diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index fc1f0e4d..8779f0b4 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ resolvers ++= Seq(
   Resolver.sonatypeRepo("snapshots"), // used by deploy nightlies, which publish here & use -Dplay.version
 )
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.play" % "sbt-plugin"           % sys.props.getOrElse("play.version", "2.9.0-M7"))
-addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.play" % "play-docs-sbt-plugin" % sys.props.getOrElse("play.version", "2.9.0-M7"))
+addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.play" % "sbt-plugin"           % sys.props.getOrElse("play.version", "2.9.0-RC2"))
+addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.play" % "play-docs-sbt-plugin" % sys.props.getOrElse("play.version", "2.9.0-RC2"))
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.play" % "interplay"            % sys.props.get("interplay.version").getOrElse("3.1.7"))
 
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta" % "sbt-scalafmt"    % "2.5.2")