diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index df3a4398098094834d01772bf6c5328e22d72f69..d96148d66db4e7e4a882adb90121bcd4c1f1e53f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Changelog
 Unreleased
 ----------
 
+### Changed
+
+- Reduced GPU image size by using `nvidia/cuda:12.6.3-base-ubuntu22.04`
+
 [1.8.1] (2025-02-18)
 --------------------
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.gpu b/Dockerfile.gpu
index 2a05089091dde9757a1313f158da739e520bb4b9..903b7b31a269864fadb41473a347065326af5779 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.gpu
+++ b/Dockerfile.gpu
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM onerahmet/ffmpeg:n7.1 AS ffmpeg
 
 FROM swaggerapi/swagger-ui:v5.9.1 AS swagger-ui
 
-FROM nvidia/cuda:12.6.3-cudnn-runtime-ubuntu22.04
+FROM nvidia/cuda:12.6.3-base-ubuntu22.04
 
 ENV PYTHON_VERSION=3.10