diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index ecc9b078e6..4546f075ed 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
1.8
1.8
UTF-8
- 15.0.2
+ 16.0.0
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 49bf532676..2b44ae3d7e 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
1.8
1.8
UTF-8
- 15.0.2
+ 16.0.0
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index f250bf8fc6..76046c7c9b 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
1.8
1.8
UTF-8
- 15.0.2
+ 16.0.0