diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example/pom.xml
index b56bd7cfbd..d689d07522 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.1.7.RELEASE</version>
+		<version>1.2.3.RELEASE</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<start-class>org.jooq.example.spring.Application</start-class>
-        <org.jooq.version>3.5.0</org.jooq.version>
+        <org.jooq.version>3.5.4</org.jooq.version>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
 	</properties>
 
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 7ac82428f9..281567abae 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
@@ -12,19 +12,15 @@ import org.jooq.impl.DefaultConfiguration;
 import org.jooq.impl.DefaultDSLContext;
 import org.jooq.impl.DefaultExecuteListenerProvider;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.TransactionAwareDataSourceProxy;
 
 /**
  * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
-@Configuration
-@ComponentScan
-@EnableAutoConfiguration
+@SpringBootApplication
 public class Application {
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) {