diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 3a51c3411e..e636422bdd 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 		<spring-framework.version>${spring.version}</spring-framework.version>
 		<spring-hateoas.version>0.25.0.RELEASE</spring-hateoas.version>
 		<spring-integration.version>5.1.0.M2</spring-integration.version>
-		<spring-kafka.version>2.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-kafka.version>
+		<spring-kafka.version>2.2.0.RC1</spring-kafka.version>
 		<spring-ldap.version>2.3.2.RELEASE</spring-ldap.version>
 		<spring-plugin.version>1.2.0.RELEASE</spring-plugin.version>
 		<spring-restdocs.version>2.0.2.RELEASE</spring-restdocs.version>