diff --git a/docker/rocm.Dockerfile b/docker/rocm.Dockerfile
index 402bbccdb..bf94941bb 100644
--- a/docker/rocm.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/rocm.Dockerfile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ ENV BUILD_TRITON="0"
 ENV BUILD_LLVM="0"
 ENV BUILD_AITER_ALL="1"
 ENV BUILD_MOONCAKE="1"
-ENV AITER_COMMIT_DEFAULT="d9e5ef7ce08ee7045d583aed768cff41aa9210fe"
+ENV AITER_COMMIT_DEFAULT="c16d44b93a528b2a4bfd6d8d3409116d465872a9"
 
 # ===============================
 # Base image 942 with rocm720 and args
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ ENV BUILD_TRITON="1"
 ENV BUILD_LLVM="0"
 ENV BUILD_AITER_ALL="1"
 ENV BUILD_MOONCAKE="1"
-ENV AITER_COMMIT_DEFAULT="d9e5ef7ce08ee7045d583aed768cff41aa9210fe"
+ENV AITER_COMMIT_DEFAULT="c16d44b93a528b2a4bfd6d8d3409116d465872a9"
 
 # ===============================
 # Base image 942 with rocm724 and args (Python 3.12 + torch 2.11)
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ ENV BUILD_TRITON="1"
 ENV BUILD_LLVM="0"
 ENV BUILD_AITER_ALL="1"
 ENV BUILD_MOONCAKE="1"
-ENV AITER_COMMIT_DEFAULT="d9e5ef7ce08ee7045d583aed768cff41aa9210fe"
+ENV AITER_COMMIT_DEFAULT="c16d44b93a528b2a4bfd6d8d3409116d465872a9"
 # Pin the ROCm torch stack for every pip invocation in this flavor. The file is
 # filled in after the torch 2.11 upgrade below; it must already exist (empty is
 # valid) because pip reads PIP_CONSTRAINT from the first pip call onwards.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ ENV BUILD_TRITON="0"
 ENV BUILD_LLVM="0"
 ENV BUILD_AITER_ALL="1"
 ENV BUILD_MOONCAKE="1"
-ENV AITER_COMMIT_DEFAULT="d9e5ef7ce08ee7045d583aed768cff41aa9210fe"
+ENV AITER_COMMIT_DEFAULT="c16d44b93a528b2a4bfd6d8d3409116d465872a9"
 
 # ===============================
 # Base image 950 with rocm720 and args
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ ENV BUILD_TRITON="1"
 ENV BUILD_LLVM="0"
 ENV BUILD_AITER_ALL="1"
 ENV BUILD_MOONCAKE="1"
-ENV AITER_COMMIT_DEFAULT="d9e5ef7ce08ee7045d583aed768cff41aa9210fe"
+ENV AITER_COMMIT_DEFAULT="c16d44b93a528b2a4bfd6d8d3409116d465872a9"
 
 # ===============================
 # Base image 950 with rocm724 and args (Python 3.12 + torch 2.11)
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ ENV BUILD_TRITON="1"
 ENV BUILD_LLVM="0"
 ENV BUILD_AITER_ALL="1"
 ENV BUILD_MOONCAKE="1"
-ENV AITER_COMMIT_DEFAULT="d9e5ef7ce08ee7045d583aed768cff41aa9210fe"
+ENV AITER_COMMIT_DEFAULT="c16d44b93a528b2a4bfd6d8d3409116d465872a9"
 # Pin the ROCm torch stack for every pip invocation in this flavor. The file is
 # filled in after the torch 2.11 upgrade below; it must already exist (empty is
 # valid) because pip reads PIP_CONSTRAINT from the first pip call onwards.
@@ -351,9 +351,9 @@ ENV AITER_USE_SYSTEM_TRITON=1
 RUN pip uninstall -y aiter
 # Use `checkout -f` so the smudge-filter-induced "dirty" working tree from
 # AITER's .gitattributes (*.csv text eol=lf, added in ROCm/aiter#3370) does not
-# block switching to commits that predate that rule (e.g. the current default
-# AITER_COMMIT_DEFAULT). The working tree was just produced by a fresh
-# `git clone` above, so there are no real user changes to preserve.
+# block AITER_COMMIT overrides that predate that rule. The working tree was just
+# produced by a fresh `git clone` above, so there are no real user changes to
+# preserve.
 RUN git clone ${AITER_REPO} \
  && cd aiter \
  && git checkout -f ${AITER_COMMIT} \