diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a776c9bc9..fd2fb5a87 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 	</parent>
 	<properties>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
-		<spring-kafka.version>2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-kafka.version>
-		<spring-integration-kafka.version>3.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-integration-kafka.version>
+		<spring-kafka.version>2.3.0.RC1</spring-kafka.version>
+		<spring-integration-kafka.version>3.2.0.RC1</spring-integration-kafka.version>
 		<kafka.version>2.3.0</kafka.version>
 		<spring-cloud-schema-registry.version>1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-schema-registry.version>
 		<spring-cloud-stream.version>3.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-stream.version>