diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a2bd6625c0..de0fba052d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ FUZZER_BUILD ?= 0
 # NOTE: when changing any value below, you'll need to adjust WORKSPACE file by hand:
 #         - uncomment source build section, comment binary section
 #         - adjust binary version path - version variable is not passed to WORKSPACE file!
-OV_SOURCE_BRANCH ?= 5928ba60fd5f592cbe9397c8a8425c927d78d98d # master 2025-05-03
+OV_SOURCE_BRANCH ?= 87425bc78ca82bee69541e6c35acceb4bfabd31c # releases/2025/2 RC1
 OV_CONTRIB_BRANCH ?= c39462ca8d7c550266dc70cdbfbe4fc8c5be0677  # master / 2024-10-31
-OV_TOKENIZERS_BRANCH ?= 979cba29ffc1f99d3c53e28a2c29b750390e59d9 # master 2025-04-25
+OV_TOKENIZERS_BRANCH ?= 130827ab18915d60580c7522fc88990d59ef914f # releases/2025/2 RC1
 
 OV_SOURCE_ORG ?= openvinotoolkit
 OV_CONTRIB_ORG ?= openvinotoolkit
@@ -161,11 +161,11 @@ ifeq ($(findstring ubuntu,$(BASE_OS)),ubuntu)
   ifeq ($(BASE_OS_TAG),24.04)
         OS=ubuntu24
 	INSTALL_DRIVER_VERSION ?= "24.52.32224"
-	DLDT_PACKAGE_URL ?= https://storage.openvinotoolkit.org/repositories/openvino/packages/nightly/2025.2.0-18918-5928ba60fd5/openvino_toolkit_ubuntu24_2025.2.0.dev20250503_x86_64.tgz
+	DLDT_PACKAGE_URL ?= https://storage.openvinotoolkit.org/repositories/openvino/packages/pre-release/2025.2.0rc1/openvino_toolkit_ubuntu24_2025.2.0.dev20250522_x86_64.tgz
   else ifeq  ($(BASE_OS_TAG),22.04)
         OS=ubuntu22
 	INSTALL_DRIVER_VERSION ?= "24.39.31294"
-	DLDT_PACKAGE_URL ?= https://storage.openvinotoolkit.org/repositories/openvino/packages/nightly/2025.2.0-18918-5928ba60fd5/openvino_toolkit_ubuntu22_2025.2.0.dev20250503_x86_64.tgz
+	DLDT_PACKAGE_URL ?= https://storage.openvinotoolkit.org/repositories/openvino/packages/pre-release/2025.2.0rc1/openvino_toolkit_ubuntu22_2025.2.0.dev20250522_x86_64.tgz
   endif
 endif
 ifeq ($(BASE_OS),redhat)
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ ifeq ($(BASE_OS),redhat)
   BASE_IMAGE ?= registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi:$(BASE_OS_TAG_REDHAT)
   BASE_IMAGE_RELEASE=registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal:$(BASE_OS_TAG_REDHAT)
   DIST_OS=redhat
-  DLDT_PACKAGE_URL ?= https://storage.openvinotoolkit.org/repositories/openvino/packages/nightly/2025.2.0-18918-5928ba60fd5/openvino_toolkit_rhel8_2025.2.0.dev20250503_x86_64.tgz
+  DLDT_PACKAGE_URL ?= https://storage.openvinotoolkit.org/repositories/openvino/packages/pre-release/2025.2.0rc1/openvino_toolkit_rhel8_2025.2.0.dev20250522_x86_64.tgz
   INSTALL_DRIVER_VERSION ?= "24.52.32224"
 endif
 
diff --git a/src/test/llm/assisted_decoding_test.cpp b/src/test/llm/assisted_decoding_test.cpp
index 5ecd43f302..8e0c28b0fa 100644
--- a/src/test/llm/assisted_decoding_test.cpp
+++ b/src/test/llm/assisted_decoding_test.cpp
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ class AssistedDecodingPipelinesHttpTest : public ::testing::Test {
     }
 
     static void TearDownTestSuite() {
+        llmExecutorWrapper.reset();
+        cbPipe.reset();
         ovms::Server& server = ovms::Server::instance();
         server.setShutdownRequest(1);
         t->join();
diff --git a/src/test/llm/llmnode_test.cpp b/src/test/llm/llmnode_test.cpp
index 7d654b6534..d408001dfd 100644
--- a/src/test/llm/llmnode_test.cpp
+++ b/src/test/llm/llmnode_test.cpp
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ class LLMFlowHttpTest : public ::testing::Test {
     }
 
     static void TearDownTestSuite() {
+        llmExecutorWrapper.reset();
+        cbPipe.reset();
         ovms::Server& server = ovms::Server::instance();
         server.setShutdownRequest(1);
         t->join();
diff --git a/src/test/llm/text_streamer_test.cpp b/src/test/llm/text_streamer_test.cpp
index 386821f4b3..36995fb7d6 100644
--- a/src/test/llm/text_streamer_test.cpp
+++ b/src/test/llm/text_streamer_test.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ class TextStreamerTest : public ::testing::Test {
         streamer = std::make_shared<ov::genai::TextStreamer>(*tokenizer, callback);
     }
     static void TearDownTestSuite() {
+        streamer.reset();
+        tokenizer.reset();
         servable.reset();
 #if (PYTHON_DISABLE == 0)
         py::finalize_interpreter();
diff --git a/third_party/llm_engine/llm_engine.bzl b/third_party/llm_engine/llm_engine.bzl
index 4c58e1599e..14b16dfe8d 100644
--- a/third_party/llm_engine/llm_engine.bzl
+++ b/third_party/llm_engine/llm_engine.bzl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def llm_engine():
     new_git_repository(
         name = "llm_engine",
         remote = "https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/openvino.genai",
-        commit = "a8146b175283a979023b47ce6192e71b070bc70f", # master 2025-05-02
+        commit = "b7e8993565358a9e2d8f69bc915bfbf8e5ea9ed4", # releases/2025/2 RC1
         build_file = "@_llm_engine//:BUILD",
         init_submodules = True,
         recursive_init_submodules = True,
diff --git a/windows_install_build_dependencies.bat b/windows_install_build_dependencies.bat
index c831b5bcea..7e2ef6a059 100644
--- a/windows_install_build_dependencies.bat
+++ b/windows_install_build_dependencies.bat
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ IF /I EXIST %bash_path% (
 
 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
 ::::::::::::::::::::::: GENAI/OPENVINO - reinstalled per build trigger
-set "genai_dir=openvino_genai_windows_2025.2.0.0.dev20250503_x86_64"
-set "genai_ver=openvino_genai_windows_2025.2.0.0.dev20250503_x86_64.zip"
-set "genai_http=https://storage.openvinotoolkit.org/repositories/openvino_genai/packages/nightly/2025.2.0.0.dev20250503/"
+set "genai_dir=openvino_genai_windows_2025.2.0.0rc1_x86_64"
+set "genai_ver=openvino_genai_windows_2025.2.0.0rc1_x86_64.zip"
+set "genai_http=https://storage.openvinotoolkit.org/repositories/openvino_genai/packages/pre-release/2025.2.0.0rc1/"
 
 set "genai_zip=%BAZEL_SHORT_PATH%\%genai_ver%"
 set "genai_workspace=C:\\\\opt\\\\openvino\\\\runtime"