diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8330c7207..57c9cb52a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.22.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1
 	github.com/rancher/aks-operator v1.12.1
-	github.com/rancher/apiserver v0.7.2
+	github.com/rancher/apiserver v0.7.3
 	github.com/rancher/channelserver v0.7.0
 	github.com/rancher/dynamiclistener v0.7.0
 	github.com/rancher/eks-operator v1.12.1
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/rancher/remotedialer v0.5.1-rc.1
 	github.com/rancher/rke v1.8.0-rc.4
 	github.com/rancher/shepherd v0.0.0-20250808210055-4a60b0f66c6b
-	github.com/rancher/steve v0.7.15
+	github.com/rancher/steve v0.7.16
 	github.com/rancher/system-upgrade-controller/pkg/apis v0.0.0-20250710162344-185ff9f785cd
 	github.com/rancher/wrangler v1.1.2
 	github.com/rancher/wrangler/v3 v3.2.4-rc.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c30aa35a3..014ca5e1b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -728,8 +728,8 @@ github.com/rancher/aks-operator v1.12.1 h1:xh6zog+7+kQLwoaRDqz/LMf9/SD3L3G4tNsgY
 github.com/rancher/aks-operator v1.12.1/go.mod h1:egCt7JaCf4SqBtF+PbHS6mJ06pbXvkWfjF1o3VhHqVs=
 github.com/rancher/ali-operator v0.0.0-20250820165811-6163f9930e10 h1:ZEhSdJtDK9B7sTAdwWvOxn3lY4azKcvmw3sAuSrfrUo=
 github.com/rancher/ali-operator v0.0.0-20250820165811-6163f9930e10/go.mod h1:Mk4SQsBu51Kye0kIf3QVUMqiOUzGqJMnhloUHSkHctQ=
-github.com/rancher/apiserver v0.7.2 h1:mDgVHgDF0DJ2AmN6KGzdlk1ueAJJJGYOrJhXG+1LNn8=
-github.com/rancher/apiserver v0.7.2/go.mod h1:9b/n58YT7S8bMFEyr1v7xzL72qwZKQQJK2Ir6lMT8Yk=
+github.com/rancher/apiserver v0.7.3 h1:a9yibIRiZe2kQ5X+x5cXgajff8S9j3sTu7+kxT6g4hs=
+github.com/rancher/apiserver v0.7.3/go.mod h1:9b/n58YT7S8bMFEyr1v7xzL72qwZKQQJK2Ir6lMT8Yk=
 github.com/rancher/channelserver v0.7.0 h1:ZN5o8aD4mD31uhjEEW2e9yQXa3eOb+4Cp6DcWm7W/Lc=
 github.com/rancher/channelserver v0.7.0/go.mod h1:Mwd7hlMSu9X4FnZKj+0mA5ak8nTyJZtZsVX33G62Gzc=
 github.com/rancher/dynamiclistener v0.7.0 h1:+jyfZ4lVamc1UbKWo8V8dhSPtCgRZYaY8nm7wiHeko4=
@@ -762,8 +762,8 @@ github.com/rancher/saml v0.4.14-rancher3 h1:2NN6cPqm9FJeiT25x8+gLHWGdulsEak33cHR
 github.com/rancher/saml v0.4.14-rancher3/go.mod h1:S4+611dxnKt8z/ulbvaJzcgSHsuhjVc1QHNTcr1R7Fw=
 github.com/rancher/shepherd v0.0.0-20250808210055-4a60b0f66c6b h1:QIC9NNyUroMFInTwPYaJM27eb8xihHHOnamykw/TOMc=
 github.com/rancher/shepherd v0.0.0-20250808210055-4a60b0f66c6b/go.mod h1:GzGXUZYnFmXho1GyvkrGFQawAuHvvC7VDHjHOGnHEIM=
-github.com/rancher/steve v0.7.15 h1:v55fH8MErl1TJTNiNauMX4/CLC7M0gZ2SxQ9DxPpGn0=
-github.com/rancher/steve v0.7.15/go.mod h1:O4ZebgmHiR4LnmeM3vIW9VjpzGPLqHmImflmj44G1No=
+github.com/rancher/steve v0.7.16 h1:eSd4T++ZUQo0UOWCaMm2YrEsf1WgW2NFDY2ZyPBq/yw=
+github.com/rancher/steve v0.7.16/go.mod h1:78+b2lm6TSLcqvXzK7cph20zgMHQlUOXV33iy8bQ9YE=
 github.com/rancher/system-upgrade-controller/pkg/apis v0.0.0-20250710162344-185ff9f785cd h1:M3oVcVktMhNk8l3ZRW94kroqzWzE/VGbZfLw/F0rw5Y=
 github.com/rancher/system-upgrade-controller/pkg/apis v0.0.0-20250710162344-185ff9f785cd/go.mod h1:VfRrgue4yl6O0GYakMGYgyByu7ySooPQWWRxTt2MIEI=
 github.com/rancher/wrangler v1.1.2 h1:oXbXo9k7y/H4drUpb4RM1c++vT9O3rpoNEfyusGykiU=
diff --git a/pkg/ui/handler.go b/pkg/ui/handler.go
index a0c2732fc..2e253dbd6 100644
--- a/pkg/ui/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/ui/handler.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ var (
 		settings.UIDashboardPath.Get,
 		settings.UIOfflinePreferred.Get)
 	emberIndex = ember.IndexFile()
-	vueIndex   = vue.IndexFile()
 )
 
 func newHandler(
@@ -24,9 +23,10 @@ func newHandler(
 	pathSetting func() string,
 	offlineSetting func() string) *ui.Handler {
 	return ui.NewUIHandler(&ui.Options{
-		Index:          indexSetting,
-		Offline:        offlineSetting,
-		Path:           pathSetting,
-		ReleaseSetting: settings.IsRelease,
+		Index:               indexSetting,
+		Offline:             offlineSetting,
+		Path:                pathSetting,
+		ReleaseSetting:      settings.IsRelease,
+		APIUIVersionSetting: settings.APIUIVersion.Get,
 	})
 }
diff --git a/pkg/ui/routes.go b/pkg/ui/routes.go
index 8b0a98093..241383859 100644
--- a/pkg/ui/routes.go
+++ b/pkg/ui/routes.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func New(_ v3.PreferenceCache, clusterRegistrationTokenCache v3.ClusterRegistrat
 	router.Handle("/favicon.ico", vue.ServeFaviconDashboard())
 	router.Path("/verify-auth-azure").Queries("state", "{state}").HandlerFunc(redirectAuth)
 	router.Path("/verify-auth").Queries("state", "{state}").HandlerFunc(redirectAuth)
-	router.PathPrefix("/api-ui").Handler(ember.ServeAsset())
+	router.PathPrefix("/api-ui").Handler(ember.ServeAPIUI())
 	router.PathPrefix("/assets/rancher-ui-driver-linode").Handler(emberAlwaysOffline.ServeAsset())
 	router.PathPrefix("/assets").Handler(ember.ServeAsset())
 	router.PathPrefix("/dashboard/").Handler(vue.IndexFileOnNotFound())