diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 57df4e03f..b41e318cb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Updated Moondream to revision `2025-01-09`.
+
 - Updated `pyproject.toml` to once again pin `numba` to `>=0.61.2` in order to
   resolve package versioning issues.
 - Updated the `STTMuteFilter` to include `VADUserStartedSpeakingFrame` and `VADUserStoppedSpeakingFrame` in the list of frames to filter when the filtering is on.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6d20e5e4f..3a2d596a4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ local = [ "pyaudio~=0.2.14" ]
 mcp = [ "mcp[cli]~=1.9.4" ]
 mem0 = [ "mem0ai~=0.1.94" ]
 mlx-whisper = [ "mlx-whisper~=0.4.2" ]
-moondream = [ "einops~=0.8.0", "timm~=1.0.13", "transformers>=4.48.0" ]
+moondream = [ "accelerate~=1.10.0", "einops~=0.8.0", "pyvips[binary]~=3.0.0", "timm~=1.0.13", "transformers>=4.48.0" ]
 nim = []
 neuphonic = [ "websockets>=13.1,<15.0" ]
 noisereduce = [ "noisereduce~=3.0.3" ]
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ dev = [
 docs = [
     "sphinx>=8.1.3",
     "sphinx-rtd-theme",
-    "sphinx-markdown-builder", 
+    "sphinx-markdown-builder",
     "sphinx-autodoc-typehints",
     "toml",
 ]
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/moondream/vision.py b/src/pipecat/services/moondream/vision.py
index 88be8a2a1..a6239342f 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/moondream/vision.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/moondream/vision.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class MoondreamService(VisionService):
     """
 
     def __init__(
-        self, *, model="vikhyatk/moondream2", revision="2024-08-26", use_cpu=False, **kwargs
+        self, *, model="vikhyatk/moondream2", revision="2025-01-09", use_cpu=False, **kwargs
     ):
         """Initialize the Moondream service.
 
@@ -82,14 +82,15 @@ class MoondreamService(VisionService):
             device = torch.device("cpu")
             dtype = torch.float32
 
-        self._tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model, revision=revision)
-
         logger.debug("Loading Moondream model...")
 
         self._model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
-            model, trust_remote_code=True, revision=revision
-        ).to(device=device, dtype=dtype)
-        self._model.eval()
+            model,
+            trust_remote_code=True,
+            revision=revision,
+            device_map={"": device},
+            torch_dtype=dtype,
+        ).eval()
 
         logger.debug("Loaded Moondream model")
 
@@ -121,9 +122,7 @@ class MoondreamService(VisionService):
             """
             image = Image.frombytes(frame.format, frame.size, frame.image)
             image_embeds = self._model.encode_image(image)
-            description = self._model.answer_question(
-                image_embeds=image_embeds, question=frame.text, tokenizer=self._tokenizer
-            )
+            description = self._model.query(image_embeds, frame.text)["answer"]
             return description
 
         description = await asyncio.to_thread(get_image_description, frame)
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 715439564..751cf5fd2 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -19,6 +19,24 @@ resolution-markers = [
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 ]
 
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+version = "1.10.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "huggingface-hub" },
+    { name = "numpy" },
+    { name = "packaging" },
+    { name = "psutil" },
+    { name = "pyyaml" },
+    { name = "safetensors" },
+    { name = "torch" },
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+
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 name = "aenum"
 version = "3.1.16"
@@ -4229,7 +4247,9 @@ mlx-whisper = [
     { name = "mlx-whisper" },
 ]
 moondream = [
+    { name = "accelerate" },
     { name = "einops" },
+    { name = "pyvips", extra = ["binary"] },
     { name = "timm" },
     { name = "transformers" },
 ]
@@ -4328,6 +4348,7 @@ docs = [
 
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
+    { name = "accelerate", marker = "extra == 'moondream'", specifier = "~=1.10.0" },
     { name = "aioboto3", marker = "extra == 'aws'", specifier = "~=15.0.0" },
     { name = "aiohttp", specifier = ">=3.11.12,<4" },
     { name = "aiortc", marker = "extra == 'webrtc'", specifier = "~=1.11.0" },
@@ -4384,6 +4405,7 @@ requires-dist = [
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     { name = "pyloudnorm", specifier = "~=0.1.1" },
     { name = "python-dotenv", marker = "extra == 'runner'", specifier = ">=1.0.0,<2.0.0" },
+    { name = "pyvips", extras = ["binary"], marker = "extra == 'moondream'", specifier = "~=3.0.0" },
     { name = "resampy", specifier = "~=0.4.3" },
     { name = "sentry-sdk", marker = "extra == 'sentry'", specifier = "~=2.23.1" },
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+
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+]
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