diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 179ce8b30c5..cc8c293529e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 		<snakeyaml.version>1.13</snakeyaml.version>
 		<spock.version>0.7-groovy-2.0</spock.version>
 		<spring.version>4.0.4.RELEASE</spring.version>
-		<spring-batch.version>2.2.6.RELEASE</spring-batch.version>
+		<spring-batch.version>3.0.0.RC2</spring-batch.version>
 		<spring-data-releasetrain.version>Dijkstra-RC1</spring-data-releasetrain.version>
 		<spring-data-cassandra.version>1.0.0.RC1</spring-data-cassandra.version>
 		<spring-data-commons.version>1.8.0.RC1</spring-data-commons.version>