diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index 8cc86004e..efa2ddc0a 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
- 16.0.0
+ 15.0.2
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index f236e0656..c9026bbd1 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
1.8
1.8
UTF-8
- 16.0.0
+ 15.0.2
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index b6356f3be..79ede3491 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
1.8
1.8
UTF-8
- 16.0.0
+ 15.0.2