diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example/pom.xml
index d31d09463e..6a235abf0b 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>1.3.3.RELEASE</version>
+        <version>1.5.3.RELEASE</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example/src/test/java/org/jooq/example/spring/QueryTest.java b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example/src/test/java/org/jooq/example/spring/QueryTest.java
index 32893b0884..824c44c078 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example/src/test/java/org/jooq/example/spring/QueryTest.java
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example/src/test/java/org/jooq/example/spring/QueryTest.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import org.jooq.example.db.h2.tables.records.BookRecord;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.SpringApplicationConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 
 /**
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
  * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
-@SpringApplicationConfiguration(classes = Application.class)
+@SpringBootTest(classes = Application.class)
 public class QueryTest {
 
 	@Autowired DSLContext create;
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example/src/test/java/org/jooq/example/spring/TransactionTest.java b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example/src/test/java/org/jooq/example/spring/TransactionTest.java
index 82a1de6a01..b48e9178d6 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example/src/test/java/org/jooq/example/spring/TransactionTest.java
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example/src/test/java/org/jooq/example/spring/TransactionTest.java
@@ -7,18 +7,16 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
 import org.jooq.DSLContext;
-import org.jooq.TransactionProvider;
 import org.jooq.example.spring.service.BookService;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.SpringApplicationConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
-import org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.transaction.TransactionStatus;
 import org.springframework.transaction.support.DefaultTransactionDefinition;
 
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.transaction.support.DefaultTransactionDefinition;
  *      href="http://www.petrikainulainen.net/programming/jooq/using-jooq-with-spring-configuration/">http://www.petrikainulainen.net/programming/jooq/using-jooq-with-spring-configuration/</a>
  */
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
-@SpringApplicationConfiguration(classes = Application.class)
+@SpringBootTest(classes = Application.class)
 public class TransactionTest {
 
 	@Autowired DSLContext dsl;