diff --git a/idaes/ver.py b/idaes/ver.py
index 30edf40681..00d7888573 100644
--- a/idaes/ver.py
+++ b/idaes/ver.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def git_hash():
     pass
 
 #: Package's version as an object
-package_version = Version(2, 5, 0, "development", 0, gh)
+package_version = Version(2, 5, 0, "candidate", 0, gh)
 
 #: Package's version as a simple string
 __version__ = str(package_version)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1d914cb421..0b33f768be 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -69,9 +69,7 @@ class ExtraDependencies:
     """
 
     ui = [
-        # FIXME this must be changed to the PyPI distribution for the release
-        # "idaes-ui",
-        "idaes-ui @ git+https://github.com/IDAES/idaes-ui@main",
+        "idaes-ui",
     ]
     _ipython = [
         'ipython <= 8.12; python_version == "3.8"',