diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c7ea09d..347452c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This library consists of XML classes (`org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml` and `org.co
    this step is released as `plexus-xml` 3, maintained in [3.x branch](tree/3.x)\
    [![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/org.codehaus.plexus/plexus-xml.svg?label=Maven%20Central&versionPrefix=3.)](https://search.maven.org/artifact/org.codehaus.plexus/plexus-xml),
 
-2. then updated to use Maven 4-specific [`maven-xml-api`](https://github.com/apache/maven/tree/maven-4.0.0-beta-5/api/maven-api-xml)/[`maven-xml-impl`](https://github.com/apache/maven/tree/maven-4.0.0-beta-5/maven-xml-impl):\
+2. then updated to use Maven 4-specific [`maven-xml-api`](https://github.com/apache/maven/tree/maven-4.0.0-rc-2/api/maven-api-xml)/[`maven-xml`](https://github.com/apache/maven/tree/maven-4.0.0-rc-2/maven-xml):\
    this is the `master` branch from which `plexus-xml` 4 is released\
    Version 4.x requires Java 17 (like Maven 4)
    [![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/org.codehaus.plexus/plexus-xml.svg?label=Maven%20Central)](https://search.maven.org/artifact/org.codehaus.plexus/plexus-xml)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f0fc7da..f690fa0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ limitations under the License.
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-xml-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-beta-5</version>
+      <artifactId>maven-xml</artifactId>
+      <version>4.0.0-rc-2</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
diff --git a/src/site/markdown/index.md b/src/site/markdown/index.md
index 4e77c87..7ac1952 100644
--- a/src/site/markdown/index.md
+++ b/src/site/markdown/index.md
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ A collection of various utility classes to ease working with XML.
 
 This library consists of XML classes (`org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml` and `org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull`):
 1. that have been extracted from [`plexus-utils`](../plexus-utils/) 4,
-2. then updated to use [`maven-xml-api`](https://maven.apache.org/ref/4.0.0-beta-5/api/maven-api-xml/)/[`maven-xml-impl`](https://maven.apache.org/ref/4.0.0-beta-5/maven-xml-impl/index.html)
+2. then updated to use [`maven-xml-api`](https://maven.apache.org/ref/4.0.0-rc-2/api/maven-api-xml/)/[`maven-xml`](https://maven.apache.org/ref/4.0.0-rc-2/maven-xml/index.html)