diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0db9b93..eb761cb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.rascalmpl</groupId>
                 <artifactId>rascal-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.27.5</version>
+                <version>0.28.0-RC1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <errorsAsWarnings>false</errorsAsWarnings>
                     <bin>${project.build.outputDirectory}</bin>
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
                 <dependency>
                     <groupId>org.rascalmpl</groupId>
                     <artifactId>rascal</artifactId>
-                    <version>0.40.4</version>
+                    <version>0.40.6</version>
                 </dependency>
                 <dependency>
                     <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>