diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 51a8542..2efc93d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@
       <qbit.noticesDirectory>${project.basedir}</qbit.noticesDirectory>
 
       <!-- use revision property in children -->
-      <revision>2.1.2</revision>
+      <revision>2.2.0</revision>
+      <!-- QQQ line every qbit builds against (Gitea registry); children may override. -->
+      <qqq.version>4.1.0-RC.25</qqq.version>
       <!-- Do not use revision here: children override it with their own version. -->
       <qbit.guardrails.version>2.1.0</qbit.guardrails.version>
       <qbit.guardrails.enforce>false</qbit.guardrails.enforce>
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@
          <dependency>
             <groupId>com.kingsrook.qqq</groupId>
             <artifactId>qqq-bom-pom</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.0</version>
+            <version>${qqq.version}</version>
             <type>pom</type>
             <scope>import</scope>
          </dependency>