diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index 388ac21789..575b7c9613 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
+ 16.1.0
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 51717f9d7a..0f5cc2217d 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
1.8
1.8
UTF-8
- 15.0.2
+ 16.1.0
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 4c7882ee28..60fff0a679 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
1.8
1.8
UTF-8
- 15.0.2
+ 16.1.0