diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1fcb44145..dd5c1a072 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@
 lcov.info
 
 /vsc
+
+/target_dirs
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a539caae4..69b9ea8b3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ derivative = "2.2"
 derive_more = "0.99"
 either = "1.10"
 futures = "0.3"
-hotshot = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", tag = "0.5.24" }
-hotshot-types = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/hotshot-types", tag = "0.1.1" }
-hotshot-utils = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", tag = "0.5.24" }
+hotshot = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", branch = "tag_0.5.25" }
+hotshot-types = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/hotshot-types", tag = "0.1.5" }
+hotshot-utils = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", branch = "tag_0.5.25" }
 itertools = "0.12.1"
 jf-primitives = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/jellyfish", tag = "0.4.1" }
 prometheus = "0.13"
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ tokio-postgres = { version = "0.7", optional = true, default-features = false, f
 
 # Dependencies enabled by feature "testing".
 espresso-macros = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/espresso-macros.git", tag = "0.1.0", optional = true }
-hotshot-example-types = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", tag = "0.5.24", optional = true }
+hotshot-example-types = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", branch = "tag_0.5.25", optional = true }
 portpicker = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 rand = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
 spin_sleep = { version = "1.2", optional = true }
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ backtrace-on-stack-overflow = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 [dev-dependencies]
 espresso-macros = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/espresso-macros.git", tag = "0.1.0" }
 generic-array = "0.14"
-hotshot-example-types = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", tag = "0.5.24" }
+hotshot-example-types = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", branch = "tag_0.5.25" }
 portpicker = "0.1"
 rand = "0.8"
 spin_sleep = "1.2"
diff --git a/src/testing/consensus.rs b/src/testing/consensus.rs
index 0af3aba19..d90220c8b 100644
--- a/src/testing/consensus.rs
+++ b/src/testing/consensus.rs
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ impl<D: DataSourceLifeCycle + UpdateStatusData> MockNetwork<D> {
                         election_config: None,
                         da_staked_committee_size: pub_keys.len(),
                         da_non_staked_committee_size: 0,
+                        data_request_delay: Duration::from_millis(200),
                     };
 
                     let pub_keys = pub_keys.clone();