diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/1553.documentation.md b/doc/changelog.d/1553.documentation.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6d0a76066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/1553.documentation.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Test gallery examples
diff --git a/doc/source/_static/ansys-gallery/ansys-favicon.png b/doc/source/_static/ansys-gallery/ansys-favicon.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cfb2e5356a
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diff --git a/doc/source/_static/ansys_mechanical_core_examples.json b/doc/source/_static/ansys_mechanical_core_examples.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d5f25ff51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/_static/ansys_mechanical_core_examples.json
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{
+    "00_basic/example_01_simple_structural_solve.py": [
+        "ansys.mechanical.core.embedding.messages.MessageManager.remove",
+        "ansys.mechanical.core.mechanical.Mechanical.name"
+    ],
+    "00_basic/example_02_capture_images.py": [
+        "ansys.mechanical.core.mechanical.Mechanical.name"
+    ],
+    "00_basic/example_03_show_object_properties.py": [
+        "ansys.mechanical.core.mechanical.Mechanical.name"
+    ],
+    "01_tips_n_tricks/example_01_run_python_script_output.py": [],
+    "01_tips_n_tricks/example_02_run_python_script_scope.py": [],
+    "basic/example_06_bolt_pretension.py": [
+        "ansys.mechanical.core.embedding.messages.MessageManager.remove",
+        "ansys.mechanical.core.mechanical.Mechanical.name"
+    ],
+    "basic/example_08_lsdyna_taylor_bar.py": [
+        "ansys.mechanical.core.embedding.app.App.open",
+        "ansys.mechanical.core.embedding.app.App.plot",
+        "ansys.mechanical.core.embedding.messages.MessageManager.remove",
+        "ansys.mechanical.core.mechanical.Mechanical.name"
+    ],
+    "basic/example_09_tracemapping.py": [
+        "ansys.mechanical.core.mechanical.Mechanical.name"
+    ],
+    "technology_showcase/example_05_td_026.py": [
+        "ansys.mechanical.core.embedding.messages.MessageManager.remove",
+        "ansys.mechanical.core.mechanical.Mechanical.name"
+    ],
+    "technology_showcase/example_07_td_043.py": [
+        "ansys.mechanical.core.embedding.messages.MessageManager.remove",
+        "ansys.mechanical.core.mechanical.Mechanical.name"
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 2665ac0d4b..f2c5e4d040 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -242,7 +242,19 @@
         "changelog_file_name": "changelog.rst",
         "sidebar_pages": ["changelog", "index"],
     },
-    "ansys_sphinx_theme_autoapi": {"project": project},
+    "ansys_sphinx_theme_autoapi": {
+        "project": project,
+        "examples_dirs": [
+            "../../examples/",
+        ],
+        "examples_json": [
+            {
+                "file": "_static/ansys_mechanical_core_examples.json",
+                "base_url": ("https://examples.mechanical.docs.pyansys.com/examples/"),
+                "fqn_prefixes": ["ansys"],
+            }
+        ],
+    },
 }
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 041b75cc66..6bff3c19e4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ tests = [
 
 doc = [
     "sphinx>=8.2.3,<9",
-    "ansys-sphinx-theme[autoapi,changelog]>=1.7.0,<2",
+    "ansys-sphinx-theme[autoapi,changelog]@git+https://github.com/ansys/ansys-sphinx-theme.git@feat/minigallaery",
     "imageio-ffmpeg>=0.6.0,<1",
     "imageio>=2.37.2,<3",
     "jupyter_sphinx>=0.5.3,<1",