diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a4900aff14d..1010a47f31a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath "org.grails:grails-docs:3.0.0.M2"
+        classpath "org.grails:grails-docs:3.0.0.RC1"
         classpath 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.4.0'
     }
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index f16f6b58dcd..ad85dc0a74d 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-grails.version=3.0.0.M2
+grails.version=3.0.0.RC1