diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/versions.go b/api/v1alpha1/versions.go
index 2245174d0..734b55fcb 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/versions.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/versions.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ package v1alpha1
 
 var (
 	DefaultRepo                      = "quay.io/submariner"
-	DefaultSubmarinerOperatorVersion = "0.19.0-m3"
-	DefaultSubmarinerVersion         = "0.19.0-m3"
-	DefaultLighthouseVersion         = "0.19.0-m3"
+	DefaultSubmarinerOperatorVersion = "0.19.0-rc0"
+	DefaultSubmarinerVersion         = "0.19.0-rc0"
+	DefaultLighthouseVersion         = "0.19.0-rc0"
 )
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dc1e497a5..1b7bea684 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring v0.76.2
 	github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/client v0.76.2
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.2
-	github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.19.0-m3
-	github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.19.0-m3
-	github.com/submariner-io/submariner v0.19.0-m3
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.4
+	github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.19.0-rc0
+	github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.19.0-rc0
+	github.com/submariner-io/submariner v0.19.0-rc0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.29.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.18.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.31.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 297899962..a27822256 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -339,8 +339,8 @@ github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/client v0.76.2/go.mod h1:
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.1/go.mod h1:7SWBe2y4D6OKWSNQJUaRYU/AaXPKyh/dDVn+NZz0KFw=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.3/go.mod h1:/TN21ttK/J9q6uSwhBd54HahCDft0ttaMvbicHlPoso=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.0.0/go.mod h1:db9x61etRT2tGnBNRi70OPL5FsnadC4Ky3P0J6CfImo=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.2 h1:5ctymQzZlyOON1666svgwn3s6IKWgfbjsejTMiXIyjg=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.2/go.mod h1:PIEt8X02hGcP8JWbeHyeZ53Y/jReSnHgO035n//V5WE=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.4 h1:Tgh3Yr67PaOv/uTqloMsCEdeuFTatm5zIq5+qNN23vI=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.4/go.mod h1:PIEt8X02hGcP8JWbeHyeZ53Y/jReSnHgO035n//V5WE=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20180712105110-5c3871d89910/go.mod h1:MbSGuTsp3dbXC40dX6PRTWyKYBIrTGTE9sqQNg2J8bo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190129233127-fd36f4220a90/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
@@ -395,12 +395,12 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UV
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.19.0-m3 h1:LTkYxCvB8S1210P2FZtCb6dzjaPpIgBrRQxZkH/snDo=
-github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.19.0-m3/go.mod h1:xRpP1rDOblEdPHr0qrC+plcTNfShYJAOH2fexqOmI1A=
-github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.19.0-m3 h1:NliwAktRPF4OsLj1TDgpaOJD/bmmZW/FH9+mJmWgxbk=
-github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.19.0-m3/go.mod h1:BY1ceSnPz1/hN5F9uljcSzy5n5qgAOENsIvZpJ+XPOU=
-github.com/submariner-io/submariner v0.19.0-m3 h1:UHfG15WNOFH05WF6keLtj4+y1nxL7HiDmQqG6uk+EEI=
-github.com/submariner-io/submariner v0.19.0-m3/go.mod h1:0Am9/udIvtZO8hM7YvRTbIsEWGD8YrCR2JHzNmTGyHg=
+github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.19.0-rc0 h1:lN5JKWMCn9y33g9Jc4L9vlpadOjXg73c4rfEqCxXrSc=
+github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.19.0-rc0/go.mod h1:nluU8jz7CT24vWWPXidkjh3BDvvBkgXNysnz+VCNtX4=
+github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.19.0-rc0 h1:VSs+PYFiw0b0mtR51LNTg/60ErHhuoTFvJgJb+2LxRU=
+github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.19.0-rc0/go.mod h1:HrnoErg/rM3r+QjUePY0x/SZi1xaeyjuQ+JTEc1bkMM=
+github.com/submariner-io/submariner v0.19.0-rc0 h1:A6H3loiQcEOnBAQhClgIRhEgsRH+dJzxK+WH5nftXlg=
+github.com/submariner-io/submariner v0.19.0-rc0/go.mod h1:WB9kV0WiI9yVDMwblP7BsBDx5Lcq+Cik/NEKl8JrxMQ=
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XNkn88O1ChpSDQmQeStsy+sBenx6DDtFZJxhVysOjyk=
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20170815181823-89b8d40f7ca8/go.mod h1:ncp9v5uamzpCO7NfCPTXjqaC+bZgJeR0sMTm6dMHP7U=
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20190109142713-0ad062ec5ee5/go.mod h1:ncp9v5uamzpCO7NfCPTXjqaC+bZgJeR0sMTm6dMHP7U=