diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-checker-framework-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-checker-framework-example/pom.xml
index bdb549c0f5..2ba893d39e 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-checker-framework-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-checker-framework-example/pom.xml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
                             <dependency>
                                 <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
                                 <artifactId>error_prone_core</artifactId>
-                                <version>2.3.3</version>
+                                <version>2.2.12</version>
                             </dependency>
                             <dependency>
                                 <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example-entities/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example-entities/pom.xml
index 7348aaea1f..9371483848 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example-entities/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example-entities/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
                         <annotationProcessorPath>
                             <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
                             <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-                            <version>2.3.1</version>
+                            <version>2.2.12</version>
                         </annotationProcessorPath>
                     </annotationProcessorPaths>
                 </configuration>
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
                         <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.3.1</version>
+                        <version>2.2.12</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a3bc1d525b..420431ca13 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         <h2.version>1.4.200</h2.version>
 
         <!-- From JDK 11 onwards, we need to depend on the JAXB API explicitly -->
-        <jaxb.version>2.3.1</jaxb.version>
+        <jaxb.version>2.2.12</jaxb.version>
         <javax.activation.version>1.2.0</javax.activation.version>
 
         <!-- DefaultRecordMapper and jOOQ-meta-extensions can read JPA annotations -->
@@ -247,13 +247,13 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
                 <artifactId>error_prone_core</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3.3</version>
+                <version>2.2.12</version>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
                 <artifactId>error_prone_annotation</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3.3</version>
+                <version>2.2.12</version>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>