diff --git a/examples/native-sql-example/build.gradle b/examples/native-sql-example/build.gradle
index 2d6cd5b94e..fabdbc7fa6 100644
--- a/examples/native-sql-example/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/native-sql-example/build.gradle
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ buildscript {
             // Useful for local development, it should be disabled otherwise
             mavenLocal()
         }
+        // Optional: Enables snapshots repository
+        // Example: ./gradlew build -PenableSonatypeOpenSourceSnapshotsRep
+        if ( project.hasProperty('enableSonatypeOpenSourceSnapshotsRep') ) {
+            maven { url 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/' }
+        }
         mavenCentral()
     }
 }
diff --git a/examples/session-example/build.gradle b/examples/session-example/build.gradle
index 05e9dcc04a..7cf7fb5f69 100644
--- a/examples/session-example/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/session-example/build.gradle
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ buildscript {
             // Useful for local development, it should be disabled otherwise
             mavenLocal()
         }
+        // Optional: Enables snapshots repository
+        // Example: ./gradlew build -PenableSonatypeOpenSourceSnapshotsRep
+        if ( project.hasProperty('enableSonatypeOpenSourceSnapshotsRep') ) {
+            maven { url 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/' }
+        }
         mavenCentral()
     }
 }