diff --git a/apputils/go.mod b/apputils/go.mod
index e20804cbc..4f70560d0 100644
--- a/apputils/go.mod
+++ b/apputils/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.18
 require (
 	github.com/fbiville/markdown-table-formatter v0.3.0
 	github.com/iancoleman/orderedmap v0.2.0
-	github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/core v1.0.0-beta.6
+	github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/core v1.0.0-rc.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 )
 
diff --git a/apputils/go.sum b/apputils/go.sum
index be113df44..06cd54460 100644
--- a/apputils/go.sum
+++ b/apputils/go.sum
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ github.com/hjson/hjson-go/v4 v4.0.0 h1:wlm6IYYqHjOdXH1gHev4VoXCaW20HdQAGCxdOEEg2
 github.com/hjson/hjson-go/v4 v4.0.0/go.mod h1:KaYt3bTw3zhBjYqnXkYywcYctk0A2nxeEFTse3rH13E=
 github.com/iancoleman/orderedmap v0.2.0 h1:sq1N/TFpYH++aViPcaKjys3bDClUEU7s5B+z6jq8pNA=
 github.com/iancoleman/orderedmap v0.2.0/go.mod h1:N0Wam8K1arqPXNWjMo21EXnBPOPp36vB07FNRdD2geA=
-github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/core v1.0.0-beta.6 h1:y9gP9q5eFib5RI8/kimtdrFVz2tDlRWJqthjtcsPOmo=
-github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/core v1.0.0-beta.6/go.mod h1:O0lzYAaP2vTv802PChD+Nop34dkosfmg9MYnHNO2fyY=
+github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/core v1.0.0-rc.1 h1:guAiQs78weZyRikvGr7PobIX+uFnCaIasivxhhpjw+I=
+github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/core v1.0.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:egivJv8Vh+roJQfJFKJeeHYfN2xvlIZLFiVEKeZDYvE=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0/go.mod h1:T8mJZnbsbmF+m6zOOFylbeCJqk5+pHWvzYPziyZiYoo=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath/internal/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:L3OGu8Wl2/fWfCI6z80xFu9LTZmf1ZRjMHUOPmWr69U=
 github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0 h1:Zjp+RcGpHhGlrMbJzXTrZZPrWj+1vfm90La1wgB6Bhc=