diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 63e50da..c241ffb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ test = [
 mlx = [
     "mlx==0.32.2; platform_system == 'Darwin' and platform_machine == 'arm64'",
     "mlx-lm==0.31.3; platform_system == 'Darwin' and platform_machine == 'arm64'",
-    "mlx-vlm==0.6.17; platform_system == 'Darwin' and platform_machine == 'arm64'",
+    "mlx-vlm==0.7.0; platform_system == 'Darwin' and platform_machine == 'arm64'",
     "transformers==5.16.1; platform_system == 'Darwin' and platform_machine == 'arm64'",
 ]
 
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 9dedf7a..bcad898 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "mkdocstrings", extras = ["python"], marker = "extra == 'docs'", specifier = ">=0.22.0" },
     { name = "mlx", marker = "platform_machine == 'arm64' and sys_platform == 'darwin' and extra == 'mlx'", specifier = "==0.32.2" },
     { name = "mlx-lm", marker = "platform_machine == 'arm64' and sys_platform == 'darwin' and extra == 'mlx'", specifier = "==0.31.3" },
-    { name = "mlx-vlm", marker = "platform_machine == 'arm64' and sys_platform == 'darwin' and extra == 'mlx'", specifier = "==0.6.17" },
+    { name = "mlx-vlm", marker = "platform_machine == 'arm64' and sys_platform == 'darwin' and extra == 'mlx'", specifier = "==0.7.0" },
     { name = "modal", marker = "extra == 'modal'", specifier = ">=1.0.5" },
     { name = "modal", marker = "extra == 'modal-l4-execute'", specifier = "==1.5.5" },
     { name = "mypy", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=1.5.0" },
@@ -1737,10 +1737,11 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mlx-vlm"
-version = "0.6.17"
+version = "0.7.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "fastapi" },
+    { name = "jinja2" },
     { name = "llguidance" },
     { name = "miniaudio" },
     { name = "mlx" },
@@ -1757,9 +1758,9 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "uvicorn" },
     { name = "websockets" },
 ]
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 wheels = [
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+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/65/2c/3868b7ccb50c3cb975e7387de0b1e642b8896f2504a80d097f109d694eb4/mlx_vlm-0.7.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5ea0c2b8182c055068cb0da59cb2503c238c428a07daaa0bebc246e8c666f4d3", size = 2787810, upload-time = "2026-09-07T15:25:12.683Z" },
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 [[package]]