diff --git a/config/generation.config.js b/config/generation.config.js
index 195adafe67..3b41a756e3 100644
--- a/config/generation.config.js
+++ b/config/generation.config.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ module.exports = {
     '!clients/algoliasearch-client-java-2/algoliasearch-core/src/main/java/com/algolia/exceptions/**',
     '!clients/algoliasearch-client-java-2/algoliasearch-core/src/main/java/com/algolia/utils/**',
 
+    'tests/output/java/build.gradle',
     'tests/output/java/src/test/java/com/algolia/methods/**', // this could be added automatically by the script, but with overhead
     'tests/output/java/src/test/java/com/algolia/client/**',
 
diff --git a/generators/src/main/java/com/algolia/codegen/cts/manager/CtsManager.java b/generators/src/main/java/com/algolia/codegen/cts/manager/CtsManager.java
index 16ab7eeef1..5ca987b797 100644
--- a/generators/src/main/java/com/algolia/codegen/cts/manager/CtsManager.java
+++ b/generators/src/main/java/com/algolia/codegen/cts/manager/CtsManager.java
@@ -9,14 +9,9 @@ public abstract class CtsManager {
 
   public abstract void addSupportingFiles(List<SupportingFile> supportingFiles);
 
-  public List<Object> getPackageDependencies() {
-    return null;
-  }
-
   protected void addExtraToBundle(Map<String, Object> bundle) {}
 
   public void addDataToBundle(Map<String, Object> bundle) {
-    bundle.put("packageDependencies", this.getPackageDependencies());
     this.addExtraToBundle(bundle);
   }
 
diff --git a/generators/src/main/java/com/algolia/codegen/cts/manager/JavaCtsManager.java b/generators/src/main/java/com/algolia/codegen/cts/manager/JavaCtsManager.java
index 5ab7457afe..bfc2413ca9 100644
--- a/generators/src/main/java/com/algolia/codegen/cts/manager/JavaCtsManager.java
+++ b/generators/src/main/java/com/algolia/codegen/cts/manager/JavaCtsManager.java
@@ -1,9 +1,25 @@
 package com.algolia.codegen.cts.manager;
 
+import com.algolia.codegen.Utils;
 import java.util.*;
 import org.openapitools.codegen.SupportingFile;
 
 public class JavaCtsManager extends CtsManager {
 
-  public void addSupportingFiles(List<SupportingFile> supportingFiles) {}
+  public void addSupportingFiles(List<SupportingFile> supportingFiles) {
+    supportingFiles.add(
+      new SupportingFile("build.mustache", ".", "build.gradle")
+    );
+  }
+
+  protected void addExtraToBundle(Map<String, Object> bundle) {
+    bundle.put(
+      "packageVersion",
+      Utils
+        .readJsonFile("config/clients.config.json")
+        .get("java")
+        .get("packageVersion")
+        .asText()
+    );
+  }
 }
diff --git a/generators/src/main/java/com/algolia/codegen/cts/manager/JavaScriptCtsManager.java b/generators/src/main/java/com/algolia/codegen/cts/manager/JavaScriptCtsManager.java
index 38b2e27750..0ac2d66c90 100644
--- a/generators/src/main/java/com/algolia/codegen/cts/manager/JavaScriptCtsManager.java
+++ b/generators/src/main/java/com/algolia/codegen/cts/manager/JavaScriptCtsManager.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public void addSupportingFiles(List<SupportingFile> supportingFiles) {
     );
   }
 
-  public List<Object> getPackageDependencies() {
+  private List<Object> getPackageDependencies() {
     List<Object> result = new ArrayList<Object>();
 
     JsonNode openApiToolsConfig = Utils.readJsonFile(
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public List<Object> getPackageDependencies() {
   }
 
   protected void addExtraToBundle(Map<String, Object> bundle) {
+    bundle.put("packageDependencies", this.getPackageDependencies());
     bundle.put("utilsPackageVersion", this.getUtilsPackageVersion());
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/CTS/methods/requests/templates/java/build.mustache b/tests/CTS/methods/requests/templates/java/build.mustache
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a45e9463a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/CTS/methods/requests/templates/java/build.mustache
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'java'
+}
+
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    testImplementation 'com.algolia:algoliasearch-client-java:{{packageVersion}}-SNAPSHOT'
+    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.8.2'
+    testImplementation 'org.skyscreamer:jsonassert:1.5.0'
+    testImplementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.9'
+}
+
+group = 'com.algolia'
+version = '1.0'
+description = 'java-tests'
+java.sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+
+tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
+    options.encoding = 'UTF-8'
+}
+
+test() {
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+    testLogging {
+		events "passed", "skipped", "failed"
+        showStandardStreams = true
+	}
+}