diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java
index 02a97d5e17..a658149596 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ import org.jooq.conf.RenderNameStyle;
 import org.jooq.conf.Settings;
 import org.jooq.exception.SQLDialectNotSupportedException;
 import org.jooq.tools.Convert;
+import org.jooq.tools.StringUtils;
 import org.jooq.tools.jdbc.JDBCUtils;
 import org.jooq.types.DayToSecond;
 import org.jooq.types.UByte;
@@ -12921,7 +12922,11 @@ public class DSL {
     @Support({ CUBRID, DERBY, FIREBIRD, H2, HSQLDB, MARIADB, MYSQL, POSTGRES, SQLITE })
     public static String escape(String value, char escape) {
         String esc = "" + escape;
-        return value.replace(esc, esc + esc).replace("%", esc + "%").replace("_", esc + "_");
+        return StringUtils.replace(
+                   StringUtils.replace(
+                       StringUtils.replace(value, esc, esc + esc), "%", esc + "%"
+                   ), "_", esc + "_"
+               );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBinding.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBinding.java
index f1e10c289b..48141d0d8c 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBinding.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBinding.java
@@ -2467,7 +2467,7 @@ public class DefaultBinding<T, U> implements Binding<T, U> {
             String format = formatISO(val);
 
             // Replace the ISO standard Z character for UTC, as some databases don't like that
-            return (format.substring(0, 10) + ' ' + format.substring(11)).replace("Z", "+00:00");
+            return StringUtils.replace(format.substring(0, 10) + ' ' + format.substring(11), "Z", "+00:00");
         }
 
         private static final String formatISO(OffsetDateTime val) {
@@ -2545,7 +2545,7 @@ public class DefaultBinding<T, U> implements Binding<T, U> {
         private static final String format(OffsetTime val) {
 
             // Replace the ISO standard Z character for UTC, as some databases don't like that
-            return val.format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_OFFSET_TIME).replace("Z", "+00:00");
+            return StringUtils.replace(val.format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_OFFSET_TIME), "Z", "+00:00");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ResultImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ResultImpl.java
index f7f141d1c5..7454c03fb3 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ResultImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ResultImpl.java
@@ -554,10 +554,14 @@ final class ResultImpl<R extends Record> implements Result<R> {
                         else
                             writer.append(' ');
 
-                    String value = format0(getValue(i, index), get(i).changed(index), true)
-                        .replace("\n", "{lf}")
-                        .replace("\r", "{cr}")
-                        .replace("\t", "{tab}");
+                    String value =
+                        StringUtils.replace(
+                            StringUtils.replace(
+                                StringUtils.replace(
+                                    format0(getValue(i, index), get(i).changed(index), true), "\n", "{lf}"
+                                ), "\r", "{cr}"
+                            ), "\t", "{tab}"
+                        );
 
                     String padded;
                     if (Number.class.isAssignableFrom(fields.fields[index].getType())) {
@@ -875,10 +879,11 @@ final class ResultImpl<R extends Record> implements Result<R> {
                 // no break
             case ALWAYS:
             default:
-                return format.quoteString()
-                     + result.replace("\\", "\\\\")
-                             .replace(format.quoteString(), format.quoteString() + format.quoteString())
-                     + format.quoteString();
+                return StringUtils.replace(
+                           StringUtils.replace(
+                               format.quoteString(), "\\", "\\\\"
+                           ), format.quoteString(), format.quoteString() + format.quoteString()
+                       ) + format.quoteString();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/jaxb/tools/StringAdapter.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/jaxb/tools/StringAdapter.java
index bbcf479589..4986bc774c 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/jaxb/tools/StringAdapter.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/jaxb/tools/StringAdapter.java
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlAdapter;
 
+import org.jooq.tools.StringUtils;
+
 /**
  * An {@link XmlAdapter} that implements useful features after parsing XML
  * strings with JAXB.
@@ -67,8 +69,12 @@ public class StringAdapter extends XmlAdapter<String, String> {
         String result = v.trim();
 
         Matcher matcher = PROPERTY_PATTERN.matcher(result);
-        while (matcher.find())
-            result = result.replace(matcher.group(0), System.getProperty(matcher.group(1), matcher.group(0)));
+        while (matcher.find()) {
+            String group0 = matcher.group(0);
+            String group1 = matcher.group(1);
+
+            result = StringUtils.replace(result, group0, System.getProperty(group1, group0));
+        }
 
         return result;
     }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/postgres/PostgresUtils.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/postgres/PostgresUtils.java
index 689e1e413a..382477d035 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/postgres/PostgresUtils.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/postgres/PostgresUtils.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import org.jooq.Converter;
 import org.jooq.Record;
 import org.jooq.exception.DataTypeException;
+import org.jooq.tools.StringUtils;
 import org.jooq.tools.reflect.Reflect;
 import org.jooq.types.DayToSecond;
 import org.jooq.types.YearToMonth;
@@ -445,7 +446,7 @@ public class PostgresUtils {
                 sb.append(toPGString((byte[]) o));
             else
                 sb.append("\"")
-                  .append(toPGString(o).replace("\\", "\\\\").replace("\"", "\\\""))
+                  .append(StringUtils.replace(StringUtils.replace(toPGString(o), "\\", "\\\\"), "\"", "\\\""))
                   .append("\"");
 
             separator = ",";
@@ -492,7 +493,7 @@ public class PostgresUtils {
                     sb.append(toPGString((byte[]) a));
                 else
                     sb.append("\"")
-                      .append(toPGString(a).replace("\\", "\\\\").replace("\"", "\\\""))
+                      .append(StringUtils.replace(StringUtils.replace(toPGString(a), "\\", "\\\\"), "\"", "\\\""))
                       .append("\"");
             }