diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2ecdfeb..08bf11d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -103,6 +103,18 @@ checksum = "b588b76d00fde79687d7646a9b5bdf3cc0f655e0bbd080335a95d7e96f3587da"
 [[package]]
 name = "bread-shared"
 version = "0.7.0"
+source = "git+https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread?tag=v0.7.0#22e34e2cf2202305d7960759dfccb54dc79f948b"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "toml 0.8.23",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bread-shared"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "git+https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread?branch=dev#8a794c03bfc7f2f294ff89d92494ad324afc30f5"
 dependencies = [
  "dirs",
  "serde",
@@ -112,8 +124,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bread-theme"
-version = "0.2.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/Breadway/bread-ecosystem?tag=v0.2.10#17d1bb85801b9a8c195b64c02d288cd662c9c780"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Breadway/bread-ecosystem?branch=dev#77bca8a1cf90d7fd38745270d2deb291b8b22bfe"
 dependencies = [
  "dirs",
  "gtk4",
@@ -124,8 +136,9 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "bread-utils"
 version = "0.3.1"
+source = "git+https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem?branch=dev#77bca8a1cf90d7fd38745270d2deb291b8b22bfe"
 dependencies = [
- "bread-shared",
+ "bread-shared 0.7.0 (git+https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread?tag=v0.7.0)",
  "dirs",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -135,7 +148,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "breadbar"
 version = "0.3.0"
 dependencies = [
- "bread-shared",
+ "bread-shared 0.7.0 (git+https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread?branch=dev)",
  "bread-theme",
  "bread-utils",
  "futures-lite",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 673a8c9..02275a7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ keywords = ["wayland", "hyprland", "bar", "status-bar", "gtk4"]
 categories = ["gui"]
 
 [dependencies]
-bread-theme = { git = "https://github.com/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.2.10", features = ["gtk"] }
+bread-theme = { git = "https://github.com/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", branch = "dev", features = ["gtk"] }
 # Widget rendering client: bread-utils::BreadClient (emit/request/subscribe)
 # for talking to breadd's IPC socket, and bread-shared purely for the
 # WidgetSpec/WidgetNode wire types so we deserialize into real structs
 # instead of hand-parsing serde_json::Value. See src/widgets/.
-bread-utils = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.3.1", features = ["bread-client"] }
-bread-shared = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread", tag = "v0.7.0" }
+bread-utils = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", branch = "dev", features = ["bread-client"] }
+bread-shared = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread", branch = "dev" }
 gtk4 = { version = "0.11", features = ["v4_12"] }
 gtk4-layer-shell = "0.8"
 relm4 = { version = "0.11", features = ["macros"] }
@@ -30,15 +30,6 @@ serde_json = "1"
 # are vector-only). Needed because librsvg dropped its gdk-pixbuf SVG loader.
 resvg = { version = "0.44", default-features = false }
 
-# TEMPORARY local-dev override: the widget feature's bread-shared/bread-utils
-# changes aren't tagged/released yet, so point the git deps above at the
-# local checkouts instead. Remove this section (and bump the tags above)
-# once bread-ecosystem and bread have real release tags for this work.
-[patch."https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem"]
-bread-utils = { path = "../bread-ecosystem/bread-utils" }
-[patch."https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread"]
-bread-shared = { path = "../bread/bread-shared" }
-
 [profile.release]
 lto = "thin"
 codegen-units = 1