diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/src/test/java/org/jooq/academy/section1/Example_1_3_DMLStatements.java b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/src/test/java/org/jooq/academy/section1/Example_1_3_DMLStatements.java
index 760e8a4b0b..7913e99de4 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/src/test/java/org/jooq/academy/section1/Example_1_3_DMLStatements.java
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/src/test/java/org/jooq/academy/section1/Example_1_3_DMLStatements.java
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ import static org.jooq.academy.tools.Tools.connection;
 import static org.jooq.example.db.h2.Tables.AUTHOR;
 
 import java.sql.Connection;
-import java.sql.Date;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
 
 import org.jooq.DSLContext;
 import org.jooq.academy.tools.Tools;
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public class Example_1_3_DMLStatements {
             Tools.title("Update the DATE_OF_BIRTH column");
             Tools.print(
                 dsl.update(AUTHOR)
-                   .set(AUTHOR.DATE_OF_BIRTH, Date.valueOf("1899-08-13"))
+                   .set(AUTHOR.DATE_OF_BIRTH, LocalDate.of(1899, 8, 13))
                    .where(AUTHOR.ID.eq(3))
                    .execute()
             );
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/src/test/java/org/jooq/academy/section2/Example_2_1_ActiveRecords.java b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/src/test/java/org/jooq/academy/section2/Example_2_1_ActiveRecords.java
index 616cd7db43..a56d18cc66 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/src/test/java/org/jooq/academy/section2/Example_2_1_ActiveRecords.java
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/src/test/java/org/jooq/academy/section2/Example_2_1_ActiveRecords.java
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ import static org.jooq.academy.tools.Tools.connection;
 import static org.jooq.example.db.h2.Tables.AUTHOR;
 
 import java.sql.Connection;
-import java.sql.Date;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
 
 import org.jooq.DSLContext;
 import org.jooq.academy.tools.Tools;
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class Example_2_1_ActiveRecords {
         try {
             Tools.title("Loading and changing active records");
             author = dsl.selectFrom(AUTHOR).where(AUTHOR.ID.eq(1)).fetchOne();
-            author.setDateOfBirth(Date.valueOf("2000-01-01"));
+            author.setDateOfBirth(LocalDate.of(2000, 1, 1));
             author.store();
             Tools.print(author);
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class Example_2_1_ActiveRecords {
 
 
             Tools.title("Updating an active record");
-            author.setDateOfBirth(Date.valueOf("1899-08-13"));
+            author.setDateOfBirth(LocalDate.of(1899, 8, 13));
             author.store();
             Tools.print(author);