diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 0398a5fdf..f15209a61 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ lazy val zio = (project in file("zio"))
     libraryDependencies += zioTestSbt,
     libraryDependencies += "dev.zio" %% "zio-kafka" % "2.12.0",
     libraryDependencies += zioJsonDep,
-    libraryDependencies += "dev.zio" %% "zio-prelude" % "1.0.0-RC42",
+    libraryDependencies += "dev.zio" %% "zio-prelude" % "1.0.0-RC44",
     libraryDependencies += "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "3.2.19" % Test,
     testFrameworks += new TestFramework("zio.test.sbt.ZTestFramework")
   )