diff --git a/examples/grails3-hibernate5-mongodb/build.gradle b/examples/grails3-hibernate5-mongodb/build.gradle
index 11a278e9..8a1481e8 100644
--- a/examples/grails3-hibernate5-mongodb/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/grails3-hibernate5-mongodb/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
-    id "com.bertramlabs.asset-pipeline" version "5.0.4"
+    id "com.bertramlabs.asset-pipeline" version "$assetPipelineVersion"
 }
 
 group "examples"
diff --git a/examples/grails3-mongodb-database-per-tenant/build.gradle b/examples/grails3-mongodb-database-per-tenant/build.gradle
index 2652d6c1..63134b29 100644
--- a/examples/grails3-mongodb-database-per-tenant/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/grails3-mongodb-database-per-tenant/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
-    id "com.bertramlabs.asset-pipeline" version "5.0.4"
+    id "com.bertramlabs.asset-pipeline" version "$assetPipelineVersion"
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/examples/grails3-mongodb/build.gradle b/examples/grails3-mongodb/build.gradle
index 1c06aff3..b7539923 100644
--- a/examples/grails3-mongodb/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/grails3-mongodb/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
-    id "com.bertramlabs.asset-pipeline" version "5.0.4"
+    id "com.bertramlabs.asset-pipeline" version "$assetPipelineVersion"
 }
 
 group "examples"
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