diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index d93b9fd5..2240e764 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    waterdrop (2.7.0.beta2)
-      karafka-core (>= 2.4.0.beta2, < 3.0.0)
+    waterdrop (2.7.0.rc1)
+      karafka-core (>= 2.4.0.rc1, < 3.0.0)
       zeitwerk (~> 2.3)
 
 GEM
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ GEM
     ffi (1.16.3)
     i18n (1.14.4)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
-    karafka-core (2.4.0.beta2)
-      karafka-rdkafka (>= 0.15.0.beta3, < 0.16.0)
-    karafka-rdkafka (0.15.0.beta3)
+    karafka-core (2.4.0.rc1)
+      karafka-rdkafka (>= 0.15.0.rc1, < 0.16.0)
+    karafka-rdkafka (0.15.0.rc1)
       ffi (~> 1.15)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.6)
       rake (> 12)
diff --git a/lib/waterdrop/version.rb b/lib/waterdrop/version.rb
index da787047..1f4485f3 100644
--- a/lib/waterdrop/version.rb
+++ b/lib/waterdrop/version.rb
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 # WaterDrop library
 module WaterDrop
   # Current WaterDrop version
-  VERSION = '2.7.0.beta2'
+  VERSION = '2.7.0.rc1'
 end
diff --git a/waterdrop.gemspec b/waterdrop.gemspec
index 05040322..b41b783f 100644
--- a/waterdrop.gemspec
+++ b/waterdrop.gemspec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.description   = spec.summary
   spec.license       = 'MIT'
 
-  spec.add_dependency 'karafka-core', '>= 2.4.0.beta2', '< 3.0.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'karafka-core', '>= 2.4.0.rc1', '< 3.0.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'zeitwerk', '~> 2.3'
 
   spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.0.0'