diff --git a/config/boards/rock-3a.conf b/config/boards/rock-3a.conf
index 9eba21ef9d..b7e8e6a93a 100644
--- a/config/boards/rock-3a.conf
+++ b/config/boards/rock-3a.conf
@@ -22,17 +22,15 @@ function post_family_config__rock-3a_use_mainline_uboot_except_vendor_and_add_sa
 	BL31=$RKBIN_DIR/$BL31_BLOB $BOOTCONFIG_SATA spl/u-boot-spl.bin u-boot.dtb u-boot.itb;; rkspi_loader_sata.img"
 	
 	# use mainline uboot for _current_ and _edge_
-	if [[ "$BRANCH" != "current" && "$BRANCH" != "edge" ]]; then
-		return 0
-	fi
+	[[ "$BRANCH" =="vendor" ]] && return 0
 
 	display_alert "$BOARD" "Mainline U-Boot overrides for $BOARD - $BRANCH" "info"
 	unset BOOTFS_TYPE # fixes armbian-install and unneeded for modern uboot anyway
 	declare -g BOOTCONFIG="rock-3a-rk3568_defconfig"
 	declare -g BOOTDELAY=1
 	declare -g BOOTSOURCE="https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot"
-	declare -g BOOTBRANCH="tag:v2025.04"
-	declare -g BOOTPATCHDIR="v2025.04"
+	declare -g BOOTBRANCH="tag:v2025.10"
+	declare -g BOOTPATCHDIR="v2025.10"
 	declare -g BOOTDIR="u-boot-${BOARD}" # do not share u-boot directory
 	declare -g UBOOT_TARGET_MAP="BL31=${RKBIN_DIR}/${BL31_BLOB} ROCKCHIP_TPL=${RKBIN_DIR}/${DDR_BLOB};;u-boot-rockchip.bin u-boot-rockchip-spi.bin"
 	unset uboot_custom_postprocess write_uboot_platform write_uboot_platform_mtd # disable stuff from rockchip64_common; we're using binman here which does all the work already