diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 96b92c3882..f66e448f99 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 		<!-- deprecated in favor of "spring-framework.version" -->
 		<spring.version>5.1.0.RELEASE</spring.version>
 		<spring-amqp.version>2.1.0.RC1</spring-amqp.version>
-		<spring-batch.version>4.1.0.M3</spring-batch.version>
+		<spring-batch.version>4.1.0.RC1</spring-batch.version>
 		<spring-cloud-connectors.version>2.0.3.RELEASE</spring-cloud-connectors.version>
 		<spring-data-releasetrain.version>Lovelace-RELEASE</spring-data-releasetrain.version>
 		<spring-framework.version>${spring.version}</spring-framework.version>