diff --git a/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
index 6c8c0e0..d58dfb7 100644
--- a/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -1 +1,19 @@
-distributionUrl=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.4/apache-maven-3.5.4-bin.zip
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+wrapperVersion=3.3.2
+distributionType=only-script
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.9.9/apache-maven-3.9.9-bin.zip
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 921c79d..eef9c12 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 		<module>spring-grpc-core</module>
 		<module>spring-grpc-test</module>
 		<module>spring-grpc-spring-boot-autoconfigure</module>
+		<module>samples</module>
 	</modules>
 
 	<organization>
diff --git a/samples/grpc-server/pom.xml b/samples/grpc-server/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65159f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/grpc-server/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+		<version>3.3.3</version>
+		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+	</parent>
+	<groupId>org.springframework.grpc</groupId>
+	<artifactId>grpc-server-sample</artifactId>
+	<version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>Spring Grpc Server Sample</name>
+	<description>Demo project for Spring Grpc</description>
+	<url/>
+	<licenses>
+		<license/>
+	</licenses>
+	<developers>
+		<developer/>
+	</developers>
+	<scm>
+		<connection/>
+		<developerConnection/>
+		<tag/>
+		<url/>
+	</scm>
+	<properties>
+		<java.version>17</java.version>
+	</properties>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.grpc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-grpc-spring-boot-autoconfigure</artifactId>
+			<version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<skip>true</skip>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/samples/grpc-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/grpc_server/GrpcServerApplication.java b/samples/grpc-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/grpc_server/GrpcServerApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d428ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/grpc-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/grpc_server/GrpcServerApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package org.springframework.grpc_server;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class GrpcServerApplication {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		SpringApplication.run(GrpcServerApplication.class, args);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/samples/grpc-server/src/main/resources/application.properties b/samples/grpc-server/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..566605a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/grpc-server/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+spring.application.name=grpc-server
diff --git a/samples/grpc-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/grpc_server/GrpcServerApplicationTests.java b/samples/grpc-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/grpc_server/GrpcServerApplicationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a6e6f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/grpc-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/grpc_server/GrpcServerApplicationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package org.springframework.grpc_server;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+
+@SpringBootTest
+class GrpcServerApplicationTests {
+
+	@Test
+	void contextLoads() {
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/samples/pom.xml b/samples/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56a037b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.grpc</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-grpc</artifactId>
+		<version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+
+	<groupId>org.springframework.grpc</groupId>
+	<artifactId>parent-samples</artifactId>
+	<version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<packaging>pom</packaging>
+	<name>Parent Demo</name>
+
+	<modules>
+		<module>grpc-server</module>
+	</modules>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<skip>true</skip>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-grpc-core/pom.xml b/spring-grpc-core/pom.xml
index bf920fd..ce39f37 100644
--- a/spring-grpc-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-grpc-core/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,20 @@
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
-			<artifactId>grpc-core</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>grpc-netty</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>grpc-netty-shaded</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>grpc-protobuf</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>grpc-stub</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- test dependencies -->
diff --git a/spring-grpc-test/pom.xml b/spring-grpc-test/pom.xml
index d8f8ea0..b6986dd 100644
--- a/spring-grpc-test/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-grpc-test/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-grpc-core</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>grpc-testing</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>