diff --git a/.agents/adding-backends.md b/.agents/adding-backends.md
index a7880a17b400..f0f44b815e12 100644
--- a/.agents/adding-backends.md
+++ b/.agents/adding-backends.md
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ If you have a `prepare.sh` doing the clone, delete it — the recipe belongs in
 - CUDA 13 builds: Add after other CUDA 13 builds (e.g., after `gpu-nvidia-cuda-13-chatterbox`)
 
 **Additional build types you may need:**
-- ROCm/HIP: Use `build-type: 'hipblas'` with `base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"`
+- ROCm/HIP: Use `build-type: 'hipblas'` with `base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"`
 - Intel/SYCL: Use `build-type: 'intel'` or `build-type: 'sycl_f16'`/`sycl_f32` with `base-image: "intel/oneapi-basekit:2025.3.2-0-devel-ubuntu24.04"`
 - L4T (ARM): Use `build-type: 'l4t'` with `platforms: 'linux/arm64'` and `runs-on: 'ubuntu-24.04-arm'`
 
diff --git a/.agents/building-and-testing.md b/.agents/building-and-testing.md
index 021d555ec993..a98eeeb7a906 100644
--- a/.agents/building-and-testing.md
+++ b/.agents/building-and-testing.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Let's say the user wants to build a particular backend for a given platform. For
   - Use `.github/backend-matrix.yml` as a reference — it's the data-only YAML that lists every backend variant's `build-type`, `base-image`, `platforms`, etc. (`backend.yml` and `backend_pr.yml` consume it via `scripts/changed-backends.js`).
   - l4t and cublas also require the CUDA major and minor version.
   - For llama-cpp / ik-llama-cpp / turboquant the matrix also sets `builder-base-image` pointing at a prebuilt `quay.io/go-skynet/ci-cache:base-grpc-*` tag. Local `make backends/<name>` defaults to `BUILDER_TARGET=builder-fromsource` and doesn't need it — the Dockerfile's from-source stage installs everything itself.
-- You can pretty print a command like `DOCKER_MAKEFLAGS=-j$(nproc --ignore=1) BUILD_TYPE=hipblas BASE_IMAGE=rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1 make docker-build-coqui`
+- You can pretty print a command like `DOCKER_MAKEFLAGS=-j$(nproc --ignore=1) BUILD_TYPE=hipblas BASE_IMAGE=rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full make docker-build-coqui`
 - Unless the user specifies that they want you to run the command, then just print it because not all agent frontends handle long running jobs well and the output may overflow your context
 - The user may say they want to build AMD or ROCM instead of hipblas, or Intel instead of SYCL or NVIDIA insted of l4t or cublas. Ask for confirmation if there is ambiguity.
 - Sometimes the user may need extra parameters to be added to `docker build` (e.g. `--platform` for cross-platform builds or `--progress` to view the full logs), in which case you can generate the `docker build` command directly.
diff --git a/.agents/ci-caching.md b/.agents/ci-caching.md
index 17cc6001d908..03799eb29305 100644
--- a/.agents/ci-caching.md
+++ b/.agents/ci-caching.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ The C++ backend Dockerfiles (`Dockerfile.{llama-cpp,ik-llama-cpp,turboquant}`) c
 | `base-grpc-cuda-13-amd64` | the above + CUDA 13.0 toolkit (Ubuntu 22.04 base) |
 | `base-grpc-cuda-13-arm64` | the above + CUDA 13.0 sbsa toolkit (Ubuntu 24.04 base) |
 | `base-grpc-l4t-cuda-12-arm64` | JetPack r36.4.0 base (CUDA preinstalled, `SKIP_DRIVERS=true`) + gRPC |
-| `base-grpc-rocm-amd64` | rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1 base + hipblas/hipblaslt/rocblas + gRPC |
+| `base-grpc-rocm-amd64` | rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full base + hipblas/hipblaslt/rocblas + gRPC |
 | `base-grpc-vulkan-amd64` / `base-grpc-vulkan-arm64` | Ubuntu 24.04 + Vulkan SDK 1.4.335 + gRPC |
 | `base-grpc-intel-amd64` | intel/oneapi-basekit:2025.3.2 base + gRPC |
 
diff --git a/.docker/install-base-deps.sh b/.docker/install-base-deps.sh
index 2b0e7e0c6a95..f8a5396d20cc 100755
--- a/.docker/install-base-deps.sh
+++ b/.docker/install-base-deps.sh
@@ -178,16 +178,18 @@ fi
 
 # --- 6. ROCm / HIP build deps (BUILD_TYPE=hipblas) ---
 if [ "${BUILD_TYPE:-}" = "hipblas" ] && [ "${SKIP_DRIVERS:-false}" = "false" ]; then
-    apt-get update
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        hipblas-dev \
-        hipblaslt-dev \
-        rocblas-dev
-    apt-get clean
-    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-    # I have no idea why, but the ROCM lib packages don't trigger ldconfig after they install,
-    # which results in local-ai and others not being able to locate the libraries.
-    # We run ldconfig ourselves to work around this packaging deficiency.
+    # ROCm 7.x ("TheRock" packaging): the legacy hipblas-dev / hipblaslt-dev /
+    # rocblas-dev metapackages were removed — BLAS is consolidated and split per
+    # GPU arch (amdrocm-blas<ver>-gfx*, amdrocm-blas-dev, amdrocm-blas-host). The
+    # rocm/dev-ubuntu-*:*-full base image already ships those BLAS dev libs and
+    # headers, so no apt install is needed here.
+    # TheRock ships the ROCm libs under /opt/rocm/core*/lib (reached via the
+    # /opt/rocm/lib alternatives symlink) but registers no ld.so.conf.d entry, so
+    # the dynamic linker can't resolve them. Without this the ldd-based GPU-lib
+    # packaging (scripts/build/package-gpu-libs.sh) silently skips librocm_kpack,
+    # rocBLAS, hipBLASLt, the bundled rocm_sysdeps (zlib/zstd/elf) and the LLVM
+    # runtime, and the built backend fails to load at runtime.
+    printf '/opt/rocm/lib\n/opt/rocm/lib/rocm_sysdeps/lib\n/opt/rocm/llvm/lib\n' > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/rocm.conf
     ldconfig
     # Log which GPU architectures have rocBLAS kernel support
     echo "rocBLAS library data architectures:"
diff --git a/.github/backend-matrix.yml b/.github/backend-matrix.yml
index 2ae8a26af576..dde5d4de11cb 100644
--- a/.github/backend-matrix.yml
+++ b/.github/backend-matrix.yml
@@ -2140,7 +2140,7 @@ include:
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-rerankers'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "rerankers"
     dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
@@ -2154,7 +2154,7 @@ include:
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-llama-cpp'
     builder-base-image: 'quay.io/go-skynet/ci-cache:base-grpc-rocm-amd64'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "llama-cpp"
     dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.llama-cpp"
@@ -2168,7 +2168,7 @@ include:
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-bonsai'
     builder-base-image: 'quay.io/go-skynet/ci-cache:base-grpc-rocm-amd64'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "bonsai"
     dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.bonsai"
@@ -2181,7 +2181,7 @@ include:
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-vllm'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "vllm"
     dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
@@ -2194,7 +2194,7 @@ include:
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-vllm-omni'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "vllm-omni"
     dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
@@ -2207,7 +2207,7 @@ include:
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-sglang'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "sglang"
     dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
@@ -2220,7 +2220,7 @@ include:
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-transformers'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "transformers"
     dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
@@ -2233,7 +2233,7 @@ include:
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-diffusers'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "diffusers"
     dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
@@ -2246,7 +2246,7 @@ include:
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-ace-step'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "ace-step"
     dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
@@ -2260,7 +2260,7 @@ include:
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-kokoro'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "kokoro"
     dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
@@ -2273,7 +2273,7 @@ include:
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-vibevoice'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "vibevoice"
     dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
@@ -2286,7 +2286,7 @@ include:
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-liquid-audio'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "liquid-audio"
     dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
@@ -2299,7 +2299,7 @@ include:
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-qwen-asr'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "qwen-asr"
     dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
@@ -2312,7 +2312,7 @@ include:
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-nemo'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "nemo"
     dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
@@ -2325,7 +2325,7 @@ include:
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-qwen-tts'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "qwen-tts"
     dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
@@ -2338,7 +2338,7 @@ include:
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-fish-speech'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "fish-speech"
     dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
@@ -2351,7 +2351,7 @@ include:
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-voxcpm'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "voxcpm"
     dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
@@ -2364,7 +2364,7 @@ include:
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-pocket-tts'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "pocket-tts"
     dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
@@ -2377,7 +2377,7 @@ include:
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-faster-whisper'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "faster-whisper"
     dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
@@ -2390,7 +2390,7 @@ include:
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-coqui'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "coqui"
     dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
@@ -3854,7 +3854,7 @@ include:
     platforms: 'linux/amd64'
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-whisper'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "whisper"
@@ -3867,7 +3867,7 @@ include:
     platforms: 'linux/amd64'
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-crispasr'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "crispasr"
@@ -3976,7 +3976,7 @@ include:
     platforms: 'linux/amd64'
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-parakeet-cpp'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "parakeet-cpp"
@@ -4085,7 +4085,7 @@ include:
     platforms: 'linux/amd64'
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-moss-transcribe-cpp'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "moss-transcribe-cpp"
@@ -4233,7 +4233,7 @@ include:
     platforms: 'linux/amd64'
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-ced'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "ced"
@@ -4381,7 +4381,7 @@ include:
     platforms: 'linux/amd64'
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-voice-detect'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "voice-detect"
@@ -4529,7 +4529,7 @@ include:
     platforms: 'linux/amd64'
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-face-detect'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "face-detect"
@@ -4638,7 +4638,7 @@ include:
     platforms: 'linux/amd64'
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-acestep-cpp'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "acestep-cpp"
@@ -5571,7 +5571,7 @@ include:
   #   platforms: 'linux/amd64'
   #   tag-latest: 'auto'
   #   tag-suffix: '-gpu-hipblas-rfdetr'
-  #   base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+  #   base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
   #   runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
   #   skip-drivers: 'false'
   #   backend: "rfdetr"
@@ -5643,7 +5643,7 @@ include:
     tag-latest: 'auto'
     tag-suffix: '-gpu-rocm-hipblas-neutts'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+    base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
     skip-drivers: 'false'
     backend: "neutts"
     dockerfile: "./backend/Dockerfile.python"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/base-images.yml b/.github/workflows/base-images.yml
index 637b603a56fb..87ce9c3fded7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/base-images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/base-images.yml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
             ubuntu-version: '2404'
           - tag: 'base-grpc-rocm-amd64'
             runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
-            base-image: 'rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1'
+            base-image: 'rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full'
             build-type: 'hipblas'
             cuda-major-version: ''
             cuda-minor-version: ''
diff --git a/.github/workflows/image-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/image-pr.yml
index 146ad22cffbe..b24a452b239d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image-pr.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
               platforms: 'linux/amd64'
               tag-latest: 'false'
               tag-suffix: '-hipblas'
-              base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+              base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
               runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
               makeflags: "--jobs=3 --output-sync=target"
               ubuntu-version: '2404'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/image.yml b/.github/workflows/image.yml
index 655ef1b437dc..752634348b12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
               platforms: 'linux/amd64'
               tag-latest: 'auto'
               tag-suffix: '-gpu-hipblas'
-              base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1"
+              base-image: "rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full"
               runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
               makeflags: "--jobs=3 --output-sync=target"
               ubuntu-version: '2404'
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4ca9b32791ab..1b5b319666ba 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -158,16 +158,21 @@ RUN if [ "${BUILD_TYPE}" = "clblas" ] && [ "${SKIP_DRIVERS}" = "false" ]; then \
     ; fi
 
 RUN if [ "${BUILD_TYPE}" = "hipblas" ] && [ "${SKIP_DRIVERS}" = "false" ]; then \
-        apt-get update && \
-        apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-            hipblas-dev \
-            hipblaslt-dev \
-            rocblas-dev && \
-        apt-get clean && \
-        rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
+        # ROCm 7.x ("TheRock" packaging): the legacy hipblas-dev / hipblaslt-dev /
+        # rocblas-dev metapackages were removed — BLAS is consolidated and split
+        # per GPU arch (amdrocm-blas<ver>-gfx*, amdrocm-blas-dev, amdrocm-blas-host).
+        # The rocm/dev-ubuntu-*:*-full base image already ships those dev libraries
+        # and headers, so no apt install is needed here anymore. We still set the
+        # AMD capability marker.
         echo "amd" > /run/localai/capability && \
-        # I have no idea why, but the ROCM lib packages don't trigger ldconfig after they install, which results in local-ai and others not being able
-        # to locate the libraries. We run ldconfig ourselves to work around this packaging deficiency
+        # TheRock ships the ROCm libs under /opt/rocm/core*/lib (reached via the
+        # /opt/rocm/lib alternatives symlink) but registers no ld.so.conf.d entry,
+        # so the dynamic linker can't find them. Register the path so ldconfig
+        # (and the ldd-based backend GPU-lib packaging) resolves librocm_kpack,
+        # rocBLAS, hipBLASLt, the bundled rocm_sysdeps (zlib/zstd/elf) and the
+        # LLVM runtime — otherwise the built backend fails at runtime with e.g.
+        # "librocm_kpack.so.0 / librocm_sysdeps_z.so.1: cannot open shared object".
+        printf '/opt/rocm/lib\n/opt/rocm/lib/rocm_sysdeps/lib\n/opt/rocm/llvm/lib\n' > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/rocm.conf && \
         ldconfig \
     ; fi
 
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile.base-grpc-builder b/backend/Dockerfile.base-grpc-builder
index 8843a0a72c29..c7c681dde82b 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile.base-grpc-builder
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile.base-grpc-builder
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #   base-grpc-cuda-13-amd64         ubuntu:22.04 + CUDA 13.0
 #   base-grpc-cuda-13-arm64         ubuntu:24.04 + CUDA 13.0 (sbsa)
 #   base-grpc-l4t-cuda-12-arm64     ubuntu:22.04 + CUDA 12.x (legacy JetPack)
-#   base-grpc-rocm-amd64            rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.2.1 + hipblas
+#   base-grpc-rocm-amd64            rocm/dev-ubuntu-24.04:7.14.0-full + hipblas
 #   base-grpc-vulkan-amd64          ubuntu:24.04 + Vulkan SDK 1.4.335
 #   base-grpc-vulkan-arm64          ubuntu:24.04 + Vulkan SDK ARM 1.4.335
 #   base-grpc-intel-amd64           intel/oneapi-basekit:2025.3.2 (sycl)
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile.golang b/backend/Dockerfile.golang
index c7dcac40068b..dc10b72b42a5 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile.golang
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile.golang
@@ -169,15 +169,18 @@ RUN if [ "${BUILD_TYPE}" = "clblas" ] && [ "${SKIP_DRIVERS}" = "false" ]; then \
     ; fi
 
 RUN if [ "${BUILD_TYPE}" = "hipblas" ] && [ "${SKIP_DRIVERS}" = "false" ]; then \
+        # ROCm 7.x ("TheRock" packaging) consolidates the legacy BLAS development
+        # packages into amdrocm-blas-dev. Some Go/C++ matrix entries still use ROCm
+        # 6.x, so select the package set exposed by the base image's repository.
         apt-get update && \
-        apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-            hipblas-dev \
-            hipblaslt-dev \
-            rocblas-dev && \
-        apt-get clean && \
+        if apt-cache show amdrocm-blas-dev >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
+            apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends amdrocm-blas-dev; \
+        else \
+            apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends hipblas-dev hipblaslt-dev rocblas-dev; \
+        fi && \
         rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
-        # I have no idea why, but the ROCM lib packages don't trigger ldconfig after they install, which results in local-ai and others not being able
-        # to locate the libraries. We run ldconfig ourselves to work around this packaging deficiency
+        # Register TheRock's library paths so cgo backends resolve the ROCm libs.
+        printf '/opt/rocm/lib\n/opt/rocm/lib/rocm_sysdeps/lib\n/opt/rocm/llvm/lib\n' > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/rocm.conf && \
         ldconfig \
     ; fi
 
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile.python b/backend/Dockerfile.python
index 2522a6f56be0..b075ed84f47c 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile.python
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile.python
@@ -171,15 +171,14 @@ RUN if [ "${BUILD_TYPE}" = "clblas" ] && [ "${SKIP_DRIVERS}" = "false" ]; then \
     ; fi
 
 RUN if [ "${BUILD_TYPE}" = "hipblas" ] && [ "${SKIP_DRIVERS}" = "false" ]; then \
-        apt-get update && \
-        apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-            hipblas-dev \
-            hipblaslt-dev \
-            rocblas-dev && \
-        apt-get clean && \
-        rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
-        # I have no idea why, but the ROCM lib packages don't trigger ldconfig after they install, which results in local-ai and others not being able
-        # to locate the libraries. We run ldconfig ourselves to work around this packaging deficiency
+        # ROCm 7.x ("TheRock" packaging): the legacy hipblas-dev / hipblaslt-dev /
+        # rocblas-dev metapackages were removed (consolidated + arch-split). The
+        # rocm/dev-ubuntu-*:*-full base image already ships the BLAS dev libs and
+        # headers, so no apt install is needed. TheRock also scatters the ROCm libs
+        # across /opt/rocm/lib, /opt/rocm/lib/rocm_sysdeps/lib and /opt/rocm/llvm/lib
+        # with no ld.so.conf.d entry — register them so ldconfig (and Python
+        # backends that dlopen ROCm libs at runtime) can resolve them.
+        printf '/opt/rocm/lib\n/opt/rocm/lib/rocm_sysdeps/lib\n/opt/rocm/llvm/lib\n' > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/rocm.conf && \
         ldconfig \
     ; fi