diff --git a/docker/common/install_ffmpeg.sh b/docker/common/install_ffmpeg.sh
index 4b3df7caf4..81a4652c20 100644
--- a/docker/common/install_ffmpeg.sh
+++ b/docker/common/install_ffmpeg.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -xeuo pipefail # Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status
 
-FFMPEG_VERSION=7.0.1
+FFMPEG_VERSION=8.0.1
 NVCODEC_VERSION=12.1.14.0
 
 for i in "$@"; do
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ apt-get install -y \
     libvorbis-dev \
     libvpx-dev \
     libwebp-dev \
+    nasm \
     pkg-config \
     vainfo \
     wget \
diff --git a/docs/get-started/video.md b/docs/get-started/video.md
index 97a1a0cbc8..e9c6388970 100644
--- a/docs/get-started/video.md
+++ b/docs/get-started/video.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ To use NeMo Curator's video curation capabilities, ensure your system meets thes
   - Reduced configuration (lower batch sizes, FP8): ~21GB VRAM
 
 #### Software Dependencies
-* **FFmpeg 7.0+** with H.264 encoding support
+* **FFmpeg 8.0+** with H.264 encoding support
   - GPU encoder: `h264_nvenc` (recommended for performance)
   - CPU encoders: `libopenh264` or `libx264` (fallback options)
 
diff --git a/docs/reference/infrastructure/container-environments.md b/docs/reference/infrastructure/container-environments.md
index f16566c97d..0ce46be76e 100644
--- a/docs/reference/infrastructure/container-environments.md
+++ b/docs/reference/infrastructure/container-environments.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ The primary container includes comprehensive support for all curation modalities
 - NeMo Curator with all optional dependencies (`[all]` extras)
 - CUDA 12.8.1 with cuDNN
 - Python 3.12 with uv package manager
-- FFmpeg 7+ with NVENC support (for video processing)
+- FFmpeg 8+ with NVENC support (for video processing)
 - Ray, Dask, and distributed computing frameworks
 - NVIDIA optimized Python packages