diff --git a/modules/mariadb/build.gradle b/modules/mariadb/build.gradle
index 94164468855..19f1adba2cc 100644
--- a/modules/mariadb/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/mariadb/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile project(':jdbc')
 
     compileOnly project(':r2dbc')
-    compileOnly 'org.mariadb:r2dbc-mariadb:0.8.3-beta1'
+    compileOnly 'org.mariadb:r2dbc-mariadb:0.8.4-rc'
 
     testCompile project(':jdbc-test')
     testCompile 'org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:2.6.2'