diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/SpringSecurityCoreVersion.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/SpringSecurityCoreVersion.java
index ce66e62aad..d41fe10c91 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/SpringSecurityCoreVersion.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/SpringSecurityCoreVersion.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class SpringSecurityCoreVersion {
 	 */
 	public static final long SERIAL_VERSION_UID = 500L;
 
-	static final String MIN_SPRING_VERSION = "5.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT";
+	static final String MIN_SPRING_VERSION = "5.0.0.RC3";
 
 	static {
 		performVersionChecks();
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 80382f4bea..395284eb2e 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 gaeVersion=1.9.23
 springBootVersion=2.0.0.M2
-version=5.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
+version=5.0.0.M3
diff --git a/gradle/dependency-management.gradle b/gradle/dependency-management.gradle
index 026ab1b796..32aecec2e1 100644
--- a/gradle/dependency-management.gradle
+++ b/gradle/dependency-management.gradle
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 dependencyManagement {
 	imports {
 		mavenBom 'io.projectreactor:reactor-bom:Bismuth-M3'
-		mavenBom 'org.springframework:spring-framework-bom:5.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT'
-		mavenBom 'org.springframework.data:spring-data-releasetrain:Kay-BUILD-SNAPSHOT'
+		mavenBom 'org.springframework:spring-framework-bom:5.0.0.RC3'
+		mavenBom 'org.springframework.data:spring-data-releasetrain:Kay-M4'
 	}
 	dependencies {
 		dependency 'cglib:cglib-nodep:3.2.5'