diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9de15ed..589dbb3 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 -->
       <revision>0.3.0-SNAPSHOT</revision>
       <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
       <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>com.kingsrook</groupId>
       <artifactId>qbit-build-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.0</version>
+      <version>2.2.1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <groupId>com.kingsrook.qbits</groupId>
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@
             <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
          </activation>
          <properties>
-            <qqq.snapshot.version>4.1.0-RC.14</qqq.snapshot.version>
+            <qqq.snapshot.version>4.1.0-RC.26</qqq.snapshot.version>
          </properties>
          <dependencyManagement>
             <dependencies>
@@ -224,18 +225,6 @@
                </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>