diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/versions.go b/api/v1alpha1/versions.go
index dac45ea1f..b3da195f0 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-rc1"
-	DefaultSubmarinerVersion         = "0.19.0-rc1"
-	DefaultLighthouseVersion         = "0.19.0-rc1"
+	DefaultSubmarinerOperatorVersion = "0.19.0-rc2"
+	DefaultSubmarinerVersion         = "0.19.0-rc2"
+	DefaultLighthouseVersion         = "0.19.0-rc2"
 )
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d1f4ef02d..34a59981e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ require (
 	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 v1.20.4
-	github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.19.0-rc1
-	github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.19.0-rc1
-	github.com/submariner-io/submariner v0.19.0-rc1
+	github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.19.0-rc2
+	github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.19.0-rc2
+	github.com/submariner-io/submariner v0.19.0-rc2
 	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 056670995..94d6626df 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -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-rc1 h1:UBYQmbnsaICgs6Qyid5egN8uc7L4Ql0DTBx3sb4vihA=
-github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.19.0-rc1/go.mod h1:2bmvHxnJ0piOMriKolIJ4/o5negeZ7ge/NIEeARXNS8=
-github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.19.0-rc1 h1:KaQnYlGLZjUFAepgpHW0pmM9J74sjrOl5A1hsdLtWFQ=
-github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.19.0-rc1/go.mod h1:HrnoErg/rM3r+QjUePY0x/SZi1xaeyjuQ+JTEc1bkMM=
-github.com/submariner-io/submariner v0.19.0-rc1 h1:6sFk5uURgXupnKt3LWBXpEAG4q8WhgbtJaL6r1OZNYE=
-github.com/submariner-io/submariner v0.19.0-rc1/go.mod h1:bqyh4EX/b0L8hOu0XJzAoQ5yIMBbVmiA1vIe2Y7b/xI=
+github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.19.0-rc2 h1:fJWXWh3y3tNaz/yJwz3UNplQiu2cueZ8Rv4zVqLxlR8=
+github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.19.0-rc2/go.mod h1:wlDC4tx5bXLqamzDiSY5b0ywNL6jZf97MD+GrxkoUXk=
+github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.19.0-rc2 h1:ovUwFp891HhLmG+bKdL2rDO1lbuloVEwQSQj6rIAx8E=
+github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.19.0-rc2/go.mod h1:HrnoErg/rM3r+QjUePY0x/SZi1xaeyjuQ+JTEc1bkMM=
+github.com/submariner-io/submariner v0.19.0-rc2 h1:8ZTDRbcTrnbPW6NLcZTKSsZg5ZD8jkpong9/Be3Pmsk=
+github.com/submariner-io/submariner v0.19.0-rc2/go.mod h1:rGJK1Kqo8aJeopUvx5sfYa/FhuX4eMR7cFDrcPEtQlw=
 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=