NVIDIA · rahulait · May 30, 2026 · May 30, 2026
diff --git a/.common-ci.yml b/.common-ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ default:
       command: ["--experimental"]
 
 variables:
-  DRIVER_VERSIONS: 535.309.01 580.159.04 595.71.05
+  DRIVER_VERSIONS: 580.159.04 595.71.05
   BUILD_MULTI_ARCH_IMAGES: "true"
 
 stages:
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ trigger-pipeline:
 .driver-versions:
   parallel:
     matrix:
-      - DRIVER_VERSION: [535.309.01, 580.159.04, 595.71.05]
+      - DRIVER_VERSION: [580.159.04, 595.71.05]
 
 # Define the driver versions for jobs that can be run in parallel
 .driver-versions-ubuntu24.04:
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ trigger-pipeline:
 .driver-versions-precompiled-ubuntu22.04:
   parallel:
     matrix:
-      - DRIVER_BRANCH: [535, 580, 595]
+      - DRIVER_BRANCH: [580, 595]
         KERNEL_FLAVOR: [aws, azure, generic, nvidia, oracle]
         LTS_KERNEL: ["5.15", "6.8"]
 

diff --git a/.github/precompiled-matrix-config.json b/.github/precompiled-matrix-config.json
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 {
-  "driver_branch": ["535", "580", "595"],
+  "driver_branch": ["580", "595"],
   "kernel_flavors": ["aws", "azure", "azure-fde", "generic", "nvidia", "oracle"],
   "dist": ["ubuntu22.04", "ubuntu24.04"],
   "lts_kernel": ["5.15", "6.8"],
-  "exclude_build_matrix_pairs": [
-    { "dist": "ubuntu24.04", "driver_branch": "535" }
-  ],
+  "exclude_build_matrix_pairs": [],
   "exclude_precompiled_build_matrix": [
-    { "dist": "ubuntu24.04", "driver_branch": "535" },
     { "lts_kernel": "5.15", "dist": "ubuntu24.04" },
     { "flavor": "azure-fde", "dist": "ubuntu22.04" }
   ],

diff --git a/.github/workflows/image.yaml b/.github/workflows/image.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         driver:
-          - 535.309.01
           - 580.159.04
           - 595.71.05
         dist:
@@ -42,13 +41,6 @@ jobs:
           - rocky10
         ispr:
           - ${{github.event_name == 'pull_request'}}
-        exclude:
-          - dist: ubuntu24.04
-            driver: 535.309.01
-          - dist: rhel10
-            driver: 535.309.01
-          - dist: rocky10
-            driver: 535.309.01
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -103,7 +95,6 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         driver:
-          - 535
           - 580
           - 595
         flavor:
@@ -130,14 +121,10 @@ jobs:
             flavor: nvidia
           - ispr: true
             flavor: oracle
-          - driver: 535
-            dist: ubuntu24.04
           - lts_kernel: 5.15
             dist: ubuntu24.04
           - flavor: azure-fde
             dist: ubuntu22.04
-          - dist: rhel10
-            driver: 535
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         name: Check out code

diff --git a/rhel8/precompiled/Makefile b/rhel8/precompiled/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ DOCKERFILE = Dockerfile
 RHEL_VERSION ?= 8.6
 CUDA_VERSION ?= 12.6.0
 CUDA_DIST ?= ubi8
-DRIVER_VERSION ?= 535.247.01
+DRIVER_VERSION ?= 580.159.04
 KERNEL_VERSION ?= 4.18.0-372.51.1.el8_6.x86_64
 TARGET_ARCH = $(shell echo "${KERNEL_VERSION}" | awk -F. '{print $$NF}')
 CONTAINER_TOOL ?= docker

diff --git a/rhel8/precompiled/README.md b/rhel8/precompiled/README.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ The procedure is based on [building custom kmod packages](https://github.com/NVI
     export CUDA_VERSION=12.1.0
     export CUDA_DIST=ubi8
     export DRIVER_EPOCH=1
-    export DRIVER_VERSION=535.247.01
+    export DRIVER_VERSION=580.159.04
     export OS_TAG=rhcos4.13
 
     make image image-push
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ The procedure is based on [building custom kmod packages](https://github.com/NVI
 
 ## NVIDIA GPU operator
 
-In order to be used with the NVIDIA GPU Operator on Red Hat OpenShift, the image tag must follow the format `${DRIVER_VERSION}-${KERNEL_VERSION}-${OS_TAG}`, and the full name will look like `nvcr.io/nvidia/driver:535.216.01-4.18.0-513.9.1.el8_9.x86_64-rhcos4.13`.
+In order to be used with the NVIDIA GPU Operator on Red Hat OpenShift, the image tag must follow the format `${DRIVER_VERSION}-${KERNEL_VERSION}-${OS_TAG}`, and the full name will look like `nvcr.io/nvidia/driver:580.159.04-4.18.0-513.9.1.el8_9.x86_64-rhcos4.13`.
 
 
 Define the `ClusterPolicy` resource to make use of the pre-compiled driver image, e.g.:
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Define the `ClusterPolicy` resource to make use of the pre-compiled driver image
     usePrecompiled: true
     image: driver
     repository: nvcr.io/nvidia
-    version: 535.247.01
+    version: 580.159.04
 ```
 
 Find more information in the [Precompiled Driver Containers](https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/gpu-operator/latest/precompiled-drivers.html) documentation.
diff --git a/ubuntu22.04/Dockerfile b/ubuntu22.04/Dockerfile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 # Arg to indicate if driver type is either of passthrough(baremetal) or vgpu
 ARG DRIVER_TYPE=passthrough
 ENV DRIVER_TYPE=$DRIVER_TYPE
-ARG DRIVER_BRANCH=535
+ARG DRIVER_BRANCH=580
 ENV DRIVER_BRANCH=$DRIVER_BRANCH
 ARG VGPU_LICENSE_SERVER_TYPE=NLS
 ENV VGPU_LICENSE_SERVER_TYPE=$VGPU_LICENSE_SERVER_TYPE

diff --git a/ubuntu22.04/precompiled/Dockerfile b/ubuntu22.04/precompiled/Dockerfile
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ARG BASE_URL=https://us.download.nvidia.com/tesla
 ARG TARGETARCH
 ENV TARGETARCH=$TARGETARCH
-ARG DRIVER_BRANCH=535
+ARG DRIVER_BRANCH=580
 ENV DRIVER_BRANCH=$DRIVER_BRANCH
-ARG DRIVER_VERSION=535.274.02
+ARG DRIVER_VERSION=580.159.04
 ENV DRIVER_VERSION=$DRIVER_VERSION
 
 ARG KERNEL_VERSION=5.15.0-116-generic

diff --git a/versions.mk b/versions.mk
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # DRIVER_VERSIONS contains latest version in all active datacenter branches
-DRIVER_VERSIONS ?= 535.309.01 580.159.04 595.71.05
+DRIVER_VERSIONS ?= 580.159.04 595.71.05
 
 GOLANG_VERSION := 1.26.3