diff --git a/example-projects/hapi-fhir-base-example-embedded-ws/pom.xml b/example-projects/hapi-fhir-base-example-embedded-ws/pom.xml
index ce746e8ae97..67a22ce7c0b 100644
--- a/example-projects/hapi-fhir-base-example-embedded-ws/pom.xml
+++ b/example-projects/hapi-fhir-base-example-embedded-ws/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hapi-fhir-structures-dstu2</artifactId>
-			<version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/example-projects/hapi-fhir-standalone-overlay-example/pom.xml b/example-projects/hapi-fhir-standalone-overlay-example/pom.xml
index fef33f1705c..9ac05ee26c8 100644
--- a/example-projects/hapi-fhir-standalone-overlay-example/pom.xml
+++ b/example-projects/hapi-fhir-standalone-overlay-example/pom.xml
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
 				<artifactId>hapi-fhir-testpage-overlay</artifactId>
-				<version>2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				<version>${project.version}</version>
 				<type>war</type>
 				<scope>provided</scope>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
 				<artifactId>hapi-fhir-testpage-overlay</artifactId>
-				<version>2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				<version>${project.version}</version>
 				<classifier>classes</classifier>
 				<scope>provided</scope>
 			</dependency>