diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/pom.xml
index 7efa7d7d80..0ce516f084 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <h2.version>1.4.199</h2.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -31,12 +30,10 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
             <artifactId>jooq</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-            <version>${h2.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
@@ -55,7 +52,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.13.1</version>
             <type>jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -81,7 +77,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <fork>true</fork>
                     <maxmem>1024m</maxmem>
@@ -131,7 +126,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>sql-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.5</version>
 
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>${maven.test.skip}</skip>
@@ -175,7 +169,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jooq-codegen-maven</artifactId>
-                <version>${project.version}</version>
 
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javaee-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javaee-example/pom.xml
index 460c3107b4..eed9c9ccf7 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javaee-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javaee-example/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
         <wildfly-password>admin</wildfly-password>
 
         <!-- other plugin versions -->
-        <version.compiler.plugin>3.7.0</version.compiler.plugin>
         <version.surefire.plugin>2.10</version.surefire.plugin>
         <version.war.plugin>2.1.1</version.war.plugin>
     </properties>
@@ -125,7 +124,6 @@
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${version.compiler.plugin}</version>
                 <configuration>
 
 
@@ -163,7 +161,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>sql-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.5</version>
 
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>${maven.test.skip}</skip>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javafx-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javafx-example/pom.xml
index 8724724c78..30075a9a7f 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javafx-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javafx-example/pom.xml
@@ -32,12 +32,10 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
             <artifactId>jooq</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.h2.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Logging -->
@@ -58,7 +56,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.13.1</version>
             <type>jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -84,7 +81,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <fork>true</fork>
                     <maxmem>1024m</maxmem>
@@ -143,7 +139,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>sql-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.5</version>
 
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>${maven.test.skip}</skip>
@@ -184,7 +179,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jooq-codegen-maven</artifactId>
-                <version>${project.version}</version>
 
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/pom.xml
index 638f75a58c..0af7133218 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/pom.xml
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-                <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
 
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-oracle-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-oracle-example/pom.xml
index 7d77ecadc5..dea973f131 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-oracle-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-oracle-example/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
             <artifactId>jooq</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.oracle.ojdbc</groupId>
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.13.1</version>
             <type>jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -105,7 +103,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>sql-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.5</version>
 
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>${maven.test.skip}</skip>
@@ -148,7 +145,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jooq-codegen-maven</artifactId>
-                <version>${project.version}</version>
 
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml
index 12cad9e701..d672156de2 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml
@@ -32,12 +32,10 @@
         <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>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
@@ -63,7 +61,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.13.1</version>
             <type>jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -138,7 +135,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>sql-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.5</version>
 
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>${maven.test.skip}</skip>
@@ -179,7 +175,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jooq-codegen-maven</artifactId>
-                <version>${project.version}</version>
 
                 <executions>
                     <execution>