diff --git a/demos/spring-boot-demo-root/spring-boot-jersey-demo/pom.xml b/demos/spring-boot-demo-root/spring-boot-jersey-demo/pom.xml
index 996b6218..00144f55 100644
--- a/demos/spring-boot-demo-root/spring-boot-jersey-demo/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/spring-boot-demo-root/spring-boot-jersey-demo/pom.xml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
                 <!-- Import dependency management from Spring Boot -->
                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
-                <version>4.0.0-M2</version>
+                <version>4.0.0-RC1</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
diff --git a/demos/spring-boot-demo-root/spring-boot-mvc-demo/pom.xml b/demos/spring-boot-demo-root/spring-boot-mvc-demo/pom.xml
index 0073f0ff..1fc8b4ea 100644
--- a/demos/spring-boot-demo-root/spring-boot-mvc-demo/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/spring-boot-demo-root/spring-boot-mvc-demo/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
                 <!-- Import dependency management from Spring Boot -->
                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
-                <version>4.0.0-M2</version>
+                <version>4.0.0-RC1</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 86b0e5e9..71887d3f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
-                <version>4.0.0-M2</version>
+                <version>4.0.0-RC1</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>