diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 14b3f94395..3102bca35c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 		<logback.version>1.0.13</logback.version>
 		<mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
 		<mysql.version>5.1.23</mysql.version>
-		<reactor.version>1.0.0.M3</reactor.version>
+		<reactor.version>1.0.0.RC1</reactor.version>
 		<servlet-api.version>3.0.1</servlet-api.version>
 		<slf4j.version>1.7.5</slf4j.version>
 		<snakeyaml.version>1.12</snakeyaml.version>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-websocket/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-websocket/pom.xml
index 7353cab0bd..cfb99869c6 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-websocket/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-websocket/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<main.basedir>${basedir}/../..</main.basedir>
 		<java.version>1.7</java.version>
-		<tomcat.version>8.0.0-RC3</tomcat.version>
+		<tomcat.version>8.0.0-RC5</tomcat.version>
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>