diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c95c6ce87..5ba0ed553 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3028,8 +3028,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot"
-version = "0.5.67"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=rc-0.5.68#1fb132e5ec85d0ef0c706004e1b8479f50bd2d5a"
+version = "0.5.68"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.68#572c5c77d22c3e66acc9683efea8cc1ddbb7a9c5"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-broadcast",
@@ -3075,7 +3075,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-builder-api"
 version = "0.1.7"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=rc-0.5.68#1fb132e5ec85d0ef0c706004e1b8479f50bd2d5a"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.68#572c5c77d22c3e66acc9683efea8cc1ddbb7a9c5"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "clap",
@@ -3093,8 +3093,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-example-types"
-version = "0.5.67"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=rc-0.5.68#1fb132e5ec85d0ef0c706004e1b8479f50bd2d5a"
+version = "0.5.68"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.68#572c5c77d22c3e66acc9683efea8cc1ddbb7a9c5"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-broadcast",
@@ -3126,8 +3126,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-fakeapi"
-version = "0.5.67"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=rc-0.5.68#1fb132e5ec85d0ef0c706004e1b8479f50bd2d5a"
+version = "0.5.68"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.68#572c5c77d22c3e66acc9683efea8cc1ddbb7a9c5"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-lock 2.8.0",
@@ -3145,8 +3145,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-macros"
-version = "0.5.67"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=rc-0.5.68#1fb132e5ec85d0ef0c706004e1b8479f50bd2d5a"
+version = "0.5.68"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.68#572c5c77d22c3e66acc9683efea8cc1ddbb7a9c5"
 dependencies = [
  "derive_builder",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -3156,8 +3156,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-orchestrator"
-version = "0.5.67"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=rc-0.5.68#1fb132e5ec85d0ef0c706004e1b8479f50bd2d5a"
+version = "0.5.68"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.68#572c5c77d22c3e66acc9683efea8cc1ddbb7a9c5"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-compatibility-layer",
@@ -3245,8 +3245,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-task"
-version = "0.5.67"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=rc-0.5.68#1fb132e5ec85d0ef0c706004e1b8479f50bd2d5a"
+version = "0.5.68"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.68#572c5c77d22c3e66acc9683efea8cc1ddbb7a9c5"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-broadcast",
@@ -3260,8 +3260,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-task-impls"
-version = "0.5.67"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=rc-0.5.68#1fb132e5ec85d0ef0c706004e1b8479f50bd2d5a"
+version = "0.5.68"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.68#572c5c77d22c3e66acc9683efea8cc1ddbb7a9c5"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-broadcast",
@@ -3296,8 +3296,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-testing"
-version = "0.5.67"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=rc-0.5.68#1fb132e5ec85d0ef0c706004e1b8479f50bd2d5a"
+version = "0.5.68"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.68#572c5c77d22c3e66acc9683efea8cc1ddbb7a9c5"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-broadcast",
@@ -3342,7 +3342,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-types"
 version = "0.1.11"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=rc-0.5.68#1fb132e5ec85d0ef0c706004e1b8479f50bd2d5a"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.68#572c5c77d22c3e66acc9683efea8cc1ddbb7a9c5"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "ark-bn254",
@@ -4393,8 +4393,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libp2p-networking"
-version = "0.5.67"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=rc-0.5.68#1fb132e5ec85d0ef0c706004e1b8479f50bd2d5a"
+version = "0.5.68"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.68#572c5c77d22c3e66acc9683efea8cc1ddbb7a9c5"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-compatibility-layer",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c97747cc1..27838f6bb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ derivative = "2.2"
 derive_more = "0.99"
 either = "1.12"
 futures = "0.3"
-hotshot = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", tag = "rc-0.5.68" }
-hotshot-testing = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", tag = "rc-0.5.68" }
-hotshot-types = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", tag = "rc-0.5.68" }
+hotshot = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", tag = "0.5.68" }
+hotshot-testing = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", tag = "0.5.68" }
+hotshot-types = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", tag = "0.5.68" }
 itertools = "0.12.1"
 jf-merkle-tree = { version = "0.1.0", git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/jellyfish", tag = "0.4.5", features = [
 	"std",
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ 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 = "rc-0.5.68", optional = true }
+hotshot-example-types = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", tag = "0.5.68", optional = true }
 portpicker = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 rand = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
 spin_sleep = { version = "1.2", optional = true }
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ backtrace-on-stack-overflow = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 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 = "rc-0.5.68" }
+hotshot-example-types = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", tag = "0.5.68" }
 portpicker = "0.1"
 rand = "0.8"
 reqwest = "0.12.3"