diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index b5c0e59bc6..d462e43d61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       GOPROXY: https://proxy.golang.org
       JDK_VER: ${{ matrix.java }}
       DAPR_CLI_VER: 1.18.0
-      DAPR_RUNTIME_VER: 1.19.0-rc.1
+      DAPR_RUNTIME_VER: 1.19.0-rc.2
       DAPR_INSTALL_URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/cli/v1.18.0/install/install.sh
       DAPR_CLI_REF:
       DAPR_REF:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dee4b26f89..9cb3a88fb8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <grpc.version>1.84.0</grpc.version>
     <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
-    <dapr.proto.baseurl>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/dapr/v1.19.0-rc.1/dapr/proto</dapr.proto.baseurl>
+    <dapr.proto.baseurl>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/dapr/v1.19.0-rc.2/dapr/proto</dapr.proto.baseurl>
     <durabletask.proto.baseurl>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/durabletask-protobuf/68be09ef7e29a1e60af88cea580815df6e85b50e/protos</durabletask.proto.baseurl>
     <dapr.sdk.version>1.20.0-SNAPSHOT</dapr.sdk.version>
     <os-maven-plugin.version>1.7.1</os-maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/testcontainers-dapr/src/main/java/io/dapr/testcontainers/DaprContainerConstants.java b/testcontainers-dapr/src/main/java/io/dapr/testcontainers/DaprContainerConstants.java
index 54037ff584..b830c2f046 100644
--- a/testcontainers-dapr/src/main/java/io/dapr/testcontainers/DaprContainerConstants.java
+++ b/testcontainers-dapr/src/main/java/io/dapr/testcontainers/DaprContainerConstants.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 package io.dapr.testcontainers;
 
 public interface DaprContainerConstants {
-  String DAPR_VERSION = "1.19.0-rc.1";
+  String DAPR_VERSION = "1.19.0-rc.2";
   String DAPR_WORKFLOWS_DASHBOARD_VERSION = "0.0.1";
   String DAPR_RUNTIME_IMAGE_TAG = "daprio/daprd:" + DAPR_VERSION;
   String DAPR_PLACEMENT_IMAGE_TAG = "daprio/placement:" + DAPR_VERSION;