diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 5f6d5104..e0955e06 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     val scalafmt                  = "3.5.0"
     val `scala-java-time`         = "2.4.0-M2"
     val `zio-cli`                 = "0.2.2"
-    val zio                       = "2.0.0-RC2"
+    val zio                       = "2.0.0-RC5"
     val `zio-json`                = "0.3.0-RC3"
     val `zio-morphir`             = "0.1.0-M01"
     val `zio-parser`              = "0.1.3"