diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f8a0a5b8d5..a8e7e17f71 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -708,7 +708,9 @@ rat {
         "osgi/README.md",
         "src/resources/ooxml-lite-report.*",
         // ignore svn conflict artifacts
-        "**/module-info.*"
+        "**/module-info.*",
+        "poi-examples/src/main/groovy/settings.gradle",
+        "poi-examples/src/main/groovy/.gradle/**"
     ]
 
     /*
diff --git a/poi-examples/src/main/groovy/SpreadSheetDemo.groovy b/poi-examples/src/main/groovy/SpreadSheetDemo.groovy
index b9f30c0ce6..0789b56a70 100644
--- a/poi-examples/src/main/groovy/SpreadSheetDemo.groovy
+++ b/poi-examples/src/main/groovy/SpreadSheetDemo.groovy
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ WorkbookFactory.create(f,null,true).withCloseable { workbook ->
 
       def sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(sheetNum)
       sheet.each { row ->
-         def nonEmptyCells = row.grep { c -> c.getCellType() != Cell.CELL_TYPE_BLANK }
+         def nonEmptyCells = row.grep { c -> c.getCellType() != CellType.BLANK }
          println " Row ${row.getRowNum()} has ${nonEmptyCells.size()} non-empty cells:"
          nonEmptyCells.each { c ->
             def cRef = [c] as CellReference
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ WorkbookFactory.create(f,null,true).withCloseable { workbook ->
    ns1.createRow(1).createCell(0).setCellValue("TODO - Populate with data")
 
    Sheet ns2 = workbook.createSheet("Generated 2")
-   exportHeader(ns2, headerStyle, "This is a demo sheet", 
+   exportHeader(ns2, headerStyle, "This is a demo sheet",
                 ["ID","Title","Date","Author","Num"] as String[])
    ns2.createRow(2).createCell(0).setCellValue(1)
    ns2.createRow(3).createCell(0).setCellValue(4)
diff --git a/poi-examples/src/main/groovy/build.gradle b/poi-examples/src/main/groovy/build.gradle
index 653471e501..784d5c1378 100644
--- a/poi-examples/src/main/groovy/build.gradle
+++ b/poi-examples/src/main/groovy/build.gradle
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ apply plugin: 'groovy'
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
 }
+
 dependencies {
-    compile 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.4.21'
-    compile 'org.apache.poi:poi:5.2.1'
-    compile 'org.apache.poi:poi-ooxml:5.2.1'
+    implementation 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.4.21'
+    implementation 'org.apache.poi:poi:5.3.0'
+    implementation 'org.apache.poi:poi-ooxml:5.3.0'
 }
 
 // Our files are in the current directory
@@ -38,6 +39,6 @@ tasks.withType(JavaExec) {
 }
 task runScript(type: JavaExec) {
     mainClass = "SpreadSheetDemo"
-    args = ["../../../test-data/spreadsheet/Simple.xls"]
+    args = ["../../../../test-data/spreadsheet/Simple.xls"]
 }
 defaultTasks 'runScript'
diff --git a/poi-examples/src/main/groovy/settings.gradle b/poi-examples/src/main/groovy/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..147d00bb9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poi-examples/src/main/groovy/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// empty file required to have a standalone build