diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 097a84571..46cf8803c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -47,27 +47,28 @@ TBD
     `clip, numba, skimage, torchsde, omegaconf, antlr, patch-ng, patch-ng, astunparse, addict, inflection, jsonmerge, kornia`,  
     `resize-right, voluptuous, yapf, sqlalchemy, invisible-watermark, pi-heif, ftfy, blendmodes, PyWavelets, imp`  
     these are now installed on-demand when needed  
-  - refactor: to/from image/tensor logic, thanks @CalamitousFelicitousness  
-  - refactor: switch to `pyproject.toml` for tool configs  
-  - refactor: reorganize `cli` scripts  
-  - refactor: move tests to dedicated `/test/`  
-  - refactor: all image handling to `modules/image/`  
-  - refactor: remove face restoration, thanks @CalamitousFelicitousness  
-  - refactor: unified command line parsing  
-  - refactor: launch use threads to async execute non-critical tasks  
-  - refactor: switch from deprecated `pkg_resources` to `importlib`  
-  - refactor: modernize typing and type annotations  
-  - refactor: improve `pydantic==2.x` compatibility  
-  - refactor: entire logging into separate `modules/logger`  
-  - refactor: replace `timestamp` based startup checks with state caching  
-  - refactor: split monolithic `shared` module and introduce `ui_definitions`  
-  - refactor: modularize all imports and avoid re-imports  
+  - refactor to/from image/tensor logic, thanks @CalamitousFelicitousness  
+  - switch to `pyproject.toml` for tool configs  
+  - refactor reorganize `cli` scripts  
+  - refactor move tests to dedicated `/test/`  
+  - refactor all image handling to `modules/image/`  
+  - remove face restoration, thanks @CalamitousFelicitousness  
+  - unified command line parsing  
+  - launch use threads to async execute non-critical tasks  
+  - switch from deprecated `pkg_resources` to `importlib`  
+  - modernize typing and type annotations  
+  - improve `pydantic==2.x` compatibility  
+  - refactor entire logging into separate `modules/logger`  
+  - replace `timestamp` based startup checks with state caching  
+  - split monolithic `shared` module and introduce `ui_definitions`  
+  - modularize all imports and avoid re-imports  
   - use `threading` for deferable operatios  
   - use `threading` for io-independent parallel operations  
   - remove requirements: `clip`, `open-clip`  
   - remove `normalbae` pre-processor  
-  - refactor: captioning part-2, thanks @CalamitousFelicitousness  
+  - captioning part-2, thanks @CalamitousFelicitousness  
   - update `lint` rules, thanks @awsr  
+  - add new build of `insightface`, thanks @hameerabbasi  
 - **Fixes**
   - handle `clip` installer doing unwanted `setuptools` update  
   - cleanup for `uv` installer fallback  
diff --git a/extensions-builtin/sdnext-kanvas b/extensions-builtin/sdnext-kanvas
index 79cae1944..a03c6ef77 160000
--- a/extensions-builtin/sdnext-kanvas
+++ b/extensions-builtin/sdnext-kanvas
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 79cae1944646e57cfbfb126a971a04e44e45d776
+Subproject commit a03c6ef771bd5cdc226de92f6ad931985da7633a
diff --git a/installer.py b/installer.py
index 4a5195a39..94474119d 100644
--- a/installer.py
+++ b/installer.py
@@ -1071,11 +1071,12 @@ def install_opencv():
 
 
 def install_insightface():
-    install('git+https://github.com/deepinsight/insightface@29b6cd65aa0e9ae3b6602de3c52e9d8949c8ee86#subdirectory=python-package', 'insightface') # insightface==0.7.3 with patches
-    if args.new:
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 13):
+        install('insightfacex==0.7.4', 'insightfacex', ignore=True, quiet=True)
         uninstall('albumentations')
         install('albumentationsx')
     else:
+        install('git+https://github.com/deepinsight/insightface@29b6cd65aa0e9ae3b6602de3c52e9d8949c8ee86#subdirectory=python-package', 'insightface') # insightface==0.7.3 with patches
         uninstall('albumentationsx')
         install('albumentations==1.4.3', ignore=True, quiet=True)
     install_pydantic()
diff --git a/modules/face/insightface.py b/modules/face/insightface.py
index b167080e3..087ea9d06 100644
--- a/modules/face/insightface.py
+++ b/modules/face/insightface.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def get_app(mp_name, threshold=0.5, resolution=640):
     global insightface_app, instightface_mp # pylint: disable=global-statement
 
     from installer import install, installed, install_insightface
-    if not installed('insightface', quiet=True):
+    if not installed('insightface', quiet=True) and not installed('insightfacex', quiet=True):
         install_insightface()
     if not installed('ip_adapter', quiet=True):
         install('git+https://github.com/tencent-ailab/IP-Adapter.git', 'ip_adapter', ignore=False)
diff --git a/scripts/infiniteyou_ext.py b/scripts/infiniteyou_ext.py
index 1b551fa88..2ac97fc72 100644
--- a/scripts/infiniteyou_ext.py
+++ b/scripts/infiniteyou_ext.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ orig_pipeline, orig_prompt_attention = None, None
 
 def verify_insightface():
     from installer import installed, install_insightface
-    if not installed('insightface', quiet=True):
+    if not installed('insightface', quiet=True) and not installed('insightfacex', quiet=True):
         install_insightface()
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/pulid_ext.py b/scripts/pulid_ext.py
index 62e606f47..bce6c6f50 100644
--- a/scripts/pulid_ext.py
+++ b/scripts/pulid_ext.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Script(scripts_manager.Script):
 
     def dependencies(self):
         from installer import installed, install, install_insightface
-        if not installed('insightface', quiet=True):
+        if not installed('insightface', quiet=True) and not installed('insightfacex', quiet=True):
             install_insightface()
         if not installed('torchdiffeq'):
             install('torchdiffeq')