diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b9a753..c22b041 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
    <properties>
+      <qqq.version>4.1.0-RC.26</qqq.version> <!-- feeds qbit-build-parent's qqq-bom-pom import -->
       <qbit.guardrails.enforce>true</qbit.guardrails.enforce>
       <qbit.guardrails.strictUiApiRoutes>true</qbit.guardrails.strictUiApiRoutes>
       <revision>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</revision>
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>com.kingsrook</groupId>
       <artifactId>qbit-build-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.0</version>
+      <version>2.2.1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <groupId>com.kingsrook.qbits</groupId>
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>com.kingsrook.qqq</groupId>
          <artifactId>qqq-frontend-next</artifactId>
-         <version>1.0.0-RC.37</version>
+         <version>1.0.0-RC.38</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
    </dependencies>
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@
             <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
          </activation>
          <properties>
-            <qqq.snapshot.version>4.1.0-RC.21</qqq.snapshot.version>
+            <qqq.snapshot.version>4.1.0-RC.26</qqq.snapshot.version>
          </properties>
          <dependencyManagement>
             <dependencies>
@@ -296,18 +297,6 @@
                </dependency>
             </dependencies>
          </dependencyManagement>
-         <repositories>
-            <repository>
-               <id>sonatype-snapshots</id>
-               <url>https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/</url>
-               <releases>
-                  <enabled>false</enabled>
-               </releases>
-               <snapshots>
-                  <enabled>true</enabled>
-               </snapshots>
-            </repository>
-         </repositories>
       </profile>
    </profiles>
 </project>