diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 72ed15f8..d17942de 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 SORMAS_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
 SORMAS_POSTGRES_USER=sormas_user
 
-SORMAS_DOCKER_VERSION=2.54.0-rc1
+SORMAS_DOCKER_VERSION=2.54.0-rc2
 SORMAS_VERSION=1.93.0
 # only needed for CI build systems
-SORMAS_DEMIS_VERSION=1.38.0
+SORMAS_DEMIS_VERSION=1.39.0
 
 SORMAS_SERVER_URL=sormas-docker-test.com
 SORMAS_URL=https://github.com/hzi-braunschweig/SORMAS-Project/releases/download/