diff --git a/.buildkite/check-wheel-size.py b/.buildkite/check-wheel-size.py
index 76f6d7aeca..77ee313687 100644
--- a/.buildkite/check-wheel-size.py
+++ b/.buildkite/check-wheel-size.py
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ import os
 import sys
 import zipfile
 
-# Read the VLLM_MAX_SIZE_MB environment variable, defaulting to 450 MiB
+# Read the VLLM_MAX_SIZE_MB environment variable, defaulting to 500 MiB
 # Note that we have 800 MiB quota, please use it wisely.
 # See https://github.com/pypi/support/issues/6326 .
 # Please also sync the value with the one in Dockerfile.
-VLLM_MAX_SIZE_MB = int(os.environ.get("VLLM_MAX_SIZE_MB", 450))
+VLLM_MAX_SIZE_MB = int(os.environ.get("VLLM_MAX_SIZE_MB", 500))
 
 
 def print_top_10_largest_files(zip_file):
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 3a0db3cc49..f9e07acb85 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/ccache \
 # Check the size of the wheel if RUN_WHEEL_CHECK is true
 COPY .buildkite/check-wheel-size.py check-wheel-size.py
 # sync the default value with .buildkite/check-wheel-size.py
-ARG VLLM_MAX_SIZE_MB=450
+ARG VLLM_MAX_SIZE_MB=500
 ENV VLLM_MAX_SIZE_MB=$VLLM_MAX_SIZE_MB
 ARG RUN_WHEEL_CHECK=true
 RUN if [ "$RUN_WHEEL_CHECK" = "true" ]; then \