diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
index 8c39cba659..9be53903f1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
@@ -1457,7 +1457,7 @@ bom {
 			]
 		}
 	}
-	library("Spring Kafka", "3.0.0-SNAPSHOT") {
+	library("Spring Kafka", "3.0.0-RC1") {
 		group("org.springframework.kafka") {
 			modules = [
 				"spring-kafka",