diff --git a/examples/Example103_BurgersEquation.jl b/examples/Example103_BurgersEquation.jl
index aed3ce7e..ec412d35 100644
--- a/examples/Example103_BurgersEquation.jl
+++ b/examples/Example103_BurgersEquation.jl
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module Example103_BurgersEquation
 
 using ExtendableFEM
 using ExtendableGrids
-using DifferentialEquations
+using OrdinaryDiffEqRosenbrock
 using Test #hide
 
 ## nonlinear kernel, i.e. f(u)
diff --git a/examples/Example106_NonlinearDiffusion.jl b/examples/Example106_NonlinearDiffusion.jl
index 00edeb56..fde6efe4 100644
--- a/examples/Example106_NonlinearDiffusion.jl
+++ b/examples/Example106_NonlinearDiffusion.jl
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module Example106_NonlinearDiffusion
 
 using ExtendableFEM
 using ExtendableGrids
-using DifferentialEquations
+using OrdinaryDiffEqSDIRK
 using GridVisualize
 using Test #hide
 
diff --git a/examples/Example205_HeatEquation.jl b/examples/Example205_HeatEquation.jl
index 5cf483b0..77aee434 100644
--- a/examples/Example205_HeatEquation.jl
+++ b/examples/Example205_HeatEquation.jl
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module Example205_HeatEquation
 
 using ExtendableFEM
 using ExtendableGrids
-using DifferentialEquations
+using OrdinaryDiffEqSDIRK
 using Test #hide
 
 ## initial state u at time t0
diff --git a/examples/Example284_LevelSetMethod.jl b/examples/Example284_LevelSetMethod.jl
index 09a41808..cca25bd1 100644
--- a/examples/Example284_LevelSetMethod.jl
+++ b/examples/Example284_LevelSetMethod.jl
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ using ExtendableFEM
 using ExtendableGrids
 using GridVisualize
 using LinearAlgebra
-using DifferentialEquations
+using OrdinaryDiffEqSDIRK
 
 function ϕ_init!(result, qpinfo)
     x = qpinfo.x
diff --git a/examples/Example290_PoroElasticity.jl b/examples/Example290_PoroElasticity.jl
index 9ab2b255..6fe8b741 100644
--- a/examples/Example290_PoroElasticity.jl
+++ b/examples/Example290_PoroElasticity.jl
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ module Example290_PoroElasticity
 
 using ExtendableFEM
 using ExtendableGrids
-using DifferentialEquations
 using GridVisualize
 using Symbolics
 using Test #hide
diff --git a/test/Project.toml b/test/Project.toml
index 7aa80805..d4613150 100644
--- a/test/Project.toml
+++ b/test/Project.toml
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 [deps]
 Aqua = "4c88cf16-eb10-579e-8560-4a9242c79595"
-DifferentialEquations = "0c46a032-eb83-5123-abaf-570d42b7fbaa"
 ExampleJuggler = "3bbe58f8-ed81-4c4e-a134-03e85fcf4a1a"
+ExplicitImports = "7d51a73a-1435-4ff3-83d9-f097790105c7"
 ExtendableFEMBase = "12fb9182-3d4c-4424-8fd1-727a0899810c"
 ExtendableGrids = "cfc395e8-590f-11e8-1f13-43a2532b2fa8"
 ExtendableSparse = "95c220a8-a1cf-11e9-0c77-dbfce5f500b3"
-ExplicitImports = "7d51a73a-1435-4ff3-83d9-f097790105c7"
 GridVisualize = "5eed8a63-0fb0-45eb-886d-8d5a387d12b8"
 LinearAlgebra = "37e2e46d-f89d-539d-b4ee-838fcccc9c8e"
 LinearSolve = "7ed4a6bd-45f5-4d41-b270-4a48e9bafcae"
 Metis = "2679e427-3c69-5b7f-982b-ece356f1e94b"
+OrdinaryDiffEqRosenbrock = "43230ef6-c299-4910-a778-202eb28ce4ce"
+OrdinaryDiffEqSDIRK = "2d112036-d095-4a1e-ab9a-08536f3ecdbf"
 SimplexGridFactory = "57bfcd06-606e-45d6-baf4-4ba06da0efd5"
 SparseArrays = "2f01184e-e22b-5df5-ae63-d93ebab69eaf"
 Symbolics = "0c5d862f-8b57-4792-8d23-62f2024744c7"