diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/go.mod b/test/e2e/framework/go.mod
index b3f76342f..5a7b72245 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/go.mod
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.10
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
-	github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-plugin-runtime v1.2.0-alpha.0
+	github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-plugin-runtime v1.2.0-rc.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.3
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.26.1
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/go.sum b/test/e2e/framework/go.sum
index 20637ae18..87fe3d600 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/go.sum
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/go.sum
@@ -49,10 +49,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3 h1:RP3t2pwF7cMEbC1dqtB6poj3niw/9gnV4Cjg5oW5gt
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
 github.com/tj/assert v0.0.3 h1:Df/BlaZ20mq6kuai7f5z2TvPFiwC3xaWJSDQNiIS3Rk=
 github.com/tj/assert v0.0.3/go.mod h1:Ne6X72Q+TB1AteidzQncjw9PabbMp4PBMZ1k+vd1Pvk=
-github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-plugin-runtime v1.1.0 h1:HtlrUyddxVzn4rZBtW6kQM4v2I6bgI0C/k9wJzGrbjE=
-github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-plugin-runtime v1.1.0/go.mod h1:M7WVZoItdyQp53tEprQIa6PZmhbrLe3CzuyQphWuRyI=
-github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-plugin-runtime v1.2.0-alpha.0 h1:Gxs2PPEU5qOGxZoAn/YT/YZpuYUiz1NQNtp0o4EkwAk=
-github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-plugin-runtime v1.2.0-alpha.0/go.mod h1:M7WVZoItdyQp53tEprQIa6PZmhbrLe3CzuyQphWuRyI=
+github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-plugin-runtime v1.2.0-rc.0 h1:Nk1U8lvDoucjUMz1SAff1GdZ/XZnDREt+eFlynJNvF0=
+github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-plugin-runtime v1.2.0-rc.0/go.mod h1:M7WVZoItdyQp53tEprQIa6PZmhbrLe3CzuyQphWuRyI=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.1/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=