diff --git a/apps/advanced/README.md b/apps/advanced/README.md
index 229a6ea138..385b64b599 100644
--- a/apps/advanced/README.md
+++ b/apps/advanced/README.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ You can then install the application using the following command:
 
 ~~~
 php composer.phar global require "fxp/composer-asset-plugin:1.0.0"
-php composer.phar create-project --prefer-dist --stability=dev yiisoft/yii2-app-advanced advanced
+php composer.phar create-project yiisoft/yii2-app-advanced advanced
 ~~~
 
 
diff --git a/apps/advanced/composer.json b/apps/advanced/composer.json
index cb822d8830..539996180f 100644
--- a/apps/advanced/composer.json
+++ b/apps/advanced/composer.json
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
         "irc": "irc://irc.freenode.net/yii",
         "source": "https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2"
     },
-    "minimum-stability": "dev",
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.4.0",
         "yiisoft/yii2": "~2.0.0",
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@
         "yiisoft/yii2-faker": "~2.0.0"
     },
     "config": {
+        "preferred-install": "dist",
         "process-timeout": 1800
     },
     "extra": {
diff --git a/apps/basic/README.md b/apps/basic/README.md
index c5bec59a4e..1207736ea4 100644
--- a/apps/basic/README.md
+++ b/apps/basic/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ You can then install this application template using the following command:
 
 ~~~
 php composer.phar global require "fxp/composer-asset-plugin:1.0.0"
-php composer.phar create-project --prefer-dist --stability=dev yiisoft/yii2-app-basic basic
+php composer.phar create-project yiisoft/yii2-app-basic basic
 ~~~
 
 Now you should be able to access the application through the following URL, assuming `basic` is the directory
diff --git a/apps/basic/composer.json b/apps/basic/composer.json
index 8479f76fe9..8b85c98afb 100644
--- a/apps/basic/composer.json
+++ b/apps/basic/composer.json
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
         "irc": "irc://irc.freenode.net/yii",
         "source": "https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2"
     },
-    "minimum-stability": "dev",
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.4.0",
         "yiisoft/yii2": "~2.0.0",
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@
         "yiisoft/yii2-faker": "~2.0.0"
     },
     "config": {
+        "preferred-install": "dist",
         "process-timeout": 1800
     },
     "scripts": {
diff --git a/apps/benchmark/composer.json b/apps/benchmark/composer.json
index 44191cc5e1..abad79bceb 100644
--- a/apps/benchmark/composer.json
+++ b/apps/benchmark/composer.json
@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@
 		"irc": "irc://irc.freenode.net/yii",
 		"source": "https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2"
 	},
+    "require": {
+        "php": ">=5.4.0",
+        "yiisoft/yii2": "~2.0.0"
+    },
 	"config": {
 	  "vendor-dir": "protected/vendor"
-	},
-	"minimum-stability": "dev",
-	"require": {
-		"php": ">=5.4.0",
-		"yiisoft/yii2": "~2.0.0"
 	}
 }