diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/MetaImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/MetaImpl.java
index 78594a7923..14d62e1938 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/MetaImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/MetaImpl.java
@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ final class MetaImpl extends AbstractMeta {
                                     return;
                         }
 
-                        references.add(new ReferenceImpl<>(
+                        references.add(new ReferenceImpl<Record, Record>(
                             this,
                             name(fkName),
                             fkFields,
@@ -1734,7 +1734,7 @@ final class MetaImpl extends AbstractMeta {
                 Schema schema = schemas.get(defaultString(k.get(1, String.class)));
                 Table<Record> fkTable = (Table<Record>) lookupTable(schema, k.get(2, String.class));
 
-                references.add(new ReferenceImpl<>(
+                references.add(new ReferenceImpl<Record, Record>(
                     fkTable,
                     name(k.get(5, String.class)),
                     map(v, f -> (TableField<Record, ?>) fkTable.field(f.get(7, String.class)), TableField[]::new),
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
index bb86c5969a..135b34a711 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ final class Tools {
         // [#10603] [#5050] TODO: Solve aliasing constraints more generically
         // [#8762] We can't dereference child.fields() or parent.fields() here yet, because this method is being called by
         //         the TableImpl constructor, meaning the fields are not initialised yet.
-        return new ReferenceImpl<>(
+        return new ReferenceImpl<R, O>(
             child,
             key.getQualifiedName(),
             Tools.fieldsByName(child, key.getFieldsArray()),