diff --git a/persistence-modules/jooq/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/jooq/pom.xml
index c6de8e3d40..d0f1b733a4 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/jooq/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/jooq/pom.xml
@@ -31,20 +31,34 @@
             <artifactId>jooq-codegen</artifactId>
             <version>${jooq.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-io/commons-io -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+            <version>2.15.1</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
             <version>${postgresql.version}</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
             <version>${h2.version}</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <jooq.version>3.18.7</jooq.version>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+        <java.version>17</java.version>
+        <jooq.version>3.19.0</jooq.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/persistence-modules/jooq/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jooq/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest.java b/persistence-modules/jooq/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jooq/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ca0919eaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/jooq/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jooq/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package com.baeldung.jooq;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.DriverManager;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+import org.jooq.DSLContext;
+import org.jooq.SQLDialect;
+import org.jooq.codegen.GenerationTool;
+import org.jooq.impl.DSL;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.baeldung.jooq.model.tables.Article;
+import com.baeldung.jooq.model.tables.Author;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+
+public class CodeGenerationIntegrationTest {
+
+    static DSLContext context;
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setup() throws SQLException {
+        Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:h2:mem:tes;INIT=CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS \"public\"");
+        context = DSL.using(conn, SQLDialect.H2);
+
+        context.createTable(Author.AUTHOR)
+            .columns(
+                Author.AUTHOR.ID,
+                Author.AUTHOR.FIRST_NAME,
+                Author.AUTHOR.LAST_NAME,
+                Author.AUTHOR.AGE
+            )
+            .execute();
+        context.createTable(Article.ARTICLE)
+            .columns(
+                Article.ARTICLE.ID,
+                Article.ARTICLE.TITLE,
+                Article.ARTICLE.DESCRIPTION,
+                Article.ARTICLE.AUTHOR_ID
+            )
+            .execute();
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void cleanup() throws IOException {
+        File generatedDirectory = new File("src/main/java/com/baeldung/jooq/generated");
+        FileUtils.deleteDirectory(generatedDirectory);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testClassGenerationFromExistingDatabase() throws Exception {
+
+        File generatedDirectory = new File("src/main/java/com/baeldung/jooq/generated");
+
+        assertFalse(generatedDirectory.exists());
+
+        URL jooqConfigURL = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("jooq-config.xml");
+        assertNotNull(jooqConfigURL);
+        File file = new File(jooqConfigURL.getFile());
+        GenerationTool.generate(Files.readString(file.toPath()));
+
+        assertTrue(generatedDirectory.exists());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/jooq/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jooq/CrudLiveTest.java b/persistence-modules/jooq/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jooq/CrudIntegrationTest.java
similarity index 99%
rename from persistence-modules/jooq/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jooq/CrudLiveTest.java
rename to persistence-modules/jooq/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jooq/CrudIntegrationTest.java
index d41344c08e..0d8df27ccc 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/jooq/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jooq/CrudLiveTest.java
+++ b/persistence-modules/jooq/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jooq/CrudIntegrationTest.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
-public class CrudLiveTest {
+public class CrudIntegrationTest {
 
     static DSLContext context;
 
diff --git a/persistence-modules/jooq/src/test/resources/jooq-config.xml b/persistence-modules/jooq/src/test/resources/jooq-config.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2eed2fbe80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/jooq/src/test/resources/jooq-config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<configuration xmlns="http://www.jooq.org/xsd/jooq-codegen-3.13.0.xsd">
+
+    <jdbc>
+        <driver>org.h2.Driver</driver>
+        <url>jdbc:h2:mem:tes</url>
+        <user></user>
+        <password></password>
+    </jdbc>
+
+    <generator>
+        <name>org.jooq.codegen.JavaGenerator</name>
+
+        <database>
+            <name>org.jooq.meta.h2.H2Database</name>
+            <inputSchema>public</inputSchema>
+            <includes>.*</includes>
+            <excludes></excludes>
+        </database>
+
+        <target>
+            <packageName>com.baeldung.jooq.generated</packageName>
+            <directory>src/main/java</directory>
+        </target>
+    </generator>
+</configuration>
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