diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javaee-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javaee-example/pom.xml
index dd89dbd9ec..460c3107b4 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javaee-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javaee-example/pom.xml
@@ -69,12 +69,10 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
             <artifactId>jooq</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.h2.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Wildfly and JavaEE -->
@@ -206,7 +204,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jooq-codegen-maven</artifactId>
-                <version>${project.version}</version>
 
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example-entities/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example-entities/pom.xml
index 5d92fd4d38..aba6e3290b 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example-entities/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example-entities/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.hibernate.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.0</version>
                 <configuration>
 
 
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example/pom.xml
index 7347f2018d..ec7a81eddd 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example/pom.xml
@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-    <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jooq-examples</artifactId>
+        <version>3.14.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
     <artifactId>jooq-jpa-example</artifactId>
-    <version>3.14.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>jOOQ JPA Example</name>
 
     <licenses>
@@ -18,9 +22,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <org.h2.version>1.4.200</org.h2.version>
-        <org.hibernate.version>5.4.9.Final</org.hibernate.version>
-        <org.springframework.version>5.2.5.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -36,39 +37,32 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
             <artifactId>jooq</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
             <artifactId>jooq-meta-extensions-hibernate</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.hibernate.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.h2.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Logging -->       
@@ -82,7 +76,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.13</version>
             <type>jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -93,7 +86,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <fork>true</fork>
                     <maxmem>1024m</maxmem>
@@ -121,7 +113,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jooq-codegen-maven</artifactId>
-                <version>${project.version}</version>
 
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-oracle-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-oracle-example/pom.xml
index cde304fbf4..f2da807750 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-oracle-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-oracle-example/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <fork>true</fork>
                     <maxmem>1024m</maxmem>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-chart-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-chart-example/pom.xml
index 1cf777af68..0b8f82e04f 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-chart-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-chart-example/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.0</version>
                 <configuration>
 
 
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jooq-codegen-maven</artifactId>
-                <version>${project.version}</version>
 
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
@@ -149,7 +147,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
             <artifactId>jooq</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
@@ -164,7 +161,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.21</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml
index bb4c693095..11b52355f8 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <fork>true</fork>
                     <maxmem>1024m</maxmem>