diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 22d964e9f38..88efd26c093 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-projectVersion=6.0.0-M4
+projectVersion=6.0.0-RC1
 antVersion=1.10.13
 aspectjVersion=1.9.19
 asyncVersion=4.0.0
 caffeineVersion=2.9.3
 cglibVersion=2.2.2
 commonsLangVersion=2.6
-datastoreVersion=8.0.0-M2
+datastoreVersion=8.0.0-RC1
 directoryWatcherVersion=0.9.9
 gdocEngineVersion=1.0.1
 gradleNexusPluginVersion=2.3.1
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ groovyVersion=3.0.11
 gspVersion=6.0.0-M1
 h2.version=1.4.199
 h2Version=1.4.200
-hibernateDatastoreVersion=7.2.2
+hibernateDatastoreVersion=8.0.0-RC1
 jakartaAnnotationApiVersion=2.0.0
 jansiVersion=1.18
 javaParserCoreVersion=3.15.14
@@ -29,21 +29,21 @@ methvinDirectoryWatcherVersion=0.18.0
 micronautCacheVersion=3.5.0
 micronautRuntimeGroovyVersion=3.0.0
 micronautSpringVersion=4.5.1
-micronautVersion=3.9.1
+micronautVersion=3.9.2
 mongodbJavaDriverVersion=4.5.0
 objenesisVersion=3.3
 scaffoldingCoreVersion=2.1.0
 servletApiVersion=4.0.1
 slf4jVersion=1.7.36
 spockVersion=2.1-groovy-3.0
-springBootVersion=2.7.11
+springBootVersion=2.7.12
 springLoadedVersion=1.2.8.RELEASE
 springVersion=5.3.27
-testingSupportVersion=3.0.0-M2
-testingSupportVersionForTests=2.6.1
+testingSupportVersion=3.0.0-RC1
+testingSupportVersionForTests=3.0.0-M2
 tomcatLog4jVersion=8.5.2
 tomcatVersion=9.0.75
-viewsVersion=3.0.0-M1
+viewsVersion=3.0.0-RC1
 org.gradle.caching=true
 org.gradle.parallel=true
 org.gradle.daemon=true
diff --git a/grails-bom/plugins.properties b/grails-bom/plugins.properties
index 384d8a49b2c..b69104a8815 100644
--- a/grails-bom/plugins.properties
+++ b/grails-bom/plugins.properties
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-gorm.hibernate5=8.0.0-M2
-gorm.mongodb=8.0.0-M2
-gorm.neo4j=8.0.0-M1
-grails-gradle-plugin=6.0.0-M4
+gorm.hibernate5=8.0.0-RC1
+gorm.mongodb=8.0.0-RC1
+gorm.neo4j=8.0.0-RC1
+grails-gradle-plugin=6.0.0-RC1
 cache=5.0.1
 rxjava=1.1.1
 rxjava2=2.0.0
 scaffolding=4.1.0
 fields=3.0.0.RC1
 geb=3.0.0
-views-json=3.0.0-M1
-views-json-templates=3.0.0-M1
-views-markup=3.0.0-M1
+views-json=3.0.0-RC1
+views-json-templates=3.0.0-RC1
+views-markup=3.0.0-RC1
diff --git a/grails-core/src/test/groovy/grails/util/GrailsUtilTests.java b/grails-core/src/test/groovy/grails/util/GrailsUtilTests.java
index c5acdb6e90f..75b0d5a595a 100644
--- a/grails-core/src/test/groovy/grails/util/GrailsUtilTests.java
+++ b/grails-core/src/test/groovy/grails/util/GrailsUtilTests.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class GrailsUtilTests {
 
     @Test
     public void testGrailsVersion() {
-        assertEquals("6.0.0-M4", GrailsUtil.getGrailsVersion());
+        assertEquals("6.0.0-RC1", GrailsUtil.getGrailsVersion());
     }
 
     @AfterEach
diff --git a/grails-test-suite-uber/src/test/groovy/grails/compiler/GrailsCompileStaticCompilationErrorsSpec.groovy b/grails-test-suite-uber/src/test/groovy/grails/compiler/GrailsCompileStaticCompilationErrorsSpec.groovy
index 733b430a67c..d232113b8cc 100644
--- a/grails-test-suite-uber/src/test/groovy/grails/compiler/GrailsCompileStaticCompilationErrorsSpec.groovy
+++ b/grails-test-suite-uber/src/test/groovy/grails/compiler/GrailsCompileStaticCompilationErrorsSpec.groovy
@@ -170,12 +170,10 @@ class SomeClass {
         given:
         def gcl = new GroovyClassLoader()
 
-        when: 'a class marked with @GrailsCompileStatic invokes dynamic finders on a non-domain class inside of a method marked with TypeCheckingMode.SKIP'
+        when:
         def c = gcl.parseClass('''
 package grails.compiler
 
-import groovy.transform.TypeCheckingMode
-
 @GrailsCompileStatic
 class SomeClass implements grails.validation.Validateable {
     String name
@@ -193,12 +191,10 @@ class SomeClass implements grails.validation.Validateable {
         given:
         def gcl = new GroovyClassLoader()
 
-        when: 'a class marked with @GrailsCompileStatic invokes dynamic finders on a non-domain class inside of a method marked with TypeCheckingMode.SKIP'
+        when:
         def c = gcl.parseClass('''
 package grails.compiler
 
-import groovy.transform.TypeCheckingMode
-
 @GrailsCompileStatic
 @grails.persistence.Entity
 class SomeClass implements grails.validation.Validateable {
@@ -229,12 +225,10 @@ class SomeClass implements grails.validation.Validateable {
         given:
         def gcl = new GroovyClassLoader()
 
-        when: 'a class marked with @GrailsCompileStatic invokes dynamic finders on a non-domain class inside of a method marked with TypeCheckingMode.SKIP'
+        when:
         def c = gcl.parseClass('''
 package grails.compiler
 
-import groovy.transform.TypeCheckingMode
-
 @GrailsCompileStatic
 class SomeClass implements grails.validation.Validateable {
 
@@ -341,8 +335,6 @@ class SomeSubClass extends SomeClass implements grails.validation.Validateable {
         def c = gcl.parseClass('''
 package grails.compiler
 
-import groovy.transform.TypeCheckingMode
-
 @GrailsCompileStatic
 class SomeClass {
 
diff --git a/grails-test-suite-uber/src/test/groovy/org/grails/validation/TestingValidationSpec.groovy b/grails-test-suite-uber/src/test/groovy/org/grails/validation/TestingValidationSpec.groovy
index fcb5c196feb..611d0eeb7d5 100644
--- a/grails-test-suite-uber/src/test/groovy/org/grails/validation/TestingValidationSpec.groovy
+++ b/grails-test-suite-uber/src/test/groovy/org/grails/validation/TestingValidationSpec.groovy
@@ -82,29 +82,29 @@ class TestingValidationSpec extends Specification implements DomainUnitTest<Pers
         given:
         def person = new Person(name: 'Jeff', age: 42, email: 'jeff.brown@springsource.com')
 
-    when:
-        person.properties = [age: 'some string', name: 'Jeff Scott Brown', email: 'abcdefgh']
+        when:
+            person.properties = [age: 'some string', name: 'Jeff Scott Brown', email: 'abcdefgh']
 
-    then:
-        1 == person.errors.errorCount
+        then:
+            1 == person.errors.errorCount
 
-    when:
-        def ageError = person.errors.getFieldError('age')
+        when:
+            def ageError = person.errors.getFieldError('age')
 
-    then:
-        'some string' == ageError.rejectedValue
+        then:
+            'some string' == ageError.rejectedValue
 
-    when:
-        person.validate()
-        def errorCount = person.errors.errorCount
-        ageError = person.errors.getFieldError('age')
-        def emailError = person.errors.getFieldError('email')
+        when:
+            person.validate()
+            def errorCount = person.errors.errorCount
+            ageError = person.errors.getFieldError('age')
+            def emailError = person.errors.getFieldError('email')
 
-    then:
-        errorCount == 2
-        'typeMismatch' in ageError.codes
-        'person.email.email.error' in emailError.codes
-        'some string' == ageError.rejectedValue
+        then:
+            errorCount == 2
+            'typeMismatch' in ageError.codes
+            'person.email.email.error' in emailError.codes
+            'some string' == ageError.rejectedValue
     }
 }