diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index de31bc77bd..fcb2208cc0 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -29,13 +29,15 @@ org.gradle.java.installations.auto-download=false
 #db = MSSQL
 
 # Enable the SonatypeOS maven repository (mainly for Vert.x snapshots) when present (value ignored)
-#enableSonatypeOpenSourceSnapshotsRep = true
+enableSonatypeOpenSourceSnapshotsRep = true
 
 # Enable the maven local repository (for local development when needed) when present (value ignored)
 #enableMavenLocalRepo = true
 
 # Override default Hibernate ORM version
-#hibernateOrmVersion = 6.6.0.Final
+# I'm not setting a version window here, because the examples will end up using the latest stable version
+# instead of the latest snapshot
+hibernateOrmVersion = 6.6.1-SNAPSHOT
 
 # Override default Hibernate ORM Gradle plugin version
 # Using the stable version because I don't know how to configure the build to download the snapshot version from
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ hibernateOrmGradlePluginVersion = 6.6.0.CR2
 
 # If set to true, skip Hibernate ORM version parsing (default is true, if set to null)
 # this is required when using intervals or weird versions or the build will fail
-#skipOrmVersionParsing = true
+skipOrmVersionParsing = true
 
 # Override default Vert.x Sql client version
 #vertxSqlClientVersion = 4.5.9-SNAPSHOT