diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 9a39a8ab6c20adac7e34b597a7767e4e4894c59e..850b4ff56dab95e9f2dfa45b79eaebfeea064b0f 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     },
     "require": {
         "ext-json": "*",
-        "php-tuf/composer-stager": "^2-beta4",
+        "php-tuf/composer-stager": "^2-rc1",
         "composer-runtime-api": "^2.1",
         "symfony/console": "^6.2"
     },