diff --git a/ci/graal/ci/common.jsonnet b/ci/graal/ci/common.jsonnet
index c31e836b4e..d12957a22c 100644
--- a/ci/graal/ci/common.jsonnet
+++ b/ci/graal/ci/common.jsonnet
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ local common_json = import "../common.json";
 
     wasm:: {
       downloads+: {
-        WABT_DIR: {name: 'wabt', version: '1.0.37', platformspecific: true},
+        WABT_DIR: {name: 'wabt', version: '1.0.41', platformspecific: true},
       },
       environment+: {
         WABT_DIR: '$WABT_DIR/bin',
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ local common_json = import "../common.json";
 
     wasm_ol8:: {
       downloads+: {
-        WABT_DIR: {name: 'wabt', version: '1.0.37-ol8', platformspecific: true},
+        WABT_DIR: {name: 'wabt', version: '1.0.41-ol8', platformspecific: true},
       },
       environment+: {
         WABT_DIR: '$WABT_DIR/bin',
diff --git a/ci/graal/common.json b/ci/graal/common.json
index ece8a56eb9..66848d0102 100644
--- a/ci/graal/common.json
+++ b/ci/graal/common.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "Jsonnet files should not include this file directly but use ci/common.jsonnet instead."
   ],
 
-  "mx_version": "7.81.0",
+  "mx_version": "7.82.0",
 
   "COMMENT.jdks": "When adding or removing JDKs keep in sync with JDKs in ci/common.jsonnet",
   "jdks": {
diff --git a/mx.graalpython/mx_graalpython.py b/mx.graalpython/mx_graalpython.py
index 9e47860b51..8392bc9d86 100644
--- a/mx.graalpython/mx_graalpython.py
+++ b/mx.graalpython/mx_graalpython.py
@@ -91,8 +91,9 @@ def get_boolean_env(name, default=False):
 SUITE_COMPILER = mx.suite("compiler", fatalIfMissing=False)
 
 GRAALPY_ABI_VERSION = 'graalpy250'
-GRAAL_VERSION = SUITE.suiteDict['version']
-IS_RELEASE = SUITE.suiteDict['release']
+IS_RELEASE = SUITE.is_release()
+FULL_GRAAL_VERSION = SUITE.release_version()
+GRAAL_VERSION = FULL_GRAAL_VERSION if IS_RELEASE else FULL_GRAAL_VERSION[:-len('-dev')]
 GRAAL_VERSION_MAJ_MIN = ".".join(GRAAL_VERSION.split(".")[:2])
 PYTHON_VERSION = SUITE.suiteDict[f'{SUITE.name}:pythonVersion']
 PYTHON_VERSION_MAJ_MIN = ".".join(PYTHON_VERSION.split('.')[:2])
@@ -2007,7 +2008,6 @@ def py_version_short(variant=None, **_):
     else:
         return PYTHON_VERSION_MAJ_MIN
 
-
 def graal_version_short(variant=None, **_):
     if variant == 'major_minor_nodot':
         return GRAAL_VERSION_MAJ_MIN.replace(".", "")
@@ -2041,7 +2041,7 @@ def release_level(variant: Union[Literal['binary'], None]) -> str: ...
 def release_level(variant=None):
     # CPython has alpha, beta, candidate and final. We distinguish just two at the moment
     level = 'alpha'
-    if SUITE.suiteDict['release']:
+    if IS_RELEASE:
         level = 'final'
     if variant in ('binary', 'int'):
         level_num = {
diff --git a/mx.graalpython/suite.py b/mx.graalpython/suite.py
index feba14eeb2..45db0ab4fb 100644
--- a/mx.graalpython/suite.py
+++ b/mx.graalpython/suite.py
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
     "name": "graalpython",
     "versionConflictResolution": "latest",
 
-    "version": "25.1.0",
     "graalpython:pythonVersion": "3.12.8",
-    "release": False,
+    "version_from": "sdk",
+    "release_from": "sdk",
     "groupId": "org.graalvm.python",
     "url": "http://www.graalvm.org/python",
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
             },
             {
                 "name": "tools",
-                "version": "6eb90f1ca8ea93cb3dca39a5cdd7e492cfb721fd",
+                "version": "a756965c3f49d230c4c991a948c87ea172209e5d",
                 "subdir": True,
                 "urls": [
                     {"url": "https://github.com/oracle/graal", "kind": "git"},
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
             },
             {
                 "name": "regex",
-                "version": "6eb90f1ca8ea93cb3dca39a5cdd7e492cfb721fd",
+                "version": "a756965c3f49d230c4c991a948c87ea172209e5d",
                 "subdir": True,
                 "urls": [
                     {"url": "https://github.com/oracle/graal", "kind": "git"},