocm/nightly/      - Index pointing to latest nightly
+#   s3://vllm-wheels/rocm/{version}/    - Index for release versions
+
+set -ex
+
+# ======== Configuration ========
+BUCKET="${S3_BUCKET:-vllm-wheels}"
+ROCM_SUBPATH="rocm/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}"
+S3_COMMIT_PREFIX="s3://$BUCKET/$ROCM_SUBPATH/"
+INDICES_OUTPUT_DIR="rocm-indices"
+PYTHON="${PYTHON_PROG:-python3}"
+
+# ROCm uses manylinux_2_35 (Ubuntu 22.04 based)
+MANYLINUX_VERSION="manylinux_2_35"
+
+echo "========================================"
+echo "ROCm Wheel Upload Configuration"
+echo "========================================"
+echo "S3 Bucket: $BUCKET"
+echo "S3 Path: $ROCM_SUBPATH"
+echo "Commit: $BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
+echo "Branch: $BUILDKITE_BRANCH"
+echo "========================================"
+
+# ======== Part 0: Setup Python ========
+
+# Detect if python3.12+ is available
+has_new_python=$($PYTHON -c "print(1 if __import__('sys').version_info >= (3,12) else 0)" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+if [[ "$has_new_python" -eq 0 ]]; then
+    # Use new python from docker
+    # Use --user to ensure files are created with correct ownership (not root)
+    docker pull python:3-slim
+    PYTHON="docker run --rm --user $(id -u):$(id -g) -v $(pwd):/app -w /app python:3-slim python3"
+fi
+
+echo "Using python interpreter: $PYTHON"
+echo "Python version: $($PYTHON --version)"
+
+# ======== Part 1: Collect and prepare wheels ========
+
+# Collect all wheels
+mkdir -p all-rocm-wheels
+cp artifacts/rocm-base-wheels/*.whl all-rocm-wheels/ 2>/dev/null || true
+cp artifacts/rocm-vllm-wheel/*.whl all-rocm-wheels/ 2>/dev/null || true
+
+WHEEL_COUNT=$(ls all-rocm-wheels/*.whl 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+echo "Total wheels to upload: $WHEEL_COUNT"
+
+if [ "$WHEEL_COUNT" -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: No wheels found to upload!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Rename linux to manylinux in wheel filenames
+for wheel in all-rocm-wheels/*.whl; do
+    if [[ "$wheel" == *"linux"* ]] && [[ "$wheel" != *"manylinux"* ]]; then
+        new_wheel="${wheel/linux/$MANYLINUX_VERSION}"
+        mv -- "$wheel" "$new_wheel"
+        echo "Renamed: $(basename "$wheel") -> $(basename "$new_wheel")"
+    fi
+done
+
+echo ""
+echo "Wheels to upload:"
+ls -lh all-rocm-wheels/
+
+# ======== Part 2: Upload wheels to S3 ========
+
+echo ""
+echo "Uploading wheels to $S3_COMMIT_PREFIX"
+for wheel in all-rocm-wheels/*.whl; do
+    aws s3 cp "$wheel" "$S3_COMMIT_PREFIX"
+done
+
+# ======== Part 3: Generate and upload indices ========
+
+# List existing wheels in commit directory
+echo ""
+echo "Generating indices..."
+obj_json="rocm-objects.json"
+aws s3api list-objects-v2 --bucket "$BUCKET" --prefix "$ROCM_SUBPATH/" --delimiter / --output json > "$obj_json"
+
+mkdir -p "$INDICES_OUTPUT_DIR"
+
+# Use the existing generate-nightly-index.py
+# HACK: Replace regex module with stdlib re (same as CUDA script)
+sed -i 's/import regex as re/import re/g' .buildkite/scripts/generate-nightly-index.py
+
+$PYTHON .buildkite/scripts/generate-nightly-index.py \
+    --version "$ROCM_SUBPATH" \
+    --current-objects "$obj_json" \
+    --output-dir "$INDICES_OUTPUT_DIR" \
+    --comment "ROCm commit $BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
+
+# Upload indices to commit directory
+echo "Uploading indices to $S3_COMMIT_PREFIX"
+aws s3 cp --recursive "$INDICES_OUTPUT_DIR/" "$S3_COMMIT_PREFIX"
+
+# Update rocm/nightly/ if on main branch and not a PR
+if [[ "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH" == "main" && "$BUILDKITE_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ]] || [[ "$NIGHTLY" == "1" ]]; then
+    echo "Updating rocm/nightly/ index..."
+    aws s3 cp --recursive "$INDICES_OUTPUT_DIR/" "s3://$BUCKET/rocm/nightly/"
+fi
+
+# Extract version from vLLM wheel and update version-specific index
+VLLM_WHEEL=$(ls all-rocm-wheels/vllm*.whl 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+if [ -n "$VLLM_WHEEL" ]; then
+    VERSION=$(unzip -p "$VLLM_WHEEL" '**/METADATA' | grep '^Version: ' | cut -d' ' -f2)
+    echo "Version in wheel: $VERSION"
+    PURE_VERSION="${VERSION%%+*}"
+    PURE_VERSION="${PURE_VERSION%%.rocm}"
+    echo "Pure version: $PURE_VERSION"
+
+    if [[ "$VERSION" != *"dev"* ]]; then
+        echo "Updating rocm/$PURE_VERSION/ index..."
+        aws s3 cp --recursive "$INDICES_OUTPUT_DIR/" "s3://$BUCKET/rocm/$PURE_VERSION/"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# ======== Part 4: Summary ========
+
+echo ""
+echo "========================================"
+echo "ROCm Wheel Upload Complete!"
+echo "========================================"
+echo ""
+echo "Wheels available at:"
+echo "  s3://$BUCKET/$ROCM_SUBPATH/"
+echo ""
+echo "Install command (by commit):"
+echo "  pip install vllm --extra-index-url https://${BUCKET}.s3.amazonaws.com/$ROCM_SUBPATH/"
+echo ""
+if [[ "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH" == "main" ]] || [[ "$NIGHTLY" == "1" ]]; then
+    echo "Install command (nightly):"
+    echo "  pip install vllm --extra-index-url https://${BUCKET}.s3.amazonaws.com/rocm/nightly/"
+fi
+echo ""
+echo "Wheel count: $WHEEL_COUNT"
+echo "========================================"
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.rocm b/docker/Dockerfile.rocm
index 9adcf8c3a..475ae8282 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.rocm
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.rocm
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ ARG REMOTE_VLLM="0"
 ARG COMMON_WORKDIR=/app
 ARG BASE_IMAGE=rocm/vllm-dev:base
 
+# Sccache configuration (only used in release pipeline)
+ARG USE_SCCACHE
+ARG SCCACHE_DOWNLOAD_URL
+ARG SCCACHE_ENDPOINT
+ARG SCCACHE_BUCKET_NAME=vllm-build-sccache
+ARG SCCACHE_REGION_NAME=us-west-2
+ARG SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS=0
+
 FROM ${BASE_IMAGE} AS base
 
 ARG ARG_PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH
@@ -14,9 +22,14 @@ ENV RAY_EXPERIMENTAL_NOSET_HIP_VISIBLE_DEVICES=1
 RUN apt-get update -q -y && apt-get install -q -y \
     sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev libfmt-dev libmsgpack-dev libsuitesparse-dev \
     apt-transport-https ca-certificates wget curl
-# Remove sccache
 RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN apt-get purge -y sccache; python3 -m pip uninstall -y sccache; rm -f "$(which sccache)"
+# Remove sccache only if not using sccache (it exists in base image from Dockerfile.rocm_base)
+ARG USE_SCCACHE
+RUN if [ "$USE_SCCACHE" != "1" ]; then \
+        apt-get purge -y sccache || true; \
+        python3 -m pip uninstall -y sccache || true; \
+        rm -f "$(which sccache)" || true; \
+    fi
 
 # Install UV
 RUN curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | env UV_INSTALL_DIR="/usr/local/bin" sh
@@ -28,6 +41,39 @@ ENV UV_INDEX_STRATEGY="unsafe-best-match"
 # Use copy mode to avoid hardlink failures with Docker cache mounts
 ENV UV_LINK_MODE=copy
 
+# Install sccache if USE_SCCACHE is enabled (for release builds)
+ARG USE_SCCACHE
+ARG SCCACHE_DOWNLOAD_URL
+ARG SCCACHE_ENDPOINT
+ARG SCCACHE_BUCKET_NAME
+ARG SCCACHE_REGION_NAME
+ARG SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS
+RUN if [ "$USE_SCCACHE" = "1" ]; then \
+        if command -v sccache >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
+            echo "sccache already installed, skipping installation"; \
+            sccache --version; \
+        else \
+            echo "Installing sccache..." \
+            && SCCACHE_ARCH="x86_64" \
+            && SCCACHE_VERSION="v0.8.1" \
+            && SCCACHE_DL_URL="${SCCACHE_DOWNLOAD_URL:-https://github.com/mozilla/sccache/releases/download/${SCCACHE_VERSION}/sccache-${SCCACHE_VERSION}-${SCCACHE_ARCH}-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz}" \
+            && curl -L -o /tmp/sccache.tar.gz ${SCCACHE_DL_URL} \
+            && tar -xzf /tmp/sccache.tar.gz -C /tmp \
+            && mv /tmp/sccache-${SCCACHE_VERSION}-${SCCACHE_ARCH}-unknown-linux-musl/sccache /usr/bin/sccache \
+            && chmod +x /usr/bin/sccache \
+            && rm -rf /tmp/sccache.tar.gz /tmp/sccache-${SCCACHE_VERSION}-${SCCACHE_ARCH}-unknown-linux-musl \
+            && sccache --version; \
+        fi; \
+    fi
+
+# Set sccache environment variables only when USE_SCCACHE=1
+# This prevents S3 config from leaking into images when sccache is not used
+ARG USE_SCCACHE
+ENV SCCACHE_BUCKET=${USE_SCCACHE:+${SCCACHE_BUCKET_NAME}}
+ENV SCCACHE_REGION=${USE_SCCACHE:+${SCCACHE_REGION_NAME}}
+ENV SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS=${USE_SCCACHE:+${SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS}}
+ENV SCCACHE_IDLE_TIMEOUT=${USE_SCCACHE:+0}
+
 ARG COMMON_WORKDIR
 WORKDIR ${COMMON_WORKDIR}
 
@@ -51,7 +97,7 @@ FROM fetch_vllm_${REMOTE_VLLM} AS fetch_vllm
 # -----------------------
 # vLLM build stages
 FROM fetch_vllm AS build_vllm
-# Build vLLM
+# Build vLLM (setup.py auto-detects sccache in PATH)
 RUN cd vllm \
     && python3 -m pip install -r requirements/rocm.txt \
     && python3 setup.py clean --all  \
@@ -67,6 +113,178 @@ COPY --from=build_vllm ${COMMON_WORKDIR}/vllm/docker/Dockerfile.rocm /docker/
 COPY --from=build_vllm ${COMMON_WORKDIR}/vllm/.buildkite /.buildkite
 COPY --from=build_vllm ${COMMON_WORKDIR}/vllm/vllm/v1 /vllm_v1
 
+# RIXL/UCX build stages
+FROM base AS build_rixl
+ARG RIXL_BRANCH="f33a5599"
+ARG RIXL_REPO="https://github.com/ROCm/RIXL.git"
+ARG UCX_BRANCH="da3fac2a"
+ARG UCX_REPO="https://github.com/ROCm/ucx.git"
+ENV ROCM_PATH=/opt/rocm
+ENV UCX_HOME=/usr/local/ucx
+ENV RIXL_HOME=/usr/local/rixl
+ENV RIXL_BENCH_HOME=/usr/local/rixl_bench
+
+# RIXL build system dependences and RDMA support
+RUN apt-get -y update && apt-get -y install autoconf libtool pkg-config \
+    libgrpc-dev \
+    libgrpc++-dev \
+    libprotobuf-dev \
+    protobuf-compiler-grpc \
+    libcpprest-dev \
+    libaio-dev \
+    librdmacm1 \
+    librdmacm-dev \
+    libibverbs1 \
+    libibverbs-dev \
+    ibverbs-utils \
+    rdmacm-utils \
+    ibverbs-providers \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+RUN uv pip install --system meson auditwheel patchelf tomlkit
+
+RUN cd /usr/local/src && \
+    git clone ${UCX_REPO} &&  \
+    cd ucx  && \
+    git checkout ${UCX_BRANCH} && \
+    ./autogen.sh && \
+    mkdir build && cd build && \
+    ../configure \
+        --prefix=/usr/local/ucx \
+        --enable-shared \
+        --disable-static \
+        --disable-doxygen-doc \
+        --enable-optimizations \
+        --enable-devel-headers \
+        --with-rocm=/opt/rocm \
+        --with-verbs \
+        --with-dm \
+        --enable-mt && \
+    make -j && \
+    make install
+
+ENV PATH=/usr/local/ucx/bin:$PATH
+ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${UCX_HOME}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
+
+RUN git clone ${RIXL_REPO} /opt/rixl && \
+    cd /opt/rixl && \
+    git checkout ${RIXL_BRANCH} && \
+    meson setup build --prefix=${RIXL_HOME} \
+                     -Ducx_path=${UCX_HOME} \
+                     -Drocm_path=${ROCM_PATH} && \
+    cd build && \
+    ninja && \
+    ninja install
+
+# Generate RIXL wheel
+RUN cd /opt/rixl && mkdir -p /app/install && \
+    ./contrib/build-wheel.sh \
+        --output-dir /app/install \
+        --rocm-dir ${ROCM_PATH} \
+        --ucx-plugins-dir ${UCX_HOME}/lib/ucx \
+        --nixl-plugins-dir ${RIXL_HOME}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/plugins
+
+
+# -----------------------
+# vLLM wheel release build stage (for building distributable wheels)
+# This stage pins dependencies to custom ROCm wheel versions and handles version detection
+FROM fetch_vllm AS build_vllm_wheel_release
+
+ARG COMMON_WORKDIR
+
+# Create /install directory for custom wheels
+RUN mkdir -p /install
+
+# Copy custom ROCm wheels from docker/context if they exist
+# COPY ensures Docker cache is invalidated when wheels change
+# .keep file ensures directory always exists for COPY to work
+COPY docker/context/base-wheels/ /tmp/base-wheels/
+# This is how we know if we are building for a wheel release or not.
+# If there are not wheels found there, we are not building for a wheel release. 
+# So we exit with an error. To skip this stage.
+RUN if [ -n "$(ls /tmp/base-wheels/*.whl 2>/dev/null)" ]; then \
+        echo "Found custom wheels - copying to /install"; \
+        cp /tmp/base-wheels/*.whl /install/ && \
+        echo "Copied custom wheels:"; \
+        ls -lh /install/; \
+    else \
+        echo "ERROR: No custom wheels found in docker/context/base-wheels/"; \
+        echo "Wheel releases require pre-built ROCm wheels."; \
+        exit 1; \
+    fi
+
+# GIT_REPO_CHECK: Verify repo is clean and tags are available (for release builds)
+# This matches CUDA's Dockerfile behavior for proper version detection via setuptools_scm
+ARG GIT_REPO_CHECK=0
+RUN if [ "$GIT_REPO_CHECK" != "0" ]; then \
+        echo "Running repository checks..."; \
+        cd vllm && bash tools/check_repo.sh; \
+    fi
+
+# Extract version from git BEFORE any modifications (pin_rocm_dependencies.py modifies requirements/rocm.txt)
+# This ensures setuptools_scm sees clean repo state for version detection
+RUN --mount=type=bind,source=.git,target=vllm/.git \
+    cd vllm \
+    && pip install setuptools_scm \
+    && VLLM_VERSION=$(python3 -c "import setuptools_scm; print(setuptools_scm.get_version())") \
+    && echo "Detected vLLM version: ${VLLM_VERSION}" \
+    && echo "${VLLM_VERSION}" > /tmp/vllm_version.txt
+
+# Fail if git-based package dependencies are found in requirements files
+# (uv doesn't handle git+ URLs well, and packages should be distributed on PyPI)
+# Extra notes: pip install is able to handle git+ URLs, but uv doesn't.
+RUN echo "Checking for git-based packages in requirements files..." \
+    && echo "Checking common.txt for git-based packages:" \
+    && if grep -q 'git+' ${COMMON_WORKDIR}/vllm/requirements/common.txt; then \
+         echo "ERROR: Git-based packages found in common.txt:"; \
+         grep 'git+' ${COMMON_WORKDIR}/vllm/requirements/common.txt; \
+         echo "Please publish these packages to PyPI instead of using git dependencies."; \
+         exit 1; \
+       else \
+         echo "  ✓ No git-based packages found in common.txt"; \
+       fi \
+    && echo "Checking rocm.txt for git-based packages:" \
+    && if grep -q 'git+' ${COMMON_WORKDIR}/vllm/requirements/rocm.txt; then \
+         echo "ERROR: Git-based packages found in rocm.txt:"; \
+         grep 'git+' ${COMMON_WORKDIR}/vllm/requirements/rocm.txt; \
+         echo "Please publish these packages to PyPI instead of using git dependencies."; \
+         exit 1; \
+       else \
+         echo "  ✓ No git-based packages found in rocm.txt"; \
+       fi \
+    && echo "All requirements files are clean - no git-based packages found"
+
+# Pin vLLM dependencies to exact versions of custom ROCm wheels
+# This ensures 'pip install vllm' automatically installs correct torch/triton/torchvision/amdsmi
+COPY tools/vllm-rocm/pin_rocm_dependencies.py /tmp/pin_rocm_dependencies.py
+RUN echo "Pinning vLLM dependencies to custom wheel versions..." \
+    && python3 /tmp/pin_rocm_dependencies.py /install ${COMMON_WORKDIR}/vllm/requirements/rocm.txt
+
+# Install dependencies using custom wheels from /install
+RUN cd vllm \
+    && echo "Building vLLM with custom wheels from /install" \
+    && python3 -m pip install --find-links /install -r requirements/rocm.txt \
+    && python3 setup.py clean --all
+
+# Build wheel using pre-extracted version to avoid dirty state from modified requirements/rocm.txt
+# (setup.py auto-detects sccache in PATH)
+RUN --mount=type=bind,source=.git,target=vllm/.git \
+    cd vllm \
+    && export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=$(cat /tmp/vllm_version.txt) \
+    && echo "Building wheel with version: ${SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION}" \
+    && python3 setup.py bdist_wheel --dist-dir=dist
+
+FROM scratch AS export_vllm_wheel_release
+ARG COMMON_WORKDIR
+COPY --from=build_vllm_wheel_release ${COMMON_WORKDIR}/vllm/dist/*.whl /
+COPY --from=build_vllm_wheel_release ${COMMON_WORKDIR}/vllm/requirements /requirements
+COPY --from=build_vllm_wheel_release ${COMMON_WORKDIR}/vllm/benchmarks /benchmarks
+COPY --from=build_vllm_wheel_release ${COMMON_WORKDIR}/vllm/tests /tests
+COPY --from=build_vllm_wheel_release ${COMMON_WORKDIR}/vllm/examples /examples
+COPY --from=build_vllm_wheel_release ${COMMON_WORKDIR}/vllm/docker/Dockerfile.rocm /docker/
+COPY --from=build_vllm_wheel_release ${COMMON_WORKDIR}/vllm/.buildkite /.buildkite
+COPY --from=build_vllm_wheel_release ${COMMON_WORKDIR}/vllm/vllm/v1 /vllm_v1
+
 # -----------------------
 # Test vLLM image
 FROM base AS test
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.rocm_base b/docker/Dockerfile.rocm_base
index b1b244db4..44eda4337 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.rocm_base
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.rocm_base
@@ -14,16 +14,13 @@ ARG AITER_REPO="https://github.com/ROCm/aiter.git"
 ARG MORI_BRANCH="2d02c6a9"
 ARG MORI_REPO="https://github.com/ROCm/mori.git"
 
-#TODO: When patch has been upstreamed, switch to the main repo/branch
-# ARG RIXL_BRANCH="<TODO>"
-# ARG RIXL_REPO="https://github.com/ROCm/RIXL.git"
-ARG RIXL_BRANCH="50d63d94"
-ARG RIXL_REPO="https://github.com/vcave/RIXL.git"
-# Needed by RIXL
-ARG ETCD_BRANCH="7c6e714f"
-ARG ETCD_REPO="https://github.com/etcd-cpp-apiv3/etcd-cpp-apiv3.git"
-ARG UCX_BRANCH="da3fac2a"
-ARG UCX_REPO="https://github.com/ROCm/ucx.git"
+# Sccache configuration (only used in release pipeline)
+ARG USE_SCCACHE
+ARG SCCACHE_DOWNLOAD_URL
+ARG SCCACHE_ENDPOINT
+ARG SCCACHE_BUCKET_NAME=vllm-build-sccache
+ARG SCCACHE_REGION_NAME=us-west-2
+ARG SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS=0
 
 FROM ${BASE_IMAGE} AS base
 
@@ -64,6 +61,49 @@ RUN apt-get update -y \
 RUN pip install -U packaging 'cmake<4' ninja wheel 'setuptools<80' pybind11 Cython
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libjpeg-dev libsox-dev libsox-fmt-all sox && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Install sccache if USE_SCCACHE is enabled (for release builds)
+ARG USE_SCCACHE
+ARG SCCACHE_DOWNLOAD_URL
+ARG SCCACHE_ENDPOINT
+ARG SCCACHE_BUCKET_NAME
+ARG SCCACHE_REGION_NAME
+ARG SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS
+RUN if [ "$USE_SCCACHE" = "1" ]; then \
+        echo "Installing sccache..." \
+        && SCCACHE_ARCH="x86_64" \
+        && SCCACHE_VERSION="v0.8.1" \
+        && SCCACHE_DL_URL="${SCCACHE_DOWNLOAD_URL:-https://github.com/mozilla/sccache/releases/download/${SCCACHE_VERSION}/sccache-${SCCACHE_VERSION}-${SCCACHE_ARCH}-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz}" \
+        && curl -L -o /tmp/sccache.tar.gz ${SCCACHE_DL_URL} \
+        && tar -xzf /tmp/sccache.tar.gz -C /tmp \
+        && mv /tmp/sccache-${SCCACHE_VERSION}-${SCCACHE_ARCH}-unknown-linux-musl/sccache /usr/bin/sccache \
+        && chmod +x /usr/bin/sccache \
+        && rm -rf /tmp/sccache.tar.gz /tmp/sccache-${SCCACHE_VERSION}-${SCCACHE_ARCH}-unknown-linux-musl \
+        && sccache --version; \
+    fi
+
+# Setup sccache for HIP compilation via HIP_CLANG_PATH
+# This creates wrapper scripts in a separate directory and points HIP to use them
+# This avoids modifying the original ROCm binaries which can break detection
+# NOTE: HIP_CLANG_PATH is NOT set as ENV to avoid affecting downstream images (Dockerfile.rocm)
+# Instead, each build stage should export HIP_CLANG_PATH=/opt/sccache-wrappers if USE_SCCACHE=1
+RUN if [ "$USE_SCCACHE" = "1" ]; then \
+        echo "Setting up sccache wrappers for HIP compilation..." \
+        && mkdir -p /opt/sccache-wrappers \
+        && printf '#!/bin/bash\nexec sccache /opt/rocm/lib/llvm/bin/clang++ "$@"\n' > /opt/sccache-wrappers/clang++ \
+        && chmod +x /opt/sccache-wrappers/clang++ \
+        && printf '#!/bin/bash\nexec sccache /opt/rocm/lib/llvm/bin/clang "$@"\n' > /opt/sccache-wrappers/clang \
+        && chmod +x /opt/sccache-wrappers/clang \
+        && echo "sccache wrappers created in /opt/sccache-wrappers"; \
+    fi
+
+# Set sccache environment variables only when USE_SCCACHE=1
+# This prevents S3 config from leaking into images when sccache is not used
+ARG USE_SCCACHE
+ENV SCCACHE_BUCKET=${USE_SCCACHE:+${SCCACHE_BUCKET_NAME}}
+ENV SCCACHE_REGION=${USE_SCCACHE:+${SCCACHE_REGION_NAME}}
+ENV SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS=${USE_SCCACHE:+${SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS}}
+ENV SCCACHE_IDLE_TIMEOUT=${USE_SCCACHE:+0}
+
 
 ###
 ### Triton Build
@@ -100,22 +140,42 @@ ARG PYTORCH_AUDIO_BRANCH
 ARG PYTORCH_REPO
 ARG PYTORCH_VISION_REPO
 ARG PYTORCH_AUDIO_REPO
+ARG USE_SCCACHE
 
 RUN git clone ${PYTORCH_REPO} pytorch
 RUN cd pytorch && git checkout ${PYTORCH_BRANCH} \
     && pip install -r requirements.txt && git submodule update --init --recursive \
     && python3 tools/amd_build/build_amd.py \
+    && if [ "$USE_SCCACHE" = "1" ]; then \
+           export HIP_CLANG_PATH=/opt/sccache-wrappers \
+           && export CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=sccache \
+           && export CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=sccache \
+           && sccache --show-stats; \
+       fi \
     && CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$(python3 -c 'import sys; print(sys.prefix)') python3 setup.py bdist_wheel --dist-dir=dist \
+    && if [ "$USE_SCCACHE" = "1" ]; then sccache --show-stats; fi \
     && pip install dist/*.whl
 RUN git clone ${PYTORCH_VISION_REPO} vision
 RUN cd vision && git checkout ${PYTORCH_VISION_BRANCH} \
+    && if [ "$USE_SCCACHE" = "1" ]; then \
+           export HIP_CLANG_PATH=/opt/sccache-wrappers \
+           && export CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=sccache \
+           && export CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=sccache; \
+       fi \
     && python3 setup.py bdist_wheel --dist-dir=dist \
+    && if [ "$USE_SCCACHE" = "1" ]; then sccache --show-stats; fi \
     && pip install dist/*.whl
 RUN git clone ${PYTORCH_AUDIO_REPO} audio
 RUN cd audio && git checkout ${PYTORCH_AUDIO_BRANCH} \
     && git submodule update --init --recursive \
     && pip install -r requirements.txt \
+    && if [ "$USE_SCCACHE" = "1" ]; then \
+           export HIP_CLANG_PATH=/opt/sccache-wrappers \
+           && export CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=sccache \
+           && export CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=sccache; \
+       fi \
     && python3 setup.py bdist_wheel --dist-dir=dist \
+    && if [ "$USE_SCCACHE" = "1" ]; then sccache --show-stats; fi \
     && pip install dist/*.whl
 RUN mkdir -p /app/install && cp /app/pytorch/dist/*.whl /app/install \
     && cp /app/vision/dist/*.whl /app/install \
@@ -230,13 +290,19 @@ RUN cd /opt/rixl && mkdir -p /app/install && \
 FROM base AS build_fa
 ARG FA_BRANCH
 ARG FA_REPO
+ARG USE_SCCACHE
 RUN --mount=type=bind,from=build_pytorch,src=/app/install/,target=/install \
     pip install /install/*.whl
 RUN git clone ${FA_REPO}
 RUN cd flash-attention \
     && git checkout ${FA_BRANCH} \
     && git submodule update --init \
-    && GPU_ARCHS=$(echo ${PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH} | sed -e 's/;gfx1[0-9]\{3\}//g') python3 setup.py bdist_wheel --dist-dir=dist
+    && if [ "$USE_SCCACHE" = "1" ]; then \
+           export HIP_CLANG_PATH=/opt/sccache-wrappers \
+           && sccache --show-stats; \
+       fi \
+    && GPU_ARCHS=$(echo ${PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH} | sed -e 's/;gfx1[0-9]\{3\}//g') python3 setup.py bdist_wheel --dist-dir=dist \
+    && if [ "$USE_SCCACHE" = "1" ]; then sccache --show-stats; fi
 RUN mkdir -p /app/install && cp /app/flash-attention/dist/*.whl /app/install
 
 
@@ -246,6 +312,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /app/install && cp /app/flash-attention/dist/*.whl /app/install
 FROM base AS build_aiter
 ARG AITER_BRANCH
 ARG AITER_REPO
+ARG USE_SCCACHE
 RUN --mount=type=bind,from=build_pytorch,src=/app/install/,target=/install \
     pip install /install/*.whl
 RUN git clone --recursive ${AITER_REPO}
@@ -253,13 +320,37 @@ RUN cd aiter \
     && git checkout ${AITER_BRANCH} \
     && git submodule update --init --recursive \
     && pip install -r requirements.txt
-RUN pip install pyyaml && cd aiter && PREBUILD_KERNELS=1 GPU_ARCHS=${AITER_ROCM_ARCH} python3 setup.py bdist_wheel --dist-dir=dist && ls /app/aiter/dist/*.whl
+RUN pip install pyyaml && cd aiter \
+    && if [ "$USE_SCCACHE" = "1" ]; then \
+           export HIP_CLANG_PATH=/opt/sccache-wrappers \
+           && sccache --show-stats; \
+       fi \
+    && PREBUILD_KERNELS=1 GPU_ARCHS=${AITER_ROCM_ARCH} python3 setup.py bdist_wheel --dist-dir=dist \
+    && if [ "$USE_SCCACHE" = "1" ]; then sccache --show-stats; fi \
+    && ls /app/aiter/dist/*.whl
 RUN mkdir -p /app/install && cp /app/aiter/dist/*.whl /app/install
 
 
 ###
 ### Final Build
 ###
+
+# Wheel release stage - 
+# only includes dependencies used by wheel release pipeline
+FROM base AS debs_wheel_release
+RUN mkdir /app/debs
+RUN --mount=type=bind,from=build_triton,src=/app/install/,target=/install \
+    cp /install/*.whl /app/debs
+RUN --mount=type=bind,from=build_fa,src=/app/install/,target=/install \
+    cp /install/*.whl /app/debs
+RUN --mount=type=bind,from=build_amdsmi,src=/app/install/,target=/install \
+    cp /install/*.whl /app/debs
+RUN --mount=type=bind,from=build_pytorch,src=/app/install/,target=/install \
+    cp /install/*.whl /app/debs
+RUN --mount=type=bind,from=build_aiter,src=/app/install/,target=/install \
+    cp /install/*.whl /app/debs
+
+# Full debs stage - includes Mori (used by Docker releases)
 FROM base AS debs
 RUN mkdir /app/debs
 RUN --mount=type=bind,from=build_triton,src=/app/install/,target=/install \
diff --git a/requirements/rocm-test.txt b/requirements/rocm-test.txt
index feaf21f3d..be8622065 100644
--- a/requirements/rocm-test.txt
+++ b/requirements/rocm-test.txt
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ num2words==0.5.14
 pqdm==0.2.0
     # via lm-eval
 
+# Required for fastsafetensors test
+fastsafetensors @ git+https://github.com/foundation-model-stack/fastsafetensors.git@d6f998a03432b2452f8de2bb5cefb5af9795d459
 # Required for suffix decoding test
 arctic-inference == 0.1.1
 # Required for Nemotron test
diff --git a/requirements/rocm.txt b/requirements/rocm.txt
index 673f23775..5aeb16599 100644
--- a/requirements/rocm.txt
+++ b/requirements/rocm.txt
@@ -15,5 +15,4 @@ setuptools-scm>=8
 runai-model-streamer[s3,gcs]==0.15.3
 conch-triton-kernels==1.2.1
 timm>=1.0.17
-fastsafetensors @ git+https://github.com/foundation-model-stack/fastsafetensors.git@d6f998a03432b2452f8de2bb5cefb5af9795d459
 grpcio-tools>=1.76.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/vllm-rocm/pin_rocm_dependencies.py b/tools/vllm-rocm/pin_rocm_dependencies.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba11fd934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/vllm-rocm/pin_rocm_dependencies.py
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+"""
+Pin vLLM dependencies to exact versions of custom ROCm wheels.
+
+This script modifies vLLM's requirements files to replace version constraints
+with exact versions of custom-built ROCm wheels (torch, triton, torchvision, amdsmi).
+
+This ensures that 'pip install vllm' automatically installs the correct custom wheels
+instead of allowing pip to download different versions from PyPI.
+"""
+
+import re
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def extract_version_from_wheel(wheel_name: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Extract version from wheel filename.
+
+    Example:
+        torch-2.9.0a0+git1c57644-cp312-cp312-linux_x86_64.whl -> 2.9.0a0+git1c57644
+        triton-3.4.0-cp312-cp312-linux_x86_64.whl -> 3.4.0
+    """
+    # Wheel format:
+    #    {distribution}-{version}(-{build tag})?-{python}-{abi}-{platform}.whl
+    parts = wheel_name.replace(".whl", "").split("-")
+
+    if len(parts) < 5:
+        raise ValueError(f"Invalid wheel filename format: {wheel_name}")
+
+    # Version is the second part
+    version = parts[1]
+    return version
+
+
+def get_custom_wheel_versions(install_dir: str) -> dict[str, str]:
+    """
+    Read /install directory and extract versions of custom wheels.
+
+    Returns:
+        Dict mapping package names to exact versions
+    """
+    install_path = Path(install_dir)
+    if not install_path.exists():
+        print(f"ERROR: Install directory not found: {install_dir}", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    versions = {}
+
+    # Map wheel prefixes to package names
+    # IMPORTANT: Use dashes to avoid matching substrings
+    #            (e.g., 'torch' would match 'torchvision')
+    # ORDER MATTERS: This order is preserved when pinning dependencies
+    #               in requirements files
+    package_mapping = [
+        ("torch-", "torch"),  # Match torch- (not torchvision)
+        ("triton-", "triton"),  # Match triton- (not triton_kernels)
+        ("triton_kernels-", "triton-kernels"),  # Match triton_kernels-
+        ("torchvision-", "torchvision"),  # Match torchvision-
+        ("torchaudio-", "torchaudio"),  # Match torchaudio-
+        ("amdsmi-", "amdsmi"),  # Match amdsmi-
+        ("flash_attn-", "flash-attn"),  # Match flash_attn-
+        ("aiter-", "aiter"),  # Match aiter-
+    ]
+
+    for wheel_file in install_path.glob("*.whl"):
+        wheel_name = wheel_file.name
+
+        for prefix, package_name in package_mapping:
+            if wheel_name.startswith(prefix):
+                try:
+                    version = extract_version_from_wheel(wheel_name)
+                    versions[package_name] = version
+                    print(f"Found {package_name}=={version}", file=sys.stderr)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    print(
+                        f"WARNING: Could not extract version from {wheel_name}: {e}",
+                        file=sys.stderr,
+                    )
+                break
+
+    # Return versions in the order defined by package_mapping
+    ordered_versions = {}
+    for _, package_name in package_mapping:
+        if package_name in versions:
+            ordered_versions[package_name] = versions[package_name]
+    return ordered_versions
+
+
+def pin_dependencies_in_requirements(requirements_path: str, versions: dict[str, str]):
+    """
+    Insert custom wheel pins at the TOP of requirements file.
+
+    This ensures that when setup.py processes the file line-by-line,
+    custom wheels (torch, triton, etc.) are encountered FIRST, before
+    any `-r common.txt` includes that might pull in other dependencies.
+
+    Creates:
+        # Custom ROCm wheel pins (auto-generated)
+        torch==2.9.0a0+git1c57644
+        triton==3.4.0
+        torchvision==0.23.0a0+824e8c8
+        amdsmi==26.1.0+5df6c765
+
+        -r common.txt
+        ... rest of file ...
+    """
+    requirements_file = Path(requirements_path)
+
+    if not requirements_file.exists():
+        print(
+            f"ERROR: Requirements file not found: {requirements_path}", file=sys.stderr
+        )
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    # Backup original file
+    backup_file = requirements_file.with_suffix(requirements_file.suffix + ".bak")
+    with open(requirements_file) as f:
+        original_lines = f.readlines()
+
+    # Write backup
+    with open(backup_file, "w") as f:
+        f.writelines(original_lines)
+
+    # Build header with pinned custom wheels
+    header_lines = [
+        "# Custom ROCm wheel pins (auto-generated by pin_rocm_dependencies.py)\n",
+        "# These must come FIRST to ensure correct dependency resolution\n",
+    ]
+
+    for package_name, exact_version in versions.items():
+        header_lines.append(f"{package_name}=={exact_version}\n")
+
+    header_lines.append("\n")  # Blank line separator
+
+    # Filter out any existing entries for custom packages from original file
+    filtered_lines = []
+    removed_packages = []
+
+    for line in original_lines:
+        stripped = line.strip()
+        should_keep = True
+
+        # Check if this line is for one of our custom packages
+        if stripped and not stripped.startswith("#") and not stripped.startswith("-"):
+            for package_name in versions:
+                # Handle both hyphen and underscore variations
+                pattern_name = package_name.replace("-", "[-_]")
+                pattern = rf"^{pattern_name}\s*[=<>]=?\s*[\d.a-zA-Z+]+"
+
+                if re.match(pattern, stripped, re.IGNORECASE):
+                    removed_packages.append(f"{package_name}: {stripped}")
+                    should_keep = False
+                    break
+
+        if should_keep:
+            filtered_lines.append(line)
+
+    # Combine: header + filtered original content
+    final_lines = header_lines + filtered_lines
+
+    # Write modified content
+    with open(requirements_file, "w") as f:
+        f.writelines(final_lines)
+
+    # Print summary
+    print("\n✓ Inserted custom wheel pins at TOP of requirements:", file=sys.stderr)
+    for package_name, exact_version in versions.items():
+        print(f"  - {package_name}=={exact_version}", file=sys.stderr)
+
+    if removed_packages:
+        print("\n✓ Removed old package entries:", file=sys.stderr)
+        for pkg in removed_packages:
+            print(f"  - {pkg}", file=sys.stderr)
+
+    print(f"\n✓ Patched requirements file: {requirements_path}", file=sys.stderr)
+    print(f"  Backup saved: {backup_file}", file=sys.stderr)
+
+
+def main():
+    if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+        print(
+            f"Usage: {sys.argv[0]} <install_dir> <requirements_file>", file=sys.stderr
+        )
+        print(
+            f"Example: {sys.argv[0]} /install /app/vllm/requirements/rocm.txt",
+            file=sys.stderr,
+        )
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    install_dir = sys.argv[1]
+    requirements_path = sys.argv[2]
+
+    print("=" * 70, file=sys.stderr)
+    print("Pinning vLLM dependencies to custom ROCm wheel versions", file=sys.stderr)
+    print("=" * 70, file=sys.stderr)
+
+    # Get versions from custom wheels
+    print(f"\nScanning {install_dir} for custom wheels...", file=sys.stderr)
+    versions = get_custom_wheel_versions(install_dir)
+
+    if not versions:
+        print("\nERROR: No custom wheels found in /install!", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    # Pin dependencies in requirements file
+    print(f"\nPatching {requirements_path}...", file=sys.stderr)
+    pin_dependencies_in_requirements(requirements_path, versions)
+
+    print("\n" + "=" * 70, file=sys.stderr)
+    print("✓ Dependency pinning complete!", file=sys.stderr)
+    print("=" * 70, file=sys.stderr)
+
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()