diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example/pom.xml
index 4f02fe2e6b..0378b13132 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3.2</version>
+                <version>3.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <fork>true</fork>
                     <maxmem>1024m</maxmem>
@@ -110,11 +110,11 @@
                     <target>1.8</target>
                     <debug>true</debug>
                     <debuglevel>lines,vars,source</debuglevel>
-                    <compilerArguments>
-                        <!-- [#2413] Make compiler warnings a bit more visible
-                             But don't fail (yet) -->
-                        <Xlint:-varargs/>
-                    </compilerArguments>
+                    <!-- [#2413] Make compiler warnings a bit more visible
+                         But don't fail (yet) -->
+                    <compilerArgs>
+                        <arg>-Xlint:varargs</arg>
+                    </compilerArgs>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>