diff --git a/.github/workflows/python_bridge.yml b/.github/workflows/python_bridge.yml
index cb42842..6b3365f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python_bridge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python_bridge.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ name: 'python bridge'
 # and macOS (bridge compiled on first use), Windows (prebuilt MSVC DLLs, and
 # a gcc build without them), the Python unit tests, the content of the
 # distribution, and the built wheel installed on every kind of system.
-#
-# VUnit is installed from the master branch of VUnit/vunit, which has the
-# package support (VUnit/vunit#1221), until that is part of a VUnit release.
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -99,7 +96,6 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m venv "$RUNNER_TEMP/venv with space"
         echo "$RUNNER_TEMP/venv with space/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
-        "$RUNNER_TEMP/venv with space/bin/pip" install "vunit_hdl @ git+https://github.com/VUnit/vunit.git@master" --progress-bar off
         "$RUNNER_TEMP/venv with space/bin/pip" install -e . pytest --progress-bar off
 
     - name: '🚧 Python unit tests'
@@ -176,7 +172,6 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m venv "$RUNNER_TEMP/venv with space"
         echo "$RUNNER_TEMP/venv with space/Scripts" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
-        "$RUNNER_TEMP/venv with space/Scripts/pip" install "vunit_hdl @ git+https://github.com/VUnit/vunit.git@master" --progress-bar off
         "$RUNNER_TEMP/venv with space/Scripts/pip" install -e . --progress-bar off
 
     # The simulator is accepted as x64, and a 32-bit executable of Windows itself is detected
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheel_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/wheel_tests.yml
index 9c0fbef..9aae7bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheel_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheel_tests.yml
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ jobs:
         python -m venv "$RUNNER_TEMP/venv"
         scripts="$RUNNER_TEMP/venv/$([ "$RUNNER_OS" = Windows ] && echo Scripts || echo bin)"
         echo "$scripts" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
-        "$scripts/pip" install "vunit_hdl @ git+https://github.com/VUnit/vunit.git@master" --progress-bar off
         "$scripts/pip" install dist/*.whl --progress-bar off
 
     - name: '🚧 Feature tests against the installed wheel'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de4404e..9c07872 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,10 +71,7 @@ check(call_integer_vector("gain", arg(integer_vector'(1, 2))) = integer_vector'(
 
 ## Requirements
 
-- `vunit_hdl >= 5.0.0.dev12`, the version carrying the support for packages and simulator hooks
-  ([VUnit/vunit#1221](https://github.com/VUnit/vunit/pull/1221)). Until that is part of a release,
-  install VUnit from its master branch:
-  `pip install git+https://github.com/VUnit/vunit.git@master`
+- VUnit 5.0.0.dev12 or later (`vunit_hdl` on PyPI), which pip installs with the package.
 - VHDL-2008 or later.
 - CPython 3.10 or later, standard (GIL) build, with a shared `libpython` (`--enable-shared`), which
   is what distribution Pythons, `actions/setup-python`, `uv` and `pyenv` provide by default.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f3c2336..9fa0513 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=61"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=77"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
   "numpy",
-  # The VUnit adding packages and simulator hooks, VUnit/vunit#1221. Until that is
-  # part of a release: pip install git+https://github.com/VUnit/vunit.git@master
+  # The first VUnit with packages and simulator hooks, VUnit/vunit#1221
   "vunit_hdl>=5.0.0.dev12",
 ]