diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml
index 6350054..792cedd 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
   <artifactId>btreeapp</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>btreeapp</name>
 
   <parent>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
index dce275f..f941a5b 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.7</source>
           <target>1.7</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
index d94feb7..eb651ce 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>1.7</source>
           <target>1.7</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>