diff --git a/build-steps/release/archunit-examples-utils.gradle b/build-steps/release/archunit-examples-utils.gradle
index 0f4ce46bc8..6c8edc1d82 100644
--- a/build-steps/release/archunit-examples-utils.gradle
+++ b/build-steps/release/archunit-examples-utils.gradle
@@ -1,12 +1,47 @@
+import groovy.transform.Field
+
 ext.archunitExamplesGitRepo = 'TNG/ArchUnit-Examples.git'
 ext.updateArchUnitExampleVersion = { File archUnitExampleDir ->
     fileTree(archUnitExampleDir) {
         include '**/build.gradle'
-    }.each {File buildFile ->
+    }.each { File buildFile ->
         buildFile.text = buildFile.text.replaceAll(/(com\.tngtech\.archunit:archunit[^:]*:)[\w.-]*/, "\$1${version}")
     }
 }
 ext.updateArchUnitExampleSources = { File targetArchUnitExampleDir ->
+    updateArchUnitExampleDependencies(targetArchUnitExampleDir)
+    updateArchUnitExampleJavaSources(targetArchUnitExampleDir)
+}
+
+@Field
+String archUnitExamplesRootBuildFileContent = """
+subprojects {
+    apply plugin: 'java-library'
+
+    repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+
+    dependencies {
+        // These are the 'production' dependencies of the Demo src/main/java files -> just for Demo purposes, otherwise irrelevant
+#{dependencies}
+    }
+}
+""".trim()
+
+private void updateArchUnitExampleDependencies(File targetArchUnitExampleDir) {
+    def buildFile = new File(targetArchUnitExampleDir, 'build.gradle')
+
+    List<Map<String, String>> sortedDependencies = archUnitExamplesMainDependencies.collect()
+            .sort { first, second -> first.group <=> second.group ?: first.name <=> second.name }
+    def dependencyIndent = ' ' * 8
+    List<String> dependencyLines = sortedDependencies
+            .collect { "${dependencyIndent}implementation '${it.group}:${it.name}:${it.version}'".toString() }
+
+    buildFile.text = archUnitExamplesRootBuildFileContent.replace('#{dependencies}', dependencyLines.join('\n')) // always Unix line separator
+}
+
+private List updateArchUnitExampleJavaSources(File targetArchUnitExampleDir) {
     ['example-plain', 'example-junit4', 'example-junit5'].each { exampleFolder ->
         def targetSource = new File(new File(targetArchUnitExampleDir, exampleFolder), 'src')
         targetSource.deleteDir()
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/archunit.java-examples-conventions.gradle b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/archunit.java-examples-conventions.gradle
index 0ae6b384a7..1d00e5ea80 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/archunit.java-examples-conventions.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/archunit.java-examples-conventions.gradle
@@ -10,16 +10,20 @@ archUnitTest {
     providesTestJar = true
 }
 
+rootProject.ext.archUnitExamplesMainDependencies = [
+        dependency.jodaTime,
+        dependency.javaxAnnotationApi,
+        dependency.jakartaInject,
+        dependency.jakartaAnnotations,
+        dependency.springBeans,
+        dependency.guice,
+        dependency.geronimoEjb,
+        dependency.geronimoJpa
+]
+
 dependencies {
     // `api` dependencies so we can access them within `archunit-integration-test`
-    api dependency.jodaTime
-    api dependency.javaxAnnotationApi
-    api dependency.jakartaInject
-    api dependency.jakartaAnnotations
-    api dependency.springBeans
-    api dependency.guice
-    api dependency.geronimoEjb
-    api dependency.geronimoJpa
+    archUnitExamplesMainDependencies.each { api it }
 
     testImplementation project(path: ':archunit')
 }
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