diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 84fbf13d7f..32027ddc2d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ jdk:
   - openjdk6
 install: 
   - sh -c 'mvn install -DskipTests=true'
-  - sh -c 'cd jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example && mvn install -DskipTests=true'
+  - sh -c 'echo $JAVA_HOME | grep -q 8 && cd jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example && mvn install -DskipTests=true' || echo "Skipping for JDK6 and 7"
   - sh -c 'cd jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-guice-example && mvn install -DskipTests=true'
   - sh -c 'echo $JAVA_HOME | grep -q 8 && cd jOOQ-test-utils && mvn install -DskipTest=true' || echo "Skipping for JDK6 and 7"
   - sh -c 'echo $JAVA_HOME | grep -q 8 && cd jOOQ-test && mvn install -DskipTests=true' || echo "Skipping for JDK6 and 7"
 script: 
   - sh -c 'mvn test'
-  - sh -c 'cd jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example && mvn test'
+  - sh -c 'echo $JAVA_HOME | grep -q 8 && cd jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example && mvn test' || echo "Skipping for JDK6 and 7"
   - sh -c 'cd jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-guice-example && mvn test'
   - sh -c 'echo $JAVA_HOME | grep -q 8 && cd jOOQ-test && mvn test -Dorg.jooq.test-dialects=h2 -Dorg.jooq.test.pretty-printer=false -Dlog4j.configuration=log4j-quiet.xml' || echo "Skipping for JDK6 and 7"