# 🔐 Octez version 25.3 has just been released!

**URL:** https://forum.tezosagora.org/t/octez-version-25-3-has-just-been-released/7213
**Category:** Research and Development
**Created:** [October 20, 2026, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.tezosagora.org/t/octez-version-25-3-has-just-been-released/7213 "2026-10-20T09:45:45Z")
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### Author: ![NomadicLabs](https://forum.tezosagora.org/user_avatar/forum.tezosagora.org/nomadiclabs/32/763_2.png) [@NomadicLabs](https://forum.tezosagora.org/u/NomadicLabs)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2026, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.tezosagora.org/t/octez-version-25-3-has-just-been-released/7213/1 "2026-10-20T09:45:45Z")

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Octez version 25.3 is a maintenance release focused on robustness and reliability:

- **Smart rollups:** stricter validation of smart rollup refutation operations.

- **Baker:** consensus handling is more robust, both in how (pre)attestation power is counted and in when the baker votes on a proposal.

- **Node and libraries:** input decoding is hardened (Base58, DAL attestation data), so malformed inputs are rejected cleanly.

- **New RPC:** `GET …/context/smart_rollups/all/signals` lists the signals the protocol has recorded, each with the level of the block that recorded it.

- **Packaging and CI:** fixes to Homebrew, deb/rpm repositories and release publishing.

We recommend that all node operators and bakers upgrade promptly.

**⚠ Package deprecation notice**

Based on feedback and observed usage of the existing packages, and as part of our ongoing efforts to simplify Octez distribution and installation, the following deprecations are worth noting:

- **Homebrew packages:** Deprecated as of this release and scheduled for removal in Octez v26. Homebrew users are encouraged to [build from source](https://octez.tezos.com/docs/introduction/howtobuild.html) instead.

- **Debian and Ubuntu packages:** Already deprecated since v25.0, these packages will also be removed in v26. Users relying on these packages are encouraged to migrate to tzinit’s packages. See the [migration instructions](https://octez.tezos.com/docs/introduction/tzinit-packages.html) for guidance.

**📦 Distribution details**

- Full changelog: [Changelog - Octez v25.3](https://octez.tezos.com/docs/CHANGES.html#version-25-3)

- Update instructions: [Version 25.3 — Octez & Protocol products documentation](https://octez.tezos.com/docs/releases/version-25.html#update-instructions)

- Assets are available on the releases page: [Octez releases](https://octez.tezos.com/releases/)

- Git tag: [octez-v25.3](https://gitlab.com/tezos/tezos/-/commits/octez-v25.3)

- Commit hash: `e5d8a6b8976ef3dabc8c4b72bd8bb564d7fe25a9`

Thank you for your continued support of Tezos!