diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0a715f805e..4fdaff0d95 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ jdk:
 install: 
   - sh -c '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 'echo $JAVA_HOME | grep -q 8 && cd jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example && mvn install -DskipTests=true' || echo "Skipping for JDK6 and 7"
   - sh -c 'echo $JAVA_HOME | grep -q 8 && cd jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-flyway-example && mvn install -DskipTests=true' || echo "Skipping for JDK6 and 7"
   - sh -c 'echo $JAVA_HOME | grep -q 8 && cd jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-nashorn-example && mvn install -DskipTests=true' || echo "Skipping for JDK6 and 7"
   - sh -c 'echo $JAVA_HOME | grep -q 8 && cd jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-vertabelo-example && mvn install -DskipTests=true' || echo "Skipping for JDK6 and 7"
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ install:
 script: 
   - sh -c '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 'echo $JAVA_HOME | grep -q 8 && cd jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example && mvn test' || echo "Skipping for JDK6 and 7"
   - sh -c 'echo $JAVA_HOME | grep -q 8 && cd jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-flyway-example && mvn test' || echo "Skipping for JDK6 and 7"
   - sh -c 'echo $JAVA_HOME | grep -q 8 && cd jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-nashorn-example && mvn test' || echo "Skipping for JDK6 and 7"
   - sh -c 'echo $JAVA_HOME | grep -q 8 && cd jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-vertabelo-example && mvn test' || echo "Skipping for JDK6 and 7"
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example/pom.xml
index 0378b13132..b44a33f6a3 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
     <artifactId>jooq-spring-example</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0</version>
+    <version>${org.jooq.version}</version>
     <name>jOOQ Spring Example</name>
 
     <licenses>
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <org.springframework.version>3.2.6.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
         <org.jooq.version>3.5.0-SNAPSHOT</org.jooq.version>
+		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
     </properties>
     
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-guice-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-guice-example/pom.xml
index 3e88c3bfbd..f4c3d8bdc9 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-guice-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-guice-example/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
     <artifactId>jooq-spring-guice-example</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0</version>
+    <version>${org.jooq.version}</version>
     <name>jOOQ Spring Example</name>
 
     <licenses>