diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 29d01f10..8924031e 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ object Dependencies {
   val Scala3 = "3.3.1"
   val Scala2Versions = Seq(Scala213)
   val ScalaVersions = Dependencies.Scala2Versions :+ Dependencies.Scala3
-  val AkkaVersion = System.getProperty("override.akka.version", "2.9.0-M3")
+  val AkkaVersion = System.getProperty("override.akka.version", "2.9.0")
   val AkkaVersionInDocs = AkkaVersion.take(3)
   val AkkaPersistenceJdbcVersion = "5.2.0" // only in migration tool tests
   val AkkaProjectionVersionInDocs = "current"