diff --git a/project/CasbahBuild.scala b/project/CasbahBuild.scala
index 87a91e7b..fa7563c3 100644
--- a/project/CasbahBuild.scala
+++ b/project/CasbahBuild.scala
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ object CasbahBuild extends Build {
 
 object Dependencies {
 
-  val mongoJavaDriver  = "org.mongodb" % "mongo-java-driver" % "2.8.0"
+  val mongoJavaDriver  = "org.mongodb" % "mongo-java-driver" % "2.9.0-SNAPSHOT"
   val slf4j            = "org.slf4j" % "slf4j-api" % "1.6.0"
 
   val specs2 = "org.specs2" %% "specs2" % "1.5.1" % "provided"
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index d4287112..d4832d04 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sbt.version=0.11.3
+sbt.version=0.12.0-RC3