diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
index 6d1548678..2b0eef0d0 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-kafka</artifactId>
-			<version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.8.0-RC1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>