diff --git a/examples/grails3-hibernate5-mongodb/build.gradle b/examples/grails3-hibernate5-mongodb/build.gradle
index 11a278e9..396c5ab7 100644
--- a/examples/grails3-hibernate5-mongodb/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/grails3-hibernate5-mongodb/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-plugins {
-    id "com.bertramlabs.asset-pipeline" version "5.0.4"
-}
-
 group "examples"
 
 dependencies {
@@ -29,7 +25,6 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat"
     implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation"
     console "org.grails:grails-console"
-    runtimeOnly "com.bertramlabs.plugins:asset-pipeline-grails"
     runtimeOnly "com.h2database:h2"
     runtimeOnly "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc"
     runtimeOnly "org.fusesource.jansi:jansi"
diff --git a/examples/grails3-mongodb-database-per-tenant/build.gradle b/examples/grails3-mongodb-database-per-tenant/build.gradle
index 2652d6c1..bdbe0add 100644
--- a/examples/grails3-mongodb-database-per-tenant/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/grails3-mongodb-database-per-tenant/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-plugins {
-    id "com.bertramlabs.asset-pipeline" version "5.0.4"
-}
-
 dependencies {
     implementation project(":grails-plugin")
     implementation "org.mongodb:mongodb-driver-sync"
@@ -24,7 +20,6 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat"
     implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation"
     console "org.grails:grails-console"
-    runtimeOnly "com.bertramlabs.plugins:asset-pipeline-grails"
     runtimeOnly "com.h2database:h2"
     runtimeOnly "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc"
     runtimeOnly "org.fusesource.jansi:jansi"
diff --git a/examples/grails3-mongodb/build.gradle b/examples/grails3-mongodb/build.gradle
index 1c06aff3..344d2c58 100644
--- a/examples/grails3-mongodb/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/grails3-mongodb/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-plugins {
-    id "com.bertramlabs.asset-pipeline" version "5.0.4"
-}
-
 group "examples"
 
 dependencies {
@@ -27,7 +23,6 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat"
     implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation"
     console "org.grails:grails-console"
-    runtimeOnly "com.bertramlabs.plugins:asset-pipeline-grails"
     runtimeOnly "com.h2database:h2"
     runtimeOnly "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc"
     runtimeOnly "org.fusesource.jansi:jansi"
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 6ddc002a..a6e76ad9 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 projectVersion=9.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+assetPipelineVersion=5.0.4
 asciidoctorGradleVersion=4.0.3
 datastoreVersion=9.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 gradleNexusPublishPluginVersion=1.3.0