diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/pom.xml
index a34ccd7e7a..8649653af0 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <org.jooq.version>3.5.1</org.jooq.version>
+        <org.jooq.version>3.5.3</org.jooq.version>
 		<h2.version>1.4.181</h2.version>
     </properties>
     
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-flyway-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-flyway-example/pom.xml
index 5b21ac76fa..ab0a3e4571 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-flyway-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-flyway-example/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <org.springframework.version>3.2.6.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-        <org.jooq.version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</org.jooq.version>
+        <org.jooq.version>3.5.3</org.jooq.version>
         <org.h2.version>1.4.181</org.h2.version>
 
         <db.url>jdbc:h2:~/flyway-test</db.url>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javaee-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javaee-example/pom.xml
index 808b6f37a4..d78cca1417 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javaee-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javaee-example/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <org.jooq.version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</org.jooq.version>
+        <org.jooq.version>3.5.3</org.jooq.version>
         <org.h2.version>1.3.173</org.h2.version>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javafx-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javafx-example/pom.xml
index 454e81b2c7..2cffc2afd8 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javafx-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javafx-example/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <org.springframework.version>3.2.6.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-        <org.jooq.version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</org.jooq.version>
+        <org.jooq.version>3.5.3</org.jooq.version>
         <org.h2.version>1.4.181</org.h2.version>
     </properties>
     
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jax-rs-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jax-rs-example/pom.xml
index c9361a72e9..2e2f43dbe7 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jax-rs-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jax-rs-example/pom.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
     <artifactId>jooq-jax-rs-example</artifactId>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
     <version>1.0</version>
+    
+    <properties>
+        <org.jooq.version>3.5.3</org.jooq.version>
+    </properties>
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
@@ -35,7 +39,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jooq-codegen-maven</artifactId>
-                <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                <version>${org.jooq.version}</version>
 
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
@@ -108,7 +112,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
             <artifactId>jooq</artifactId>
-            <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>${org.jooq.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-nashorn-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-nashorn-example/pom.xml
index 3689cc3cfd..f491b7a3bc 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-nashorn-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-nashorn-example/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <org.springframework.version>3.2.6.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-        <org.jooq.version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</org.jooq.version>
+        <org.jooq.version>3.5.3</org.jooq.version>
         <org.h2.version>1.4.181</org.h2.version>
     </properties>
     
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-oracle-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-oracle-example/pom.xml
index 78e5783973..c2bcef3064 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-oracle-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-oracle-example/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <org.jooq.version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</org.jooq.version>
+        <org.jooq.version>3.5.3</org.jooq.version>
         <db.oracle.version>11</db.oracle.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example/pom.xml
index 667fea66e1..9a3af61eb0 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <org.springframework.version>4.1.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-        <org.jooq.version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</org.jooq.version>
+        <org.jooq.version>3.5.3</org.jooq.version>
         <org.h2.version>1.4.181</org.h2.version>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-guice-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-guice-example/pom.xml
index faa8764e5d..86388028ea 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-guice-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-guice-example/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <org.springframework.version>4.1.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-        <org.jooq.version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</org.jooq.version>
+        <org.jooq.version>3.5.3</org.jooq.version>
         <org.h2.version>1.4.181</org.h2.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-vertabelo-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-vertabelo-example/pom.xml
index fd1dbea9c1..81606b583b 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-vertabelo-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-vertabelo-example/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <org.springframework.version>3.2.6.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-        <org.jooq.version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</org.jooq.version>
+        <org.jooq.version>3.5.3</org.jooq.version>
         <org.h2.version>1.4.181</org.h2.version>
     </properties>