diff --git a/deployments/helm/nvidia-dra-driver-gpu/Chart.yaml b/deployments/helm/nvidia-dra-driver-gpu/Chart.yaml
index 780899a1c..152419a0f 100644
--- a/deployments/helm/nvidia-dra-driver-gpu/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deployments/helm/nvidia-dra-driver-gpu/Chart.yaml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ description: Official Helm chart for the NVIDIA DRA Driver for GPUs
 type: application
 
 # Note(JP): strict semver: no v prefix allowed
-version: "25.3.0-rc.5"
+version: "25.3.0"
 
 # Note(JP): templating logic consumes `appVersion` for building the default
 # `tag` value used in a k8s image specification. That logic expects the version
 # number below to not have a "v" prefix (a "v" is added by said logic to yield a
 # valid image reference).
-appVersion: "25.3.0-rc.5"
+appVersion: "25.3.0"
diff --git a/versions.mk b/versions.mk
index c33a7cc98..36a3bf08b 100644
--- a/versions.mk
+++ b/versions.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ MODULE := github.com/NVIDIA/$(DRIVER_NAME)
 
 REGISTRY ?= nvcr.io/nvidia
 
-VERSION  ?= v25.3.0-rc.5
+VERSION  ?= v25.3.0
 
 # vVERSION represents the version with a guaranteed v-prefix
 # Note: this is probably not consumed in our build chain.