diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.xpu b/docker/Dockerfile.xpu
index ada261dd8f..5e1e2984f4 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.xpu
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.xpu
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ FROM vllm-base AS ucx-nixl-build
 # Keep UCX_VERSION aligned with the UCX that NIXL itself builds against for this
 # NIXL_VERSION (nixl contrib/Dockerfile.manylinux: ARG UCX_REF), so XPU runs the
 # same UCX commit as the released nixl-cu* wheels rather than an untested pairing.
-ARG UCX_VERSION=v1.21.x
-ARG NIXL_VERSION=v1.3.2
+ARG UCX_VERSION=v1.23.x
+ARG NIXL_VERSION=v1.5.0
 
 # Build-time only: compiler, autotools, and verbs dev headers
 RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ ENV UV_COMPILE_BYTECODE=1
 
 # Must match the ucx-nixl-build stage above: ARG does not cross stages, so a stale
 # value here installs a meta package that disagrees with the wheel built there.
-ARG NIXL_VERSION=v1.3.2
+ARG NIXL_VERSION=v1.5.0
 
 # Copy compiled UCX runtime libraries and the pre-built NIXL wheel.
 # No compiler or autotools are installed in this stage.