diff --git a/coredns/go.mod b/coredns/go.mod
index 62882a706..2bf621243 100644
--- a/coredns/go.mod
+++ b/coredns/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.2
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.5
-	github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.20.0-m3.0.20250130200921-a919a18a0cdd
+	github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.20.0-rc0
 	k8s.io/api v0.32.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.32.1
diff --git a/coredns/go.sum b/coredns/go.sum
index 3e2d2e6f0..425892e23 100644
--- a/coredns/go.sum
+++ b/coredns/go.sum
@@ -513,8 +513,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.20.0-m3.0.20250130200921-a919a18a0cdd h1:bmJAdYRm3Z23yBd3uTo62Cq0y3pBMvbNhFbS9RLJ1tI=
-github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.20.0-m3.0.20250130200921-a919a18a0cdd/go.mod h1:wE2upVWLg1v0Ps9/8RZqRa0Dxp6MxUsp/iFXS2tP3ss=
+github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.20.0-rc0 h1:ZfGDKkbo32e7kFnFbVahk2l1dNv8ecKYeEoo0WK46e8=
+github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.20.0-rc0/go.mod h1:qiQMi+rY1uaOvZNwIvhn+dgOjPI/kneUpJ4D/MbMtHQ=
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XNkn88O1ChpSDQmQeStsy+sBenx6DDtFZJxhVysOjyk=
 github.com/tinylib/msgp v1.2.1 h1:6ypy2qcCznxpP4hpORzhtXyTqrBs7cfM9MCCWY8zsmU=
 github.com/tinylib/msgp v1.2.1/go.mod h1:2vIGs3lcUo8izAATNobrCHevYZC/LMsJtw4JPiYPHro=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 853c8d8d1..2282cde80 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.2
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.5
-	github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.20.0-m3.0.20250130200921-a919a18a0cdd
-	github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.20.0-m3.0.20250130182730-391836d2402a
+	github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.20.0-rc0
+	github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.20.0-rc0
 	k8s.io/api v0.32.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.32.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ea3be64a3..9a4ef8950 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -388,10 +388,10 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.20.0-m3.0.20250130200921-a919a18a0cdd h1:bmJAdYRm3Z23yBd3uTo62Cq0y3pBMvbNhFbS9RLJ1tI=
-github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.20.0-m3.0.20250130200921-a919a18a0cdd/go.mod h1:wE2upVWLg1v0Ps9/8RZqRa0Dxp6MxUsp/iFXS2tP3ss=
-github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.20.0-m3.0.20250130182730-391836d2402a h1:Wr/SlOM1KqCO4Cqp+NAFKvcK7gkCPehB26awDIJ/KSA=
-github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.20.0-m3.0.20250130182730-391836d2402a/go.mod h1:JQ65yiYy8r/B6thPkG1QW/AgDtXoL0lw7fylzfIjG08=
+github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.20.0-rc0 h1:ZfGDKkbo32e7kFnFbVahk2l1dNv8ecKYeEoo0WK46e8=
+github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.20.0-rc0/go.mod h1:qiQMi+rY1uaOvZNwIvhn+dgOjPI/kneUpJ4D/MbMtHQ=
+github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.20.0-rc0 h1:bCA//A4fW5BTCu7k6LGProROnR578Km9XraghO6ZYWA=
+github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.20.0-rc0/go.mod h1:JQ65yiYy8r/B6thPkG1QW/AgDtXoL0lw7fylzfIjG08=
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XNkn88O1ChpSDQmQeStsy+sBenx6DDtFZJxhVysOjyk=
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20170815181823-89b8d40f7ca8/go.mod h1:ncp9v5uamzpCO7NfCPTXjqaC+bZgJeR0sMTm6dMHP7U=
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20190109142713-0ad062ec5ee5/go.mod h1:ncp9v5uamzpCO7NfCPTXjqaC+bZgJeR0sMTm6dMHP7U=