diff --git a/openejb/examples/multi-jpa-provider-testing/pom.xml b/openejb/examples/multi-jpa-provider-testing/pom.xml
index 64e553ab43..0417d92094 100644
--- a/openejb/examples/multi-jpa-provider-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/openejb/examples/multi-jpa-provider-testing/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.openjpa</groupId>
             <artifactId>openjpa</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.0</version>
+            <version>2.2.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency> <!-- just a facade pom which will bring hibernate for us -->
diff --git a/openejb/examples/polling-parent/polling-client/pom.xml b/openejb/examples/polling-parent/polling-client/pom.xml
index 3098e1fc22..7e92ac2bbe 100644
--- a/openejb/examples/polling-parent/polling-client/pom.xml
+++ b/openejb/examples/polling-parent/polling-client/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
           <dependency> <!-- because entities was enhanced -->
             <groupId>org.apache.openjpa</groupId>
             <artifactId>openjpa</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.0</version>
+            <version>2.2.2</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/openejb/examples/polling-parent/polling-domain/pom.xml b/openejb/examples/polling-parent/polling-domain/pom.xml
index 9c2ab1914b..087f25bb5b 100644
--- a/openejb/examples/polling-parent/polling-domain/pom.xml
+++ b/openejb/examples/polling-parent/polling-domain/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.openjpa</groupId>
             <artifactId>openjpa</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.0</version>
+            <version>2.2.2</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/openejb/examples/rest-example/pom.xml b/openejb/examples/rest-example/pom.xml
index d6820351b6..8a9ab38c93 100644
--- a/openejb/examples/rest-example/pom.xml
+++ b/openejb/examples/rest-example/pom.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.openjpa</groupId>
             <artifactId>openjpa</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.0</version>
+            <version>2.2.2</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/openejb/examples/simple-osgi/simple-osgi-core/pom.xml b/openejb/examples/simple-osgi/simple-osgi-core/pom.xml
index 8dc16b0cb2..26e0c5a096 100644
--- a/openejb/examples/simple-osgi/simple-osgi-core/pom.xml
+++ b/openejb/examples/simple-osgi/simple-osgi-core/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.openjpa</groupId>
             <artifactId>openjpa</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.0</version>
+            <version>2.2.2</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/openejb/pom.xml b/openejb/pom.xml
index 8363942802..9a036e7da0 100644
--- a/openejb/pom.xml
+++ b/openejb/pom.xml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
     <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
     <osgi.framework.version>4.2.0</osgi.framework.version>
     <hsqldb.version>2.2.8</hsqldb.version>
-    <openjpa.version>2.2.0</openjpa.version>
+    <openjpa.version>2.2.2</openjpa.version>
 
     <!-- Apache Commons -->
     <commons-beanutils.version>1.8.3</commons-beanutils.version>