diff --git a/.github/container/Dockerfile.base b/.github/container/Dockerfile.base
index db14f684e..1954b352d 100644
--- a/.github/container/Dockerfile.base
+++ b/.github/container/Dockerfile.base
@@ -162,6 +162,13 @@ RUN install-nccl-sanity-check.sh
 ADD jax-nccl-test parallel-launch /usr/local/bin/
 
 
+##############################################################################
+## Install a newer Nsight Systems version than is included in cuda-dl-base
+##############################################################################
+
+ADD install-nsight-systems.sh /usr/local/bin
+RUN install-nsight-systems.sh
+
 ###############################################################################
 ## Install the nsys-jax JAX/XLA-aware profiling scripts, patch Nsight Systems
 ###############################################################################
diff --git a/.github/container/install-nsight-systems.sh b/.github/container/install-nsight-systems.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..1ca264182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/container/install-nsight-systems.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -exuo pipefail
+
+# Remove the symlink that makes `nsys` refer to the CUDA-bundled version:
+rm /usr/local/cuda/bin/nsys
+
+# Repo for newer nsight versions
+UBUNTU_ARCH=$(dpkg --print-architecture)
+UBUNTU_VERSION=$(. /etc/os-release && echo ${ID}${VERSION_ID/./}) # e.g. ubuntu2204
+DEVTOOLS_URL=https://developer.download.nvidia.com/devtools/repos/${UBUNTU_VERSION}/${UBUNTU_ARCH}
+curl -o /usr/share/keyrings/nvidia.pub "${DEVTOOLS_URL}/nvidia.pub"
+echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nvidia.pub] ${DEVTOOLS_URL}/ /" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devtools-${UBUNTU_VERSION}-${UBUNTU_ARCH}.list
+
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+export TZ=America/Los_Angeles
+
+apt-get update
+apt-get install -y nsight-systems-cli-2025.3.1
+apt-get clean
+
+rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*