diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example/src/main/java/org/jooq/example/spring/Application.java b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example/src/main/java/org/jooq/example/spring/Application.java
index a6a87401fb..b5df8b2eeb 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example/src/main/java/org/jooq/example/spring/Application.java
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example/src/main/java/org/jooq/example/spring/Application.java
@@ -10,16 +10,23 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.r2dbc.R2dbcAutoConfiguration;
  * The spring boot application.
  * <p>
  * Starting from jOOQ 3.15, jOOQ supports {@link DSLContext} with a configured
- * R2DBC {@link Configuration#connectionFactory()} out of the box. Up until
- * Spring Boot 2.5, Spring Boot is not aware of this, and may auto configure an
- * R2DBC connection rather than a JDBC connection. To work around this, use
- * {@link SpringBootApplication#exclude()} to explicitly exclude the
- * {@link R2dbcAutoConfiguration}.
+ * R2DBC {@link Configuration#connectionFactory()} out of the box.
+ * <p>
+ * <em>Historic note:</em> Up until Spring Boot 2.5, Spring Boot is not aware of
+ * this, and may auto configure an R2DBC connection rather than a JDBC
+ * connection. To work around this, use {@link SpringBootApplication#exclude()}
+ * to explicitly exclude the {@link R2dbcAutoConfiguration}:
+ * <p>
+ * <code><pre>
+ * &#64;SpringBootApplication(exclude = { R2dbcAutoConfiguration.class })
+ * </pre></code>
+ * <p>
+ * However, it is recommended you upgrade to Spring Boot 2.6 instead.
  *
  * @author Thomas Darimont
  * @author Lukas Eder
  */
-@SpringBootApplication(exclude = { R2dbcAutoConfiguration.class })
+@SpringBootApplication
 public class Application {
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 847015f52d..c52d1fc17f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@
         <!-- Examples and/or extension modules use these dependencies -->
         <hibernate.version>5.4.31.Final</hibernate.version>
         <liquibase.version>4.4.1</liquibase.version>
-        <spring.version>5.3.7</spring.version>
-        <spring.boot.version>2.5.5</spring.boot.version>
+        <spring.version>5.3.13</spring.version>
+        <spring.boot.version>2.6.0</spring.boot.version>
         <errorprone.version>2.3.4</errorprone.version>
         <errorprone.version>2.9.0</errorprone.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.16.2</testcontainers.version>