diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 443e073420..c2d880dc83 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ jetty11 = "11.0.16"
 jetty12 = "12.0.6"
 jersey3 = "3.1.11"
 jmh = "1.37"
-# latest version of jOOQ to run tests against
-jooqNew = "3.20.6"
 jsr107 = "1.1.1"
 jsr305 = "3.0.2"
 junit = "5.13.4"
@@ -151,9 +149,7 @@ jersey3Hk2 = { module = "org.glassfish.jersey.inject:jersey-hk2", version.ref =
 jersey3TestFrameworkJdkHttp = { module = "org.glassfish.jersey.test-framework.providers:jersey-test-framework-provider-jdk-http", version.ref = "jersey3" }
 jmhCore = { module = "org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-core", version.ref = "jmh" }
 jmhAnnotationProcessor = { module = "org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-generator-annprocess", version.ref = "jmh" }
-# 3.14.x is the newest version of OSS jOOQ that supports Java 8
-jooq = { module = "org.jooq:jooq", version = "3.14.16" }
-jooqLatest = { module = "org.jooq:jooq", version.ref = "jooqNew" }
+jooq = { module = "org.jooq:jooq", version = "3.20.7" }
 jsonPath = { module = "com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path", version = "2.9.0" }
 jspecify = { module = "org.jspecify:jspecify", version = "1.0.0" }
 jsr107 = { module = "org.jsr107.ri:cache-ri-impl", version.ref = "jsr107" }
diff --git a/micrometer-core/build.gradle b/micrometer-core/build.gradle
index 88359114a2..3e1d01f4da 100644
--- a/micrometer-core/build.gradle
+++ b/micrometer-core/build.gradle
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ dependencies {
 
     optionalApi libs.mongoSync
 
-    optionalApi libs.jooq
+    // 3.14.x is the newest version of OSS jOOQ that supports Java 8
+    optionalApi 'org.jooq:jooq:3.14.16'
 
     optionalApi libs.kafkaClients
     optionalApi libs.kafkaStreams
diff --git a/samples/micrometer-samples-jooq/build.gradle b/samples/micrometer-samples-jooq/build.gradle
index c94ab28bd7..027c09330d 100644
--- a/samples/micrometer-samples-jooq/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/micrometer-samples-jooq/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if (!javaLanguageVersion.canCompileOrRun(21)) {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation project(":micrometer-core")
-    implementation libs.jooqLatest
+    implementation libs.jooq
 
     testImplementation platform(libs.junitBom)
     testImplementation libs.junitJupiter