diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7c58a928..c2423c76 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <properties>
 
     <!-- release-2 -->
-    <bom.repository.version>8.1.0-RC2</bom.repository.version>
+    <bom.repository.version>8.1.0-RC3</bom.repository.version>
 
   </properties>