diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cfeee46b484f..dd1e13393f43 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [0.21.0] - 2026-MM-DD
+## [0.21.0] - 2026-10-26
 
 This release achieves 100% compliance with Python Array API specification (revision [2025.12](https://data-apis.org/array-api/2025.12/)).
 This release is compatible with NumPy 2.5.4.
diff --git a/conda-recipe-cf/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe-cf/meta.yaml
index 1fa8ab3fecb7..8d2fde187680 100644
--- a/conda-recipe-cf/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe-cf/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% set required_compiler_and_mkl_version = "2026.0.0" %}
-{% set required_dpctl_version = "0.22.1" %}
+{% set required_dpctl_version = "0.23.0" %}
 
 package:
   name: dpnp
diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index 18d1c0d11629..e16a63bbf48d 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {% set max_compiler_and_mkl_version = environ.get("MAX_BUILD_CMPL_MKL_VERSION", "2027.0a0") %}
 {% set required_compiler_version = environ.get("MIN_BUILD_CMPL_VERSION", "2026.1.1") %}
 {% set required_mkl_version = "2026.0" %}
-{% set required_dpctl_version = "0.23.0dev0" %}
+{% set required_dpctl_version = "0.23.0" %}
 
 {# DPNP does not support a compiler older than 2026.0, so reject any #}
 {# MIN_BUILD_CMPL_VERSION override below that by calling an undefined macro. #}
diff --git a/conda-recipe/rattler_recipe.yaml b/conda-recipe/rattler_recipe.yaml
index eeb25ca31b4e..a1440f46378d 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/rattler_recipe.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/rattler_recipe.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ context:
   max_compiler_and_mkl_version: ${{ env.get("MAX_BUILD_CMPL_MKL_VERSION", default="2027.0a0") }}
   required_compiler_version: ${{ env.get("MIN_BUILD_CMPL_VERSION", default="2026.1.1") }}
   required_mkl_version: "2026.0"
-  required_dpctl_version: 0.23.0dev0
+  required_dpctl_version: 0.23.0
 
 package:
   name: dpnp
diff --git a/dpnp/tests/tensor/test_tensor_array_api_inspection.py b/dpnp/tests/tensor/test_tensor_array_api_inspection.py
index 8608878d9328..a04bccaf5dbe 100644
--- a/dpnp/tests/tensor/test_tensor_array_api_inspection.py
+++ b/dpnp/tests/tensor/test_tensor_array_api_inspection.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
     default_device_index_type,
     default_device_int_type,
 )
-from dpnp.tests.third_party.cupy.testing import with_requires
 
 _dtypes_no_fp16_fp64 = {
     "bool": dpt.bool,
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ def test_array_api_inspection_default_device():
     assert dpt.__array_namespace_info__().default_device().sycl_device == dev
 
 
-@with_requires("dpctl>=0.23.0dev0")
 def test_array_api_inspection_devices():
     try:
         devices2 = dpctl.get_devices()
diff --git a/dpnp/tests/tensor/test_usm_ndarray_dlpack.py b/dpnp/tests/tensor/test_usm_ndarray_dlpack.py
index f9c3f811a55b..7d3741995624 100644
--- a/dpnp/tests/tensor/test_usm_ndarray_dlpack.py
+++ b/dpnp/tests/tensor/test_usm_ndarray_dlpack.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 import dpnp.tensor as dpt
 import dpnp.tensor._dlpack as _dlp
 import dpnp.tensor._usmarray as dpt_arr
-from dpnp.tests.third_party.cupy.testing import with_requires
 
 from .helper import (
     get_queue_or_skip,
@@ -233,7 +232,6 @@ def test_from_dlpack_fortran_contig_array_roundtripping():
     assert dpt.all(dpt.equal(ar2d_c, ar2d_r))
 
 
-@with_requires("dpctl>=0.23.0dev0")
 def test_dlpack_from_subdevice():
     """
     This test checks that array allocated on a sub-device,
@@ -586,7 +584,6 @@ def test_from_dlpack_to_kdlcpu_strides(mod, typestr):
             assert V.strides == W.strides
 
 
-@with_requires("dpctl>=0.23.0dev0")
 def test_dlpack_from_subdevice_to_kdlcpu():
     """
     Check that array allocated on a sub-device can be
diff --git a/dpnp/tests/test_array_api_info.py b/dpnp/tests/test_array_api_info.py
index 65a272038f4f..60f81c0eddd3 100644
--- a/dpnp/tests/test_array_api_info.py
+++ b/dpnp/tests/test_array_api_info.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     is_win_platform,
     numpy_version,
 )
-from dpnp.tests.third_party.cupy.testing import with_requires
 
 info = dpnp.__array_namespace_info__()
 default_device = select_default_device()
@@ -130,7 +129,6 @@ def test_dtypes_invalid_device():
         info.dtypes(device="str")
 
 
-@with_requires("dpctl>=0.23.0dev0")
 def test_devices():
     devices = info.devices()
     assert isinstance(devices, tuple)
diff --git a/environments/dpctl_pkg.txt b/environments/dpctl_pkg.txt
index 674e6695f2f2..45f67dd91ea3 100644
--- a/environments/dpctl_pkg.txt
+++ b/environments/dpctl_pkg.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 --index-url https://pypi.anaconda.org/dppy/label/dev/simple
-dpctl>=0.23.0dev0
+dpctl>=0.23.0
diff --git a/environments/dpctl_pkg.yml b/environments/dpctl_pkg.yml
index addcdda7f30f..def82eb7ee36 100644
--- a/environments/dpctl_pkg.yml
+++ b/environments/dpctl_pkg.yml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ name: Install dpctl package
 channels:
   - dppy/label/dev
 dependencies:
-  - dpctl>=0.23.0dev0
+  - dpctl>=0.23.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2c35f154adc8..488a34240421 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ dependencies = [
   # "dpcpp-cpp-rt>=0.59.0",
   # "intel-cmplr-lib-rt>=0.59.0"
   # WARNING: use the latest dpctl dev version, otherwise stable w/f will fail
-  "dpctl>=0.23.0dev0",
+  "dpctl>=0.23.0",
   "numpy>=1.26.0"
 ]
 description = "Data Parallel Extension for NumPy"