diff --git a/libmamba.yaml b/libmamba.yaml
index c144b427894..27926bdd285 100644
--- a/libmamba.yaml
+++ b/libmamba.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package:
   name: libmamba
-  version: "2.4.0"
+  version: "2.5.0"
   epoch: 0
   description: Cross-Platform Package Manager
   copyright:
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ environment:
 pipeline:
   - uses: git-checkout
     with:
-      expected-commit: 6f11ca27b4cf4987ee86ffd0174954784c114022
+      expected-commit: 55ddf242be5969b8b6de52e4ec517b996a89ce38
       repository: https://github.com/mamba-org/mamba
       tag: ${{package.version}}
 
@@ -73,10 +73,13 @@ pipeline:
       opts: |
         -DBUILD_LIBMAMBA="ON" \
         -DBUILD_SHARED="ON" \
+        -DBUILD_STATIC="OFF" \
         -DBUILD_LIBMAMBAPY="ON" \
         -DBUILD_MICROMAMBA="ON" \
         -DBUILD_MAMBA_PACKAGE="ON" \
-        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+        -DBUILD_LIBMAMBA_SPDLOG=ON \
+        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-DSPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL" \
+        -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE="ON"
 
   - uses: cmake/build
 
@@ -98,7 +101,7 @@ subpackages:
           mkdir -p wrapper-bin
           cat > wrapper-bin/python${{range.key}} <<EOF
           #!/bin/sh -x
-          export libmamba_DIR="${{targets.destdir}}/usr/lib/cmake/libmamba"
+          export CMAKE_ARGS="-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${{targets.destdir}}/usr"
           exec /usr/bin/python${{range.key}} \${1+"\$@"}
           EOF
           chmod 755 wrapper-bin/python${{range.key}}
@@ -109,6 +112,9 @@ subpackages:
         working-directory: ./libmambapy
     test:
       pipeline:
+        - uses: test/tw/virtualpackage
+          with:
+            virtual-pkg-name: "py3-${{vars.pypi-package}}"
         - uses: python/import
           with:
             python: python${{range.key}}
@@ -124,6 +130,7 @@ subpackages:
         - py3.13-${{vars.pypi-package}}
     test:
       pipeline:
+        - uses: test/tw/metapackage
         - uses: python/import
           with:
             python: python3.10
diff --git a/libmamba/support-shared-libs.patch b/libmamba/support-shared-libs.patch
index 56ca13210a5..8a20185519c 100644
--- a/libmamba/support-shared-libs.patch
+++ b/libmamba/support-shared-libs.patch
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
+Support a build without static linkage.
+
+From: Arturo Borrero Gonzalez <arturo.bg@arturo.bg>
+
 From: https://github.com/wolfi-dev/os/pull/29763#issuecomment-2463427683
+Signed-off-by: Arturo Borrero Gonzalez <arturo.bg@arturo.bg>
+---
+ libmamba/CMakeLists.txt |  141 -----------------------------------------------
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 140 deletions(-)
 
 diff --git a/libmamba/CMakeLists.txt b/libmamba/CMakeLists.txt
-index 582d82b..548e0f2 100644
+index 4e3cf59..e7c5da7 100644
 --- a/libmamba/CMakeLists.txt
 +++ b/libmamba/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -470,146 +470,7 @@ macro(libmamba_create_target target_name linkage output_name)
-         SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL "SPDLOG_ACTIVE_LEVEL=SPDLOG_LEVEL_${BUILD_LOG_LEVEL}"
-     )
+@@ -469,146 +469,7 @@ macro(libmamba_create_target target_name linkage output_name)
+     mamba_target_add_compile_warnings(${target_name} WARNING_AS_ERROR ${MAMBA_WARNING_AS_ERROR})
+     mamba_target_set_lto(${target_name} MODE ${MAMBA_LTO})
  
 -    if(${linkage_upper} STREQUAL "STATIC")
 -        message("   -> Statically linking against libmamba (static) dependencies")
@@ -17,7 +25,7 @@ index 582d82b..548e0f2 100644
 -
 -        target_link_libraries(
 -            ${target_name}
--            PUBLIC fmt::fmt-header-only spdlog::spdlog_header_only yaml-cpp::yaml-cpp
+-            PUBLIC fmt::fmt-header-only yaml-cpp::yaml-cpp
 -            PRIVATE
 -                reproc
 -                reproc++