diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.vanilla b/docker/Dockerfile.vanilla
index 49c39378da..a07146032b 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.vanilla
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.vanilla
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ RUN git clone --branch ${BRANCH} \
    && pip install --verbose ${PETSC_DIR}/src/binding/petsc4py \
    && pip install --verbose -r /opt/firedrake/requirements-build.txt \
    && pip install --verbose --no-build-isolation \
-      ${SLEPC_DIR}/externalpackages/git.slepc/src/binding/slepc4py \
+      slepc4py \
    && pip install --verbose --no-binary h5py --no-build-isolation \
       --editable '/opt/firedrake[docker]' || exit; \
    if [ ${BRANCH} == "main" ]; then \
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c26632eef9..93ca35a60a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "firedrake"
 # <year>.<month>.<patch>
-# TODO RELEASE
-version = "2025.10.3.dev0"
+version = "2025.10.3"
 description = "An automated system for the portable solution of partial differential equations using the finite element method"
 readme = "README.rst"
 license = "LGPL-3.0-or-later"
@@ -20,10 +19,8 @@ dependencies = [
   "decorator<=4.4.2",
   "mpi4py>3; python_version >= '3.13'",
   "mpi4py; python_version < '3.13'",
-  # TODO RELEASE
-  "fenics-ufl @ git+https://github.com/FEniCS/ufl.git@release",
-  # TODO RELEASE
-  "firedrake-fiat @ git+https://github.com/firedrakeproject/fiat.git@release",
+  "fenics-ufl>=2025.2.1",
+  "firedrake-fiat>=2025.10.1",
   "h5py>3.12.1",
   "immutabledict",
   "libsupermesh",