diff --git a/.dep-versions b/.dep-versions
index b6e998dc6d..784e011dad 100644
--- a/.dep-versions
+++ b/.dep-versions
@@ -8,11 +8,9 @@ enzyme=v0.0.130
 
 # For a custom PL version, update the package version here and at
 # 'doc/requirements.txt
-pennylane=0.38.0.dev24
 
 # For a custom LQ/LK version, update the package version here and at
 # 'doc/requirements.txt'. Also, update the 'LIGHTNING_GIT_TAG' at
 # 'runtime/Makefile' and at all GitHub workflows, using the exact
 # commit hash corresponding to the merged PR that implements the
 # desired feature.
-lightning=0.38.0rc4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux-x86_64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux-x86_64.yaml
index abedd48f42..fd4e9edcf4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux-x86_64.yaml
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ jobs:
               -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(which python${{ matrix.python_version }}) \
               -Dpybind11_DIR=$(python${{ matrix.python_version }} -c "import pybind11; print(pybind11.get_cmake_dir())") \
               -DENABLE_LAPACK=OFF \
-              -DLIGHTNING_GIT_TAG=1536d88 \
+              -DLIGHTNING_GIT_TAG=latest_release \
               -DENABLE_WARNINGS=OFF \
               -DENABLE_OPENQASM=ON \
               -DENABLE_OPENMP=OFF \
@@ -442,6 +442,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install OQC client
       run: |
         python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install oqc-qcaas-client
+    
+    # TODO: remove workaround before merging to main
+    - name: Install PennyLane RC
+      run: |
+        pip install git+https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane@v0.38.0-rc0
 
     - name: Install Catalyst
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-arm64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-arm64.yaml
index 6b7584552b..254c2a4329 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-arm64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-arm64.yaml
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ jobs:
               -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/runtime-build/lib \
               -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(which python${{ matrix.python_version }}) \
               -Dpybind11_DIR=$(python${{ matrix.python_version }} -c "import pybind11; print(pybind11.get_cmake_dir())") \
-              -DLIGHTNING_GIT_TAG=1536d88 \
+              -DLIGHTNING_GIT_TAG=latest_release \
               -DENABLE_LAPACK=OFF \
               -DENABLE_WARNINGS=OFF \
               -DENABLE_OPENQASM=ON \
@@ -410,6 +410,11 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install oqc-qcaas-client
 
+    # TODO: remove workaround before merging to main
+    - name: Install PennyLane RC
+      run: |
+        pip install git+https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane@v0.38.0-rc0
+
     - name: Install Catalyst
       run: |
         python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install dist/*.whl --extra-index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-x86_64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-x86_64.yaml
index 1d43252fce..73e6799f68 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-x86_64.yaml
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ jobs:
               -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/runtime-build/lib \
               -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(which python${{ matrix.python_version }}) \
               -Dpybind11_DIR=$(python${{ matrix.python_version }} -c "import pybind11; print(pybind11.get_cmake_dir())") \
-              -DLIGHTNING_GIT_TAG=1536d88 \
+              -DLIGHTNING_GIT_TAG=latest_release \
               -DENABLE_LAPACK=OFF \
               -DENABLE_WARNINGS=OFF \
               -DENABLE_OPENQASM=ON \
@@ -398,6 +398,11 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install oqc-qcaas-client
 
+    # TODO: remove workaround before merging to main
+    - name: Install PennyLane RC
+      run: |
+        pip install git+https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane@v0.38.0-rc0
+
     - name: Install Catalyst
       run: |
         python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install dist/*.whl --extra-index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-catalyst.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-catalyst.yaml
index 073824d86d..bba08291a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-catalyst.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-catalyst.yaml
@@ -421,6 +421,10 @@ jobs:
         # macOS requirements.txt
         python3 -m pip install cuda-quantum==0.6.0
         python3 -m pip install oqc-qcaas-client
+        # TODO: remove workaround before merging to main
+        pip install pennylane-lightning==0.38
+        pip install pennylane-lightning-kokkos==0.38
+        pip install git+https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane@v0.38.0-rc0
         make frontend
 
     - name: Get Cached LLVM Build
@@ -493,6 +497,10 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip libomp-dev libasan6 make
         python3 --version | grep ${{ needs.constants.outputs.primary_python_version }}
         python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+        # TODO: remove workaround before merging to main
+        pip install pennylane-lightning==0.38
+        pip install pennylane-lightning-kokkos==0.38
+        pip install git+https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane@v0.38.0-rc0
         make frontend
 
     - name: Get Cached LLVM Build
@@ -548,6 +556,9 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip libomp-dev libasan6 make
         python3 --version | grep ${{ needs.constants.outputs.primary_python_version }}
         python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+        # TODO: remove workaround before merging to main
+        pip install pennylane-lightning-kokkos==0.38
+        pip install git+https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane@v0.38.0-rc0
         make frontend
 
     - name: Get Cached LLVM Build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-pl-compat.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-pl-compat.yaml
index 72b96a9a77..37fbaf9588 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-pl-compat.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-pl-compat.yaml
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ jobs:
         DIALECTS_BUILD_DIR="$(pwd)/quantum-build" \
         ENABLE_LLD=ON \
         make dialects
+        # TODO: remove workaround before merging to main
+        pip install pennylane-lightning==0.38
+        pip install pennylane-lightning-kokkos==0.38
+        pip install git+https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane@v0.38.0-rc0
         make frontend
 
     - name: Build Catalyst Runtime (latest)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux_arm64/rh8/build_catalyst.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux_arm64/rh8/build_catalyst.sh
index 6cef214953..aa7692215a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux_arm64/rh8/build_catalyst.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux_arm64/rh8/build_catalyst.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ cmake -S runtime -B runtime-build -G Ninja \
     -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=/opt/_internal/cpython-${PYTHON_VERSION}.${PYTHON_SUBVERSION}/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION} \
     -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=/opt/_internal/cpython-${PYTHON_VERSION}.${PYTHON_SUBVERSION}/lib \
     -Dpybind11_DIR=/opt/_internal/cpython-${PYTHON_VERSION}.${PYTHON_SUBVERSION}/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages/pybind11/share/cmake/pybind11 \
-    -DLIGHTNING_GIT_TAG=1536d88 \
+    -DLIGHTNING_GIT_TAG=latest_release \
     -DENABLE_LAPACK=OFF \
     -DENABLE_WARNINGS=OFF \
     -DENABLE_OPENQASM=ON \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux_arm64/rh8/test_wheels.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux_arm64/rh8/test_wheels.sh
index c44be1c028..be63ea8053 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux_arm64/rh8/test_wheels.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux_arm64/rh8/test_wheels.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ export PATH=/catalyst/llvm-build/bin:/opt/_internal/cpython-${PYTHON_VERSION}.${
 /usr/bin/python3 -m pip install pennylane pybind11 PyYAML cmake ninja pytest pytest-xdist pytest-mock autoray PennyLane-Lightning-Kokkos 'amazon-braket-pennylane-plugin>1.27.1'
 /usr/bin/python3 -m pip install oqc-qcaas-client
 
+# TODO: remove workaround before merging to main
+pip install git+https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane@v0.38.0-rc0
+
 # Install Catalyst wheel
 /usr/bin/python3 -m pip install /catalyst/dist/*.whl --extra-index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6f59cd7650..b09052c1c0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -88,8 +88,9 @@ catalyst: runtime dialects frontend
 frontend:
 	@echo "install Catalyst Frontend"
 	# Uninstall pennylane before updating Catalyst, since pip will not replace two development
-	# versions of a package with the same version tag (e.g. 0.37-dev0).
-	$(PYTHON) -m pip uninstall -y pennylane
+	# versions of a package with the same version tag (e.g. 0.38-dev0).
+	# TODO: enable the following line before merging to main
+	# $(PYTHON) -m pip uninstall -y pennylane
 	$(PYTHON) -m pip install -e . --extra-index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple
 	rm -r frontend/PennyLane_Catalyst.egg-info
 
diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index 112e8dafb3..8b05ec4a37 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ lxml_html_clean
 --extra-index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/
 pennylane-lightning-kokkos==0.38.0rc4
 pennylane-lightning==0.38.0rc4
-pennylane==0.38.0.dev24
+pennylane==0.39.0.dev6
diff --git a/frontend/test/pytest/test_adjoint.py b/frontend/test/pytest/test_adjoint.py
index 395c07fa05..76bb9f3934 100644
--- a/frontend/test/pytest/test_adjoint.py
+++ b/frontend/test/pytest/test_adjoint.py
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ def test_label(self):
 
         base = qml.S(0) + qml.T(0)
         op = adjoint(base)
-        assert op.label() == "(S+T)†"
+        assert op.label() == "𝓗†"
 
     def test_adjoint_of_adjoint(self):
         """Test that the adjoint of an adjoint is the original operation."""
diff --git a/runtime/Makefile b/runtime/Makefile
index 3c8657d641..b36347933d 100644
--- a/runtime/Makefile
+++ b/runtime/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ENABLE_LIGHTNING?=ON
 ENABLE_LIGHTNING_KOKKOS?=ON
 ENABLE_OPENQASM?=ON
 ENABLE_ASAN?=OFF
-LIGHTNING_GIT_TAG_VALUE?=1536d88
+LIGHTNING_GIT_TAG_VALUE?=latest_release
 ENABLE_LAPACK?=OFF
 
 BUILD_TARGETS := rt_capi rtd_dummy
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 609afd5940..4cc52dc4bf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     pl_version = next((line[10:].strip() for line in lines if "pennylane=" in line), None)
     lq_version = next((line[10:].strip() for line in lines if "lightning=" in line), None)
 
-pl_min_release = 0.37
+pl_min_release = 0.38
 lq_min_release = pl_min_release
 
 if pl_version is not None: