diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/dr/dri-pkgconfig-stub/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/dr/dri-pkgconfig-stub/package.nix
index 9b5b5265882a..74afbaba49ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/dr/dri-pkgconfig-stub/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/dr/dri-pkgconfig-stub/package.nix
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@
 writeTextFile {
   name = "dri-pkgconfig-stub";
 
+  # Version intentionally hardcoded to avoid rebuilds on Mesa updates.
+  # If anything ever requires a newer version, this can simply be bumped manually.
   text = ''
     dridriverdir=${mesa.driverLink}/lib/dri
 
     Name: dri
-    Version: ${mesa.version}
+    Version: 25.0
     Description: Nixpkgs graphics driver path stub
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/common.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/common.nix
index eed15cbcbc93..496f74440aad 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/common.nix
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 # nix build .#legacyPackages.x86_64-darwin.mesa .#legacyPackages.aarch64-darwin.mesa
 rec {
   pname = "mesa";
-  version = "25.0.2";
+  version = "25.0.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     domain = "gitlab.freedesktop.org";
     owner = "mesa";
     repo = "mesa";
     rev = "mesa-${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-NW2Xntdpt4Iec3z0E8j+omNRH/46IMYNuyD2MIFMs2M=";
+    hash = "sha256-OM/T6pkq4vgEYZ7TlLRVsyMknLxQC9L+iOPF20ToZi8=";
   };
 
   meta = {