diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e3f3c75..3caf6fa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,13 +12,17 @@ All example rules you find within `src/test` refer to classes from `src/main`.
 These tests are all designed to fail, to demonstrate how production code could violate
 typical architectural constraints (like layer dependencies).
 
-You can run them with Gradle
-
-```
-./gradlew build
-```
-
-Otherwise the tests can be run directly from any IDE.
+You can run them
+
+* with Gradle
+  ```sh
+  ./gradlew test
+  ```
+* with Maven
+  ```sh
+  mvn test 
+  ```
+* or directly from your IDE.
 
 ## Regarding issues
 
diff --git a/example-junit4/pom.xml b/example-junit4/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91ec0e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example-junit4/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.tngtech.archunit</groupId>
+        <artifactId>archunit-examples</artifactId>
+        <version>1.4.0</version>
+    </parent>
+    <artifactId>archunit-example-junit4</artifactId>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.tngtech.archunit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>archunit-junit4</artifactId>
+            <version>1.4.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/example-junit5/build.gradle b/example-junit5/build.gradle
index 1701566..88f7d31 100644
--- a/example-junit5/build.gradle
+++ b/example-junit5/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 dependencies {
     testImplementation 'com.tngtech.archunit:archunit-junit5:1.4.0'
+
+    // ArchUnit does not actually need the JUnit Jupiter API,
+    // but some IDEs support executing tests more conveniently when it is present.
+    testCompileOnly 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.10.1'
 }
 
 test {
diff --git a/example-junit5/pom.xml b/example-junit5/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31370c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example-junit5/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.tngtech.archunit</groupId>
+        <artifactId>archunit-examples</artifactId>
+        <version>1.4.0</version>
+    </parent>
+    <artifactId>archunit-example-junit5</artifactId>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.tngtech.archunit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>archunit-junit5</artifactId>
+            <version>1.4.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/example-plain/build.gradle b/example-plain/build.gradle
index 94ea499..53b15f3 100644
--- a/example-plain/build.gradle
+++ b/example-plain/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 dependencies {
-    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12' // We will use JUnit to run the tests, but for this example it is irrelevant, might as well be TestNG
-
+    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2' // We will use JUnit to run the tests, but for this example it is irrelevant, might as well be TestNG
     testImplementation 'com.tngtech.archunit:archunit:1.4.0'
 }
diff --git a/example-plain/pom.xml b/example-plain/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b199f0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example-plain/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.tngtech.archunit</groupId>
+        <artifactId>archunit-examples</artifactId>
+        <version>1.4.0</version>
+    </parent>
+    <artifactId>archunit-example-plain</artifactId>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency> <!-- We will use JUnit to run the tests, but for this example it is irrelevant, might as well be TestNG -->
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.13.2</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.tngtech.archunit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>archunit</artifactId>
+            <version>1.4.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 7454180..9bbc975 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index ffed3a2..37f853b 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.13-bin.zip
+networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 1b6c787..faf9300 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/master/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
@@ -80,13 +82,11 @@ do
     esac
 done
 
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
-
-APP_NAME="Gradle"
+# This is normally unused
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s\n' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -133,22 +133,29 @@ location of your Java installation."
     fi
 else
     JAVACMD=java
-    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
 
 Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
 location of your Java installation."
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
 if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
     case $MAX_FD in  #(
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -193,11 +200,15 @@ if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     done
 fi
 
-# Collect all arguments for the java command;
-#   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
-#     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
-#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
-#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command:
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
+#   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
+#     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
@@ -205,6 +216,12 @@ set -- \
         org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
         "$@"
 
+# Stop when "xargs" is not available.
+if ! command -v xargs >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    die "xargs is not available"
+fi
+
 # Use "xargs" to parse quoted args.
 #
 # With -n1 it outputs one arg per line, with the quotes and backslashes removed.
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 107acd3..9d21a21 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@
 @rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
+@rem SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+@rem
 
-@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
 @rem
 @rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
@@ -25,7 +27,8 @@
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
-if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
+@rem This is normally unused
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
@@ -40,13 +43,13 @@ if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
 set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto execute
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
@@ -56,11 +59,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
@@ -75,13 +78,15 @@ set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
 
 :fail
 rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
 rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
-exit /b 1
+set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
+if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
+if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
+exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
 
 :mainEnd
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fd0c36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>com.tngtech.archunit</groupId>
+    <artifactId>archunit-examples</artifactId>
+    <version>1.4.0</version>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
+            <version>5.1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
+            <version>2.1.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>jakarta.inject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.inject-api</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
+            <version>1.3.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
+            <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
+            <version>2.12.7</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>geronimo-ejb_3.1_spec</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>geronimo-jpa_2.0_spec</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
+            <version>5.3.23</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.5.2</version>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+    <modules>
+        <module>example-junit4</module>
+        <module>example-junit5</module>
+        <module>example-plain</module>
+    </modules>
+</project>