diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/build-docker-sonic-vs-template.yml b/.azure-pipelines/build-docker-sonic-vs-template.yml
index 195ad7feff..7ecdfc4c9d 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/build-docker-sonic-vs-template.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/build-docker-sonic-vs-template.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,17 @@ jobs:
       artifact: ${{ parameters.swss_artifact_name }}
       path: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/download
     displayName: "Download sonic swss artifact"
+  - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
+    inputs:
+      source: specific
+      project: build
+      pipeline: Azure.sonic-buildimage.common_libs
+      artifact: common-lib
+      runVersion: 'latestFromBranch'
+      runBranch: 'refs/heads/$(BUILD_BRANCH)'
+      path: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/download
+      patterns: '**/target/debs/*/libnexthopgroup_*.deb'
+    displayName: "Download sonic-buildimage libnexthopgroup package"
   - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
     inputs:
       source: specific
@@ -106,6 +117,7 @@ jobs:
       mkdir -p .azure-pipelines/docker-sonic-vs/debs
 
       cp -v $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/download/*.deb .azure-pipelines/docker-sonic-vs/debs
+      find $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/download -name 'libnexthopgroup_*.deb' -exec cp "{}" .azure-pipelines/docker-sonic-vs/debs \;
 
       pushd .azure-pipelines
 
diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/build-swss-template.yml b/.azure-pipelines/build-swss-template.yml
index 57998cb2bc..5bd4821510 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/build-swss-template.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/build-swss-template.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ jobs:
         target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libnl-genl*.deb
         target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libnl-route*.deb
         target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libnl-nf*.deb
-        target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libyang_*.deb
+        target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libyang3_*.deb
+        target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libnexthopgroup_*.deb
+        target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libnexthopgroup-dev_*.deb
         target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libprotobuf*.deb
         target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libprotoc*.deb
         target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/protobuf-compiler*.deb
@@ -172,7 +174,7 @@ jobs:
   - script: |
       set -ex
       # install libyang before install libswsscommon
-      sudo env VPP_INSTALL_SKIP_SYSCTL=1 dpkg -i $(find ./download -name libyang_*.deb)
+      sudo env VPP_INSTALL_SKIP_SYSCTL=1 dpkg -i $(find ./download -name libyang3_*.deb)
       sudo env VPP_INSTALL_SKIP_SYSCTL=1 dpkg -i $(find ./download -name *.deb)
       rm -rf download || true
       cat /etc/apt/sources.list
diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/build-template.yml b/.azure-pipelines/build-template.yml
index 75c8d42349..9a97f53eb0 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/build-template.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/build-template.yml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
       path: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/download
       artifact: common-lib
       patterns: |
-        target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libyang_*.deb
+        target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libyang3_*.deb
     displayName: "Download libyang from amd64 common lib"
   - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
     condition: and(ne('${{ parameters.debian_version }}', 'trixie'), ne('${{ parameters.arch }}', 'amd64'))
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ jobs:
       path: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/download
       artifact: common-lib.${{ parameters.arch }}
       patterns: |
-        target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libyang_*.deb
+        target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libyang3_*.deb
   - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
     condition: and(eq('${{ parameters.debian_version }}', 'trixie'), eq('${{ parameters.arch }}', 'amd64'))
     inputs:
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ jobs:
       path: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/download
       artifact: common-lib
       patterns: |
-        target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libyang_*.deb
+        target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libyang3_*.deb
         target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libpcre3_*.deb
     displayName: "Download libyang from amd64 common lib"
   - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ jobs:
       path: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/download
       artifact: common-lib.${{ parameters.arch }}
       patterns: |
-        target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libyang_*.deb
+        target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libyang3_*.deb
         target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libpcre3_*.deb
     displayName: "Download libyang from common lib"
   - script: |
diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/docker-sonic-vs/Dockerfile b/.azure-pipelines/docker-sonic-vs/Dockerfile
index 6d6b795ae9..a30f6578bc 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/docker-sonic-vs/Dockerfile
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/docker-sonic-vs/Dockerfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ COPY ["debs", "/debs"]
 # same, even though contents have changed) are checked between the previous and current layer.
 RUN dpkg --remove --force-all libswsscommon
 RUN apt --fix-broken install -y
-RUN dpkg --purge python3-swsscommon sonic-db-cli libsaimetadata libsairedis libsaivs syncd-vs swss sonic-eventd libdashapi
+RUN dpkg --purge python3-swsscommon sonic-db-cli libsaimetadata libsairedis libsaivs syncd-vs swss sonic-eventd libdashapi libnexthopgroup
 
 RUN apt-get update
 
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ RUN apt install -y /debs/libdashapi_1.0.0_amd64.deb \
             /debs/libsairedis_1.0.0_amd64.deb \
             /debs/libsaivs_1.0.0_amd64.deb \
             /debs/syncd-vs_1.0.0_amd64.deb \
+            /debs/libnexthopgroup_1.0.0_amd64.deb \
             /debs/swss_1.0.0_amd64.deb
 
 RUN if [ "$need_dbg" = "y" ] ; then dpkg -i /debs/libsairedis-dbgsym_1.0.0_amd64.deb ; fi
diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/test-docker-sonic-vs-template.yml b/.azure-pipelines/test-docker-sonic-vs-template.yml
index 8649f6d214..3e1e37ef21 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/test-docker-sonic-vs-template.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/test-docker-sonic-vs-template.yml
@@ -68,10 +68,8 @@ jobs:
       path: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/download
       artifact: common-lib
       patterns: |
-        target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libyang-*_1.0*.deb
-        target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libyang_1.0*.deb
-        target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libyang-cpp_*.deb
-        target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/python3-yang_*.deb
+        target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libyang3_*.deb
+        target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libyang-dev_3*.deb
     displayName: "Download libyang from common lib"
   - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
     inputs:
@@ -107,11 +105,22 @@ jobs:
 
       sudo sonic-sairedis/.azure-pipelines/build_and_install_module.sh
 
-      # Install libyang packages from downloaded artifacts
-      sudo dpkg -i $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/download/target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libyang-*_1.0*.deb \
-                   $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/download/target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libyang_1.0*.deb \
-                   $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/download/target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libyang-cpp_*.deb \
-                   $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/download/target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/python3-yang_*.deb
+      # Install libyang packages from downloaded artifacts. Use apt rather
+      # than `dpkg -i` so libyang-dev's libpcre2-dev dep is auto-resolved
+      # from the host repos.
+      sudo apt-get install -y \
+          $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/download/target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libyang3_*.deb \
+          $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/download/target/debs/${{ parameters.debian_version }}/libyang-dev_3*.deb
+
+      # python3-libyang's bookworm .deb pins python3 (>= 3.11~, << 3.12)
+      # and the sonictest pool host runs Ubuntu 22.04 (python 3.10), so the
+      # .deb won't install regardless of resolver. Build the Python bindings
+      # from PyPI instead — same fallback as the inline amd64/ubuntu-22.04
+      # job. --no-build-isolation + apt's python3-cffi sidesteps a cffi
+      # version-mismatch Exception that jammy's pip 22.0.2 build-isolation
+      # env otherwise triggers.
+      sudo apt-get install -y python3-cffi
+      sudo pip3 install --no-build-isolation 'libyang==3.3.0'
 
       sudo apt install -y $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/download/libprotobuf*_amd64.deb $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/download/libprotobuf-lite*_amd64.deb $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/download/python3-protobuf*_amd64.deb
       sudo apt install -y $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/download/libdashapi*.deb $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/download/libswsscommon_1.0.0_amd64.deb $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/download/python3-swsscommon_1.0.0_amd64.deb