diff --git a/examples/pwa-app/package.json b/examples/pwa-app/package.json
index 0379dd5dc..ba46b1a11 100644
--- a/examples/pwa-app/package.json
+++ b/examples/pwa-app/package.json
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@
         "serve": "serve -l 5500 build/app",
         "demo": "yarn build --force --debug && yarn serve"
     },
-    "devDependencies": {
-        "@dhis2/cli-app-scripts": "8.0.0-beta.8",
-        "serve": "^12.0.0"
-    },
     "peerDependencies": {
         "@dhis2/app-runtime": "*",
         "@dhis2/d2-i18n": "*",
diff --git a/examples/simple-app/package.json b/examples/simple-app/package.json
index 540e08a9a..d85f917d7 100644
--- a/examples/simple-app/package.json
+++ b/examples/simple-app/package.json
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
     "author": "Austin McGee <austin@dhis2.org>",
     "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
     "private": true,
-    "devDependencies": {
-        "@dhis2/cli-app-scripts": "8.0.0-beta.8"
-    },
     "scripts": {
         "start": "d2-app-scripts start",
         "build": "d2-app-scripts build",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 36c227da1..c639e1a06 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
     "devDependencies": {
         "@dhis2/cli-style": "^9.2.0",
         "@dhis2/cli-utils-docsite": "^3.0.0",
-        "concurrently": "^6.0.0"
+        "concurrently": "^6.0.0",
+        "serve": "^12.0.0"
     },
     "scripts": {
         "format": "d2-style apply",