diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 4b882f0b..1b4edd71 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ micronautDocsVersion=2.0.0
 micronautVersion=3.10.4
 rockerVersion=1.4.0
 groovyVersion=3.0.22
-grailsVersion=7.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+grailsVersion=7.0.0-M3
 spockVersion=2.0-groovy-3.0
 title=Grails Application Forge
 projectDesc=Generates Grails applications
diff --git a/grails-forge-core/src/main/resources/pom.xml b/grails-forge-core/src/main/resources/pom.xml
index 698ca988..cee8c0dc 100644
--- a/grails-forge-core/src/main/resources/pom.xml
+++ b/grails-forge-core/src/main/resources/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.grails</groupId>
             <artifactId>grails-gradle-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>7.0.0-M3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.grails.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/grails-forge-core/src/test/groovy/org/grails/forge/feature/grails/GrailsGradlePluginSpec.groovy b/grails-forge-core/src/test/groovy/org/grails/forge/feature/grails/GrailsGradlePluginSpec.groovy
index 0abe767b..814dbb0a 100644
--- a/grails-forge-core/src/test/groovy/org/grails/forge/feature/grails/GrailsGradlePluginSpec.groovy
+++ b/grails-forge-core/src/test/groovy/org/grails/forge/feature/grails/GrailsGradlePluginSpec.groovy
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ class GrailsGradlePluginSpec extends BeanContextSpec implements CommandOutputFix
         final String gradleProps = output["gradle.properties"]
 
         then:
-        gradleProps.contains("grailsGradlePluginVersion=7.0.0-SNAPSHOT")
-        gradleProps.contains("grailsVersion=7.0.0-SNAPSHOT")
+        gradleProps.contains("grailsGradlePluginVersion=7.0.0-M3")
+        gradleProps.contains("grailsVersion=7.0.0-M1")
     }
 
     void "test dependencies are present for buildSrc"() {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class GrailsGradlePluginSpec extends BeanContextSpec implements CommandOutputFix
                 .renderBuildSrc()
 
         then:
-        template.contains('implementation "org.grails:grails-gradle-plugin:7.0.0-SNAPSHOT"')
+        template.contains('implementation "org.grails:grails-gradle-plugin:7.0.0-M3"')
     }
 
     void "test buildSrc is present for buildscript dependencies"() {
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class GrailsGradlePluginSpec extends BeanContextSpec implements CommandOutputFix
 
         expect:
         buildGradle != null
-        buildGradle.contains("classpath \"org.grails:grails-gradle-plugin:7.0.0-SNAPSHOT\"")
+        buildGradle.contains("classpath \"org.grails:grails-gradle-plugin:7.0.0-M3\"")
 
     }