diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d35fbb3..0566a36 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>
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@
    <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>
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@
             <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
          </activation>
          <properties>
-            <qqq.snapshot.version>4.1.0-RC.8</qqq.snapshot.version>
+            <qqq.snapshot.version>4.1.0-RC.26</qqq.snapshot.version>
          </properties>
          <dependencyManagement>
             <dependencies>