diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dbbeea5..4d0c1d0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
-		<spring-ldap>3.0.0-M3</spring-ldap>
+		<spring-ldap>3.0.0-RC1</spring-ldap>
 		<springdata.commons>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
 		<java-module-name>spring.data.ldap</java-module-name>
 	</properties>