Upgrade OpenGL from 1.2 to 2 for Nvidia GT218 [GeForce 310]

To run my application OpenGL version 2.0 *or higher* is required. glxinfo | grep OpenGL yields: Xlib: extension "NV-GLX" missing on display ":1007.0". OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.4.1) OpenGL extensions: /sbin/lspci -v yields: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 310] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Device 1b0a:9060 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 169 Memory at fa000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at ce000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] I/O ports at ec00 [size=128] Expansion ROM at fbe80000 [disabled] [size=512K] Capabilities: Power Management version 3 Capabilities: MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: Express Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [b4] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nvidia-169_07, nvidia What I've tried: Installing NVIDIA-Linux-x86-310.32.run driver (It supports my graphics card). Any pointers how to upgrade to OpenGL 2.0? System: CentOS 5.8 32 bit
uname -a: Linux xxxxxxx 2.6.18-348.1.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue Jan 22 16:24:03 EST 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux