diff --git a/Earthfile b/Earthfile
index 6a9482219..e59798d87 100644
--- a/Earthfile
+++ b/Earthfile
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ dynamo-base-docker:
     ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/opt/dynamo/venv
     ENV PATH="${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin:${PATH}"
 
-    RUN uv pip install -r /tmp/requirements.txt
+    RUN UV_GIT_LFS=1 uv pip install -r /tmp/requirements.txt
 
     # Copy and install wheels -- ai-dynamo-runtime first, then ai-dynamo
     COPY +dynamo-build/ai_dynamo_runtime*.whl /tmp/wheels/
diff --git a/benchmarks/profiler/utils/estimate_perf.py b/benchmarks/profiler/utils/estimate_perf.py
index b4f4fc97e..a6abc0d09 100644
--- a/benchmarks/profiler/utils/estimate_perf.py
+++ b/benchmarks/profiler/utils/estimate_perf.py
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ class AIConfiguratorPerfEstimator:
 
         # NOTE: MOE models error out unless moe_tp_size and moe_ep_size are provided.
         model_config = aiconfigurator.sdk.config.ModelConfig(**model_config_kwargs)
-        model = aiconfigurator.sdk.models.get_model(self.model_name, model_config)
+        model = aiconfigurator.sdk.models.get_model(
+            self.model_name, model_config, self.backend
+        )
         return model
 
     def estimate_perf(
diff --git a/benchmarks/pyproject.toml b/benchmarks/pyproject.toml
index 0f3da1323..4eb0dedf0 100644
--- a/benchmarks/pyproject.toml
+++ b/benchmarks/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 
 dependencies = [
-    "aiconfigurator==0.2.0",
+    "aiconfigurator @ git+https://github.com/ai-dynamo/aiconfigurator.git@e46d9089ffe4f5dd62c46914489c55b6dfdbc903",
     "networkx",
     "pandas",
     "pydantic>=2",
diff --git a/container/Dockerfile b/container/Dockerfile
index b52c5c3bd..bf17e8ee9 100644
--- a/container/Dockerfile
+++ b/container/Dockerfile
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -y \
         automake \
         cmake \
         git \
+        git-lfs \
         libtool \
         meson \
         net-tools \
@@ -261,7 +262,10 @@ ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/opt/dynamo/venv \
 # Install common and test dependencies
 RUN --mount=type=bind,source=./container/deps/requirements.txt,target=/tmp/requirements.txt \
     --mount=type=bind,source=./container/deps/requirements.test.txt,target=/tmp/requirements.test.txt \
-    uv pip install --requirement /tmp/requirements.txt --requirement /tmp/requirements.test.txt
+    UV_GIT_LFS=1 uv pip install \
+        --no-cache \
+        --requirement /tmp/requirements.txt \
+        --requirement /tmp/requirements.test.txt
 
 ##################################
 ##### Wheel Build Image ##########
@@ -382,7 +386,7 @@ RUN uv pip install \
     /opt/dynamo/wheelhouse/ai_dynamo*any.whl \
     /opt/dynamo/wheelhouse/nixl/nixl*.whl \
     && cd /opt/dynamo/benchmarks \
-    && uv pip install . \
+    && UV_GIT_LFS=1 uv pip install --no-cache . \
     && cd - \
     && rm -rf /opt/dynamo/benchmarks
 
diff --git a/container/Dockerfile.sglang b/container/Dockerfile.sglang
index 90deda296..03a655bfe 100644
--- a/container/Dockerfile.sglang
+++ b/container/Dockerfile.sglang
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -y \
         python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev \
         build-essential \
         git \
+        git-lfs \
         # SGLang build dependencies
         cmake \
         ibverbs-providers \
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         # jq and curl for polling various endpoints and health checks
         jq \
         git \
+        git-lfs \
         curl \
         # Libraries required by UCX to find RDMA devices
         libibverbs1 rdma-core ibverbs-utils libibumad3 \
@@ -206,14 +208,17 @@ RUN uv pip install \
     /opt/dynamo/wheelhouse/ai_dynamo*any.whl \
     /opt/dynamo/wheelhouse/nixl/nixl*.whl \
     && cd /opt/dynamo/benchmarks \
-    && uv pip install . \
+    && UV_GIT_LFS=1 uv pip install --no-cache . \
     && cd - \
     && rm -rf /opt/dynamo/benchmarks
 
 # Install common and test dependencies
 RUN --mount=type=bind,source=./container/deps/requirements.txt,target=/tmp/requirements.txt \
     --mount=type=bind,source=./container/deps/requirements.test.txt,target=/tmp/requirements.test.txt \
-    uv pip install --requirement /tmp/requirements.txt --requirement /tmp/requirements.test.txt
+    UV_GIT_LFS=1 uv pip install \
+        --no-cache \
+        --requirement /tmp/requirements.txt \
+        --requirement /tmp/requirements.test.txt
 
 # Copy launch banner
 RUN --mount=type=bind,source=./container/launch_message.txt,target=/workspace/launch_message.txt \
diff --git a/container/Dockerfile.trtllm b/container/Dockerfile.trtllm
index 6776a67ce..acd10a362 100644
--- a/container/Dockerfile.trtllm
+++ b/container/Dockerfile.trtllm
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         g++ \
         ninja-build \
         git \
+        git-lfs \
         # Python runtime - CRITICAL for virtual environment to work
         python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev \
         python3-pip \
@@ -242,14 +243,17 @@ RUN uv pip install \
     /opt/dynamo/wheelhouse/ai_dynamo*any.whl \
     /opt/dynamo/wheelhouse/nixl/nixl*.whl \
     && cd /opt/dynamo/benchmarks \
-    && uv pip install . \
+    && UV_GIT_LFS=1 uv pip install --no-cache . \
     && cd - \
     && rm -rf /opt/dynamo/benchmarks
 
 # Install common and test dependencies
 RUN --mount=type=bind,source=./container/deps/requirements.txt,target=/tmp/requirements.txt \
     --mount=type=bind,source=./container/deps/requirements.test.txt,target=/tmp/requirements.test.txt \
-    uv pip install --requirement /tmp/requirements.txt --requirement /tmp/requirements.test.txt
+    UV_GIT_LFS=1 uv pip install \
+        --no-cache \
+        --requirement /tmp/requirements.txt \
+        --requirement /tmp/requirements.test.txt
 
 # Copy UCX libraries, libucc.so is needed by pytorch. May not need to copy whole hpcx dir but only /opt/hpcx/ucc/
 COPY --from=framework /opt/hpcx /opt/hpcx
diff --git a/container/Dockerfile.vllm b/container/Dockerfile.vllm
index d23376379..163ad08f5 100644
--- a/container/Dockerfile.vllm
+++ b/container/Dockerfile.vllm
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         # jq and curl for polling various endpoints and health checks
         jq \
         git \
+        git-lfs \
         curl \
         # Libraries required by UCX to find RDMA devices
         libibverbs1 rdma-core ibverbs-utils libibumad3 \
@@ -257,14 +258,17 @@ RUN uv pip install \
     /opt/dynamo/wheelhouse/ai_dynamo*any.whl \
     /opt/dynamo/wheelhouse/nixl/nixl*.whl \
     && cd /opt/dynamo/benchmarks \
-    && uv pip install . \
+    && UV_GIT_LFS=1 uv pip install --no-cache . \
     && cd - \
     && rm -rf /opt/dynamo/benchmarks
 
 # Install common and test dependencies
 RUN --mount=type=bind,source=./container/deps/requirements.txt,target=/tmp/requirements.txt \
     --mount=type=bind,source=./container/deps/requirements.test.txt,target=/tmp/requirements.test.txt \
-    uv pip install --requirement /tmp/requirements.txt --requirement /tmp/requirements.test.txt
+    UV_GIT_LFS=1 uv pip install \
+        --no-cache \
+        --requirement /tmp/requirements.txt \
+        --requirement /tmp/requirements.test.txt
 
 # Copy benchmarks, examples, and tests for CI
 COPY . /workspace/
diff --git a/tests/planner/README.md b/tests/planner/README.md
index e9fdcbe44..14a7112f7 100644
--- a/tests/planner/README.md
+++ b/tests/planner/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This directory contains comprehensive testing tools for validating the SLA plann
 The SLA planner monitors metrics every 60 seconds (default adjustment interval) and scales
 prefill/decode workers based on TTFT, ITL, and request patterns.
 
-To setup the environment, simply use the released docker images for any backends, or build your own docker image following the READMEs in `./components/backends/<vllm/sglang/trtllm>/README.md`, or follow the `Developing Locally` section in [README.md](../../README.md) to setup the environment locally. If using the local environment, make sure to install dependencies by running `uv pip install -r container/deps/requirements.txt`
+To setup the environment, simply use the released docker images for any backends, or build your own docker image following the READMEs in `./components/backends/<vllm/sglang/trtllm>/README.md`, or follow the `Developing Locally` section in [README.md](../../README.md) to setup the environment locally. If using the local environment, make sure to install dependencies by running `UV_GIT_LFS=1 uv pip install --no-cache -r container/deps/requirements.txt`
 
 ## Pre-Requisite: Pre-Deployment Profiling Data
 
diff --git a/tests/profiler/test_profile_sla_aiconfigurator.py b/tests/profiler/test_profile_sla_aiconfigurator.py
index 154fe2ddd..7d21cefe1 100644
--- a/tests/profiler/test_profile_sla_aiconfigurator.py
+++ b/tests/profiler/test_profile_sla_aiconfigurator.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class TestProfileSlaAiconfigurator:
             ("trtllm", "1.0.0rc3"),
         ],
     )
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize("model_name", ["QWEN3_32B", "GPT_7B", "LLAMA3.1_405B"])
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("model_name", ["QWEN3_32B", "LLAMA3.1_405B"])
     async def test_trtllm_aiconfigurator_many(
         self, trtllm_args, model_name, backend, aic_backend_version
     ):