diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-log4j/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-log4j/pom.xml
index f76a9b97c02..dac88e3771d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-log4j/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-log4j/pom.xml
@@ -14,30 +14,30 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+					<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 					<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
 				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-log4j</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+					<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 					<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
 				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-noweb/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-noweb/pom.xml
index cf2b9814fb8..934a88c78d1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-noweb/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-noweb/pom.xml
@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-shell-remote</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-ui/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-ui/pom.xml
index bd3c2c54fda..68aa6c2a667 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-ui/pom.xml
@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 			<artifactId>jolokia-core</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator/pom.xml
index d8ef744a212..fdfeb94a662 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator/pom.xml
@@ -14,35 +14,35 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+					<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 					<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
 				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+					<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 					<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
 				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-shell-remote</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-amqp/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-amqp/pom.xml
index 647c9cff955..1b7840fdbd1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-amqp/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-amqp/pom.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-amqp</artifactId>
 			<version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-aop/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-aop/pom.xml
index 7d111fe3f1f..92494658465 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-aop/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-aop/pom.xml
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-aop</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-batch/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-batch/pom.xml
index 518f4ca22f7..27d99e4901e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-batch/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-batch/pom.xml
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-batch</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-jpa/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-jpa/pom.xml
index 6b1900b20c3..c6ba2e5b393 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-mongodb/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-mongodb/pom.xml
index 820e5ec4575..dd82c22b590 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-redis/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-redis/pom.xml
index bfb6d33815b..d6923f4810b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-redis/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-redis/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-redis</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-rest/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-rest/pom.xml
index bfad96617d5..72df214369f 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-rest/pom.xml
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-rest</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-integration/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-integration/pom.xml
index fdea9ce9ea8..78c5ebc4ae8 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-integration/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-integration/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-integration</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-jetty/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-jetty/pom.xml
index 3e3c53ddcf8..f368b2e914a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-jetty/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-jetty/pom.xml
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jetty</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-profile/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-profile/pom.xml
index d629ad22f92..dabf822752c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-profile/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-profile/pom.xml
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-secure/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-secure/pom.xml
index f890a4b13aa..f42042e57d1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-secure/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-secure/pom.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-servlet/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-servlet/pom.xml
index 59037698b74..319ef81bfb3 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-servlet/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-servlet/pom.xml
@@ -15,21 +15,21 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-simple/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-simple/pom.xml
index 4ffa575d04a..44f52114ffb 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-simple/pom.xml
@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat/pom.xml
index 39b868c8467..3e043697f4b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat/pom.xml
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-traditional/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-traditional/pom.xml
index b95f3eac207..c383c5200eb 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-traditional/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-traditional/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 	<dependencies>
 		<!-- Compile -->
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- Provided (for embedded war support) -->
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-jsp/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-jsp/pom.xml
index e72c92374bb..df8ecca7416 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-jsp/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-jsp/pom.xml
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 			<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-method-security/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-method-security/pom.xml
index 6f8ccce0db7..afe0c0775f1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-method-security/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-method-security/pom.xml
@@ -14,22 +14,22 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-secure/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-secure/pom.xml
index cc6cf77e812..5c2e4aec94a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-secure/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-secure/pom.xml
@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-static/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-static/pom.xml
index 33808e39bf7..a0fdffdad2a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-static/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-static/pom.xml
@@ -14,21 +14,21 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-ui/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-ui/pom.xml
index d4e84bfd21b..fd326b0cf4a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-ui/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 			<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-websocket/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-websocket/pom.xml
index 53fd980aa33..a061e14e587 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-websocket/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-websocket/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-xml/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-xml/pom.xml
index 865f97509ff..000187d4852 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-xml/pom.xml
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>