diff --git a/client/package-lock.json b/client/package-lock.json
index 3768710..e279a12 100644
--- a/client/package-lock.json
+++ b/client/package-lock.json
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@babel/runtime/-/runtime-7.25.4.tgz",
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-22.4.2.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-22.5.0.tgz",
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     "is-core-module": {
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-core-module/-/is-core-module-2.15.0.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-core-module/-/is-core-module-2.15.1.tgz",
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     "newsroom-core": {
-      "version": "github:superdesk/newsroom-core#613959a967d4591a91261cef3b4ac5cfe3cbf9c8",
-      "from": "github:superdesk/newsroom-core#release/2.8",
+      "version": "github:superdesk/newsroom-core#93ec2a804206a5c5b4c302c86d378c98d9b2bea0",
+      "from": "github:superdesk/newsroom-core#v2.8.0rc1",
       "requires": {
         "@dnd-kit/core": "^6.0.8",
         "@dnd-kit/sortable": "^8.0.0",
@@ -4783,9 +4783,9 @@
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diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index 4949c73..7ef8031 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
     "build": "webpack --mode production --progress"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "newsroom-core": "github:superdesk/newsroom-core#release/2.8"
+    "newsroom-core": "github:superdesk/newsroom-core#v2.8.0rc1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/server/requirements.in b/server/requirements.in
index 88abf15..f1157ec 100644
--- a/server/requirements.in
+++ b/server/requirements.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-git+https://github.com/superdesk/newsroom-core.git@release/2.8#egg=Newsroom-Core
+git+https://github.com/superdesk/newsroom-core.git@v2.8.0rc1#egg=Newsroom-Core
diff --git a/server/requirements.txt b/server/requirements.txt
index b2351a9..2a34360 100644
--- a/server/requirements.txt
+++ b/server/requirements.txt
@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@ blinker==1.8.2
     #   raven
     #   sentry-sdk
     #   superdesk-core
-boto3==1.34.160
+boto3==1.35.3
     # via superdesk-core
-botocore==1.34.160
+botocore==1.35.3
     # via
     #   boto3
     #   s3transfer
 cachelib==0.9.0
     # via flask-caching
-cachetools==5.4.0
+cachetools==5.5.0
     # via
     #   flask-oidc-ex
     #   google-auth
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ idna==3.7
     # via
     #   email-validator
     #   requests
-importlib-resources==6.4.0
+importlib-resources==6.4.4
     # via limits
 isodate==0.6.1
     # via python3-saml
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ markupsafe==2.0.1
     #   wtforms
 mongolock @ git+https://github.com/superdesk/mongolock.git@v1
     # via superdesk-core
-newsroom-core @ git+https://github.com/superdesk/newsroom-core.git@release/2.8
+newsroom-core @ git+https://github.com/superdesk/newsroom-core.git@v2.8.0rc1
     # via -r requirements.in
 oauth2client==4.1.3
     # via flask-oidc-ex
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ sentry-sdk[flask]==2.12.0
     # via newsroom-core
 sgmllib3k==1.0.0
     # via feedparser
-simplejson==3.19.2
+simplejson==3.19.3
     # via eve
 six==1.16.0
     # via
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ six==1.16.0
     #   oauth2client
     #   python-bidi
     #   python-dateutil
-superdesk-core @ git+https://github.com/superdesk/superdesk-core.git@release/2.8
+superdesk-core @ git+https://github.com/superdesk/superdesk-core.git@v2.8.0rc1
     # via newsroom-core
 superdesk-planning @ git+https://github.com/superdesk/superdesk-planning.git@v2.7.2
     # via newsroom-core
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ tinycss2==1.3.0
     # via
     #   cssselect2
     #   svglib
-types-python-dateutil==2.9.0.20240316
+types-python-dateutil==2.9.0.20240821
     # via arrow
 typing-extensions==4.12.2
     # via