diff --git a/.buildkite/image_build/image_build_torch_nightly.sh b/.buildkite/image_build/image_build_torch_nightly.sh
index a23c658d46b9..cbd08aa7bd0b 100755
--- a/.buildkite/image_build/image_build_torch_nightly.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/image_build/image_build_torch_nightly.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ echo "Image not found, proceeding with build..."
 
 # --- CUDA 13.0 for nightly builds ---
 # Nightly CI uses CUDA 13.0 while regular CI stays on CUDA 12.9
-NIGHTLY_CUDA_VERSION="13.0.0"
+NIGHTLY_CUDA_VERSION="13.0.2"
 NIGHTLY_BUILD_BASE_IMAGE="nvidia/cuda:${NIGHTLY_CUDA_VERSION}-devel-ubuntu22.04"
 NIGHTLY_FINAL_BASE_IMAGE="nvidia/cuda:${NIGHTLY_CUDA_VERSION}-base-ubuntu22.04"
 
diff --git a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
index ee41ae2868e7..8fce15680173 100644
--- a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ steps:
         agents:
           queue: arm64_cpu_queue_release
         commands:
-          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_AARCH64}\" --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu22.04  --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.2 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_AARCH64}\" --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.2-devel-ubuntu22.04  --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
           - "mkdir artifacts"
           - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
           - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh manylinux_2_35"
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ steps:
         agents:
           queue: cpu_queue_release
         commands:
-          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_X86}\" --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu22.04 --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.2 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_X86}\" --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.2-devel-ubuntu22.04 --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
           - "mkdir artifacts"
           - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
           - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh manylinux_2_35"
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ steps:
           queue: cpu_queue_release
         commands:
           - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_X86}\" --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu22.04 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m) --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.2 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_X86}\" --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.2-devel-ubuntu22.04 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m) --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
           - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)"
           # re-tag to default image tag and push, just in case arm64 build fails
           - "docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m) public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ steps:
           queue: arm64_cpu_queue_release
         commands:
           - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_AARCH64}\" --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu22.04 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m) --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.2 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_AARCH64}\" --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.2-devel-ubuntu22.04 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m) --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
           - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)"
 
       - label: "Build release image - x86_64 - CUDA 12.9"
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ steps:
           queue: cpu_queue_release
         commands:
           - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg UBUNTU_VERSION=24.04 --build-arg GDRCOPY_OS_VERSION=Ubuntu24_04 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_X86}\" --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu24.04 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-ubuntu2404 --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.2 --build-arg UBUNTU_VERSION=24.04 --build-arg GDRCOPY_OS_VERSION=Ubuntu24_04 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_X86}\" --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.2-devel-ubuntu24.04 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-ubuntu2404 --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
           - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-ubuntu2404"
           - "docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-ubuntu2404 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-ubuntu2404"
           - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-ubuntu2404"
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ steps:
           queue: arm64_cpu_queue_release
         commands:
           - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg UBUNTU_VERSION=24.04 --build-arg GDRCOPY_OS_VERSION=Ubuntu24_04 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_AARCH64}\" --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu24.04 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-ubuntu2404 --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.2 --build-arg UBUNTU_VERSION=24.04 --build-arg GDRCOPY_OS_VERSION=Ubuntu24_04 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_AARCH64}\" --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.2-devel-ubuntu24.04 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-ubuntu2404 --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
           - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-ubuntu2404"
 
       - label: "Build release image - x86_64 - CUDA 12.9 - Ubuntu 24.04"
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index d76a2e986b7c..d87c47044429 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #   docker buildx bake -f docker/docker-bake.hcl -f docker/versions.json
 # =============================================================================
 
-ARG CUDA_VERSION=13.0.0
+ARG CUDA_VERSION=13.0.2
 ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.12
 ARG UBUNTU_VERSION=22.04
 
diff --git a/docker/versions.json b/docker/versions.json
index f4e05914afa0..5fbb9d55adc0 100644
--- a/docker/versions.json
+++ b/docker/versions.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "_comment": "Auto-generated from Dockerfile ARGs. Do not edit manually. Run: python tools/generate_versions_json.py",
   "variable": {
     "CUDA_VERSION": {
-      "default": "13.0.0"
+      "default": "13.0.2"
     },
     "PYTHON_VERSION": {
       "default": "3.12"
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
       "default": "22.04"
     },
     "BUILD_BASE_IMAGE": {
-      "default": "nvidia/cuda:13.0.0-devel-ubuntu22.04"
+      "default": "nvidia/cuda:13.0.2-devel-ubuntu22.04"
     },
     "FINAL_BASE_IMAGE": {
-      "default": "nvidia/cuda:13.0.0-base-ubuntu22.04"
+      "default": "nvidia/cuda:13.0.2-base-ubuntu22.04"
     },
     "GET_PIP_URL": {
       "default": "https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py"
diff --git a/docs/assets/contributing/dockerfile-stages-dependency.png b/docs/assets/contributing/dockerfile-stages-dependency.png
index a6b0bf7b8fd4..d9d501319595 100644
Binary files a/docs/assets/contributing/dockerfile-stages-dependency.png and b/docs/assets/contributing/dockerfile-stages-dependency.png differ
diff --git a/docs/getting_started/installation/gpu.cuda.inc.md b/docs/getting_started/installation/gpu.cuda.inc.md
index db181c60e771..309dd671251e 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started/installation/gpu.cuda.inc.md
+++ b/docs/getting_started/installation/gpu.cuda.inc.md
@@ -375,8 +375,8 @@ For (G)B300, we recommend using CUDA 13, as shown in the following command.
 
     ```bash
     DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build \
-    --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 \
-    --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu22.04 \
+    --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.2 \
+    --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.2-devel-ubuntu22.04 \
     --build-arg max_jobs=256 \
     --build-arg nvcc_threads=2 \
     --build-arg RUN_WHEEL_CHECK=false \