diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 02e8afec..c775c8a2 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -115,16 +115,16 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1748227609,
-        "narHash": "sha256-SaSdslyo6UGDpPUlmrPA4dWOEuxCy2ihRN9K6BnqYsA=",
+        "lastModified": 1748487945,
+        "narHash": "sha256-e9zc/rHdoH9i+sFFhhQiKoF6IuD+T2rB/nUyPaO7CCg=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "home-manager",
-        "rev": "d23d20f55d49d8818ac1f1b2783671e8a6725022",
+        "rev": "0d13ea58d565d3c1c1468ddae1f623316dc395d9",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "nix-community",
-        "ref": "master",
+        "ref": "release-25.05",
         "repo": "home-manager",
         "type": "github"
       }
@@ -296,16 +296,16 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs_2": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1748190013,
-        "narHash": "sha256-R5HJFflOfsP5FBtk+zE8FpL8uqE7n62jqOsADvVshhE=",
+        "lastModified": 1748302896,
+        "narHash": "sha256-ixMT0a8mM091vSswlTORZj93WQAJsRNmEvqLL+qwTFM=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "62b852f6c6742134ade1abdd2a21685fd617a291",
+        "rev": "7848cd8c982f7740edf76ddb3b43d234cb80fc4d",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "nixos",
-        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "ref": "nixos-25.05",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
         "type": "github"
       }
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index ca246cb1..eafd95a1 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
   description = "Home Manager configuration of xenia";
 
   inputs = {
-    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable"; # required for mesa to work properly
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-25.05";
 
     home-manager = {
-      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/master";
+      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-25.05";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
     nixpkgs-unstable.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
     };
     nixos-apple-silicon = {
       url = "github:tpwrules/nixos-apple-silicon";
-      # TODO: when nixos-24.11 drops, change this
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
     niri = {