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 8fe5b6f8..8f8d1719 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-RC2</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 cd266501..8c29ff56 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-RC2</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 904521ed..bdff6d8a 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-RC2</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>