diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index cb42a87..d6aa1ee 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ object Dependencies {
   val Scala3 = "3.3.1"
   val ScalaVersions = Seq(Scala213, Scala3)
 
-  val PlayVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("play.version", sys.env.getOrElse("PLAY_VERSION", "2.9.0-RC2"))
+  val PlayVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("play.version", sys.env.getOrElse("PLAY_VERSION", "2.9.0-RC3"))
 }
diff --git a/samples/compile-timeDI/project/plugins.sbt b/samples/compile-timeDI/project/plugins.sbt
index bed2f40..fd9eb64 100644
--- a/samples/compile-timeDI/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/samples/compile-timeDI/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.play" % "sbt-plugin" % sys.env.getOrElse("PLAY_VERSION", "2.9.0-RC2"))
+addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.play" % "sbt-plugin" % sys.env.getOrElse("PLAY_VERSION", "2.9.0-RC3"))
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-dynver" % "5.0.1")
diff --git a/samples/runtimeDI/project/plugins.sbt b/samples/runtimeDI/project/plugins.sbt
index bed2f40..fd9eb64 100644
--- a/samples/runtimeDI/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/samples/runtimeDI/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.play" % "sbt-plugin" % sys.env.getOrElse("PLAY_VERSION", "2.9.0-RC2"))
+addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.play" % "sbt-plugin" % sys.env.getOrElse("PLAY_VERSION", "2.9.0-RC3"))
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-dynver" % "5.0.1")