diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j-examples/cineasts-aspects/pom.xml b/spring-data-neo4j-examples/cineasts-aspects/pom.xml
index 921fd99ac..ec13e2c24 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j-examples/cineasts-aspects/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j-examples/cineasts-aspects/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<spring.version>3.0.7.RELEASE</spring.version>
 		<slf4j.version>1.6.1</slf4j.version>
-		<neo4j.version>1.6</neo4j.version>
+		<neo4j.version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</neo4j.version>
 		<spring-data-neo4j.version>${project.version}</spring-data-neo4j.version>
 		<aspectj.version>1.6.12</aspectj.version>
 		<org.slf4j-version>1.6.1</org.slf4j-version>
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j-examples/cineasts-rest/pom.xml b/spring-data-neo4j-examples/cineasts-rest/pom.xml
index da10b03ac..4ee9d7db7 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j-examples/cineasts-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j-examples/cineasts-rest/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <spring.version>3.0.7.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.6.1</slf4j.version>
-        <neo4j.version>1.6</neo4j.version>
+        <neo4j.version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</neo4j.version>
         <spring-data-neo4j.version>${project.version}</spring-data-neo4j.version>
         <aspectj.version>1.6.12</aspectj.version>
         <org.slf4j-version>1.6.1</org.slf4j-version>
@@ -340,10 +340,10 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                     <artifactId>org.apache.felix.fileinstall</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
+                <!--exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>neo4j-shell</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
+                </exclusion-->
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j-examples/cineasts/pom.xml b/spring-data-neo4j-examples/cineasts/pom.xml
index 5898b8738..9cf2d0479 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j-examples/cineasts/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j-examples/cineasts/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 		<spring-data-neo4j.version>${project.version}</spring-data-neo4j.version>
 		<org.slf4j-version>1.6.1</org.slf4j-version>
         <aspectj.version>1.6.12</aspectj.version>
-        <neo4j.version>1.6</neo4j.version>
+        <neo4j.version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</neo4j.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<repositories>
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j-examples/myrestaurants-social/pom.xml b/spring-data-neo4j-examples/myrestaurants-social/pom.xml
index c96f8e1cd..cab2dd614 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j-examples/myrestaurants-social/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j-examples/myrestaurants-social/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 		<spring-data-neo4j.version>${project.version}</spring-data-neo4j.version>
 		<aspectj.version>1.6.12</aspectj.version>
 		<slf4j.version>1.6.1</slf4j.version>
-		<neo4j.version>1.6</neo4j.version>
+		<neo4j.version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</neo4j.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 	    <spring-security.version>3.0.7.RELEASE</spring-security.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j-examples/todos/pom.xml b/spring-data-neo4j-examples/todos/pom.xml
index 6ae6c3965..10a467a41 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j-examples/todos/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j-examples/todos/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<neo4j.version>1.6</neo4j.version>
+		<neo4j.version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</neo4j.version>
 		<spring.version>3.0.7.RELEASE</spring.version>
 		<spring-data-neo4j.version>${project.version}</spring-data-neo4j.version>
 		<aspectj.version>1.6.12</aspectj.version>
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
 			<version>${spring.version}</version>
-			<classifier />
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
 					<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
@@ -205,7 +204,6 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
 			<version>${spring.version}</version>
-			<classifier />
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
 					<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>