diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4e45cf9b8..c4378eb9c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ ARG GO_VERSION=1.24
 ARG LLAMA_SERVER_VERSION=latest
 ARG LLAMA_SERVER_VARIANT=cpu
 ARG LLAMA_BINARY_PATH=/com.docker.llama-server.native.linux.${LLAMA_SERVER_VARIANT}.${TARGETARCH}
-ARG BASE_IMAGE=ubuntu:24.04
+
+# only 25.10 for cpu variant for max hardware support with vulkan
+ARG BASE_IMAGE=ubuntu:25.10
 
 FROM docker.io/library/golang:${GO_VERSION}-bookworm AS builder
 
diff --git a/scripts/apt-install.sh b/scripts/apt-install.sh
index fcfd40c2c..5bf1b755a 100755
--- a/scripts/apt-install.sh
+++ b/scripts/apt-install.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ main() {
   apt-get update
   local packages=("ca-certificates")
   if [ "$LLAMA_SERVER_VARIANT" = "generic" ] || [ "$LLAMA_SERVER_VARIANT" = "cpu" ]; then
-    apt-get install -y libvulkan1
+    packages+=("libvulkan1" "mesa-vulkan-drivers"))
   fi
 
   apt-get install -y "${packages[@]}"