diff --git a/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-requirements.txt b/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-requirements.txt
index c6d9afcf6ab9..ed690db69b6a 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-requirements.txt
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ fsspec==2023.12.2 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.12"
 future==0.18.3 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.12"
 galaxy-sequence-utils==1.1.5 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.12"
 galaxy2cwl==0.1.4 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.12"
-graphene-sqlalchemy==3.0.0b3 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.12"
+graphene-sqlalchemy==3.0.0rc1 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.12"
 graphene==3.3 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.12"
 graphql-core==3.2.3 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.12"
 graphql-relay==3.2.0 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.12"
diff --git a/lib/tool_shed/webapp/graphql/schema.py b/lib/tool_shed/webapp/graphql/schema.py
index af07fb37ebc9..65c9b58f619b 100644
--- a/lib/tool_shed/webapp/graphql/schema.py
+++ b/lib/tool_shed/webapp/graphql/schema.py
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
     SQLAlchemyConnectionField,
     SQLAlchemyObjectType,
 )
-from graphene_sqlalchemy.converter import (
-    convert_sqlalchemy_hybrid_property_type,
-    convert_sqlalchemy_type,
-)
+from graphene_sqlalchemy.converter import convert_sqlalchemy_type
+from graphene_sqlalchemy.utils import column_type_eq
 from graphql import GraphQLResolveInfo
 from sqlalchemy.orm import scoped_session
 from typing_extensions import TypedDict
@@ -67,12 +65,12 @@ class InfoDict(TypedDict):
 
 
 # Map these Galaxy-ism to Graphene for cleaner interfaces.
-@convert_sqlalchemy_type.register(TrimmedString)
+@convert_sqlalchemy_type.register(column_type_eq(TrimmedString))
 def convert_sqlalchemy_type_trimmed_string(*args, **kwd):
     return graphene.String
 
 
-@convert_sqlalchemy_hybrid_property_type.register(lambda t: t == TrimmedString)
+@convert_sqlalchemy_type.register(column_type_eq(lambda t: t == TrimmedString))
 def convert_sqlalchemy_hybrid_property_type_trimmed_string(arg):
     return graphene.String
 
diff --git a/packages/test_driver/setup.cfg b/packages/test_driver/setup.cfg
index 9268dd3eb584..444182cef8a5 100644
--- a/packages/test_driver/setup.cfg
+++ b/packages/test_driver/setup.cfg
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ install_requires =
     galaxy-util
     galaxy-web-apps
     pytest
-    graphene-sqlalchemy==3.0.0b3  # these are only needed by tool shed - which we've split out but the test driver loads
+    graphene-sqlalchemy==3.0.0rc1  # these are only needed by tool shed - which we've split out but the test driver loads
     starlette-graphene3
 packages = find:
 python_requires = >=3.8
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 625d43195168..15c66880fab0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ fastapi-utils = "*"
 fs = "*"
 future = "*"
 galaxy_sequence_utils = "*"
-graphene-sqlalchemy = "3.0.0b3"  # need a beta release to be compat. with starlette plugin
+graphene-sqlalchemy = "3.0.0rc1"  # need a beta release to be compat. with starlette plugin
 gravity = ">=1.0.4"
 gunicorn = "*"
 gxformat2 = "*"