diff --git a/chart/values.schema.json b/chart/values.schema.json
index fd125bd..243d73a 100644
--- a/chart/values.schema.json
+++ b/chart/values.schema.json
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
                             "type": "string",
                             "title": "Backend vLLM version",
                             "description": "The vLLM version to use as a backend. Must be a version tag from [this list](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/tags)",
-                            "default": "v0.5.5"
+                            "default": "v0.6.2"
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index a41ede2..07bf75d 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ api:
   # Container image config
   image:
     repository: vllm/vllm-openai
-    version: v0.5.5
+    version: v0.6.2
   monitoring:
     enabled: true
   # The number of replicas for the backend deployment