diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 4375178e2e5..375f05c66b7 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
       <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.verapdf</groupId>
+        <artifactId>validation-model</artifactId>
+        <version>1.24.2</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/examples/src/test/java/org/apache/pdfbox/examples/pdfa/CreatePDFATest.java b/examples/src/test/java/org/apache/pdfbox/examples/pdfa/CreatePDFATest.java
index ea6c5387f2e..5e6260bd199 100644
--- a/examples/src/test/java/org/apache/pdfbox/examples/pdfa/CreatePDFATest.java
+++ b/examples/src/test/java/org/apache/pdfbox/examples/pdfa/CreatePDFATest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -37,6 +38,12 @@
 import org.apache.xmpbox.xml.DomXmpParser;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.verapdf.gf.foundry.VeraGreenfieldFoundryProvider;
+import org.verapdf.pdfa.Foundries;
+import org.verapdf.pdfa.PDFAParser;
+import org.verapdf.pdfa.PDFAValidator;
+import org.verapdf.pdfa.flavours.PDFAFlavour;
+import org.verapdf.pdfa.results.ValidationResult;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -114,5 +121,14 @@ void testCreatePDFA() throws Exception
         }
         br.close();
 
+        // https://docs.verapdf.org/develop/
+        VeraGreenfieldFoundryProvider.initialise();
+        PDFAFlavour flavour = PDFAFlavour.fromString("1b");
+        try (PDFAParser parser = Foundries.defaultInstance().createParser(signedFile, flavour))
+        {
+            PDFAValidator validator = Foundries.defaultInstance().createValidator(flavour, false);
+            ValidationResult veraResult = validator.validate(parser);
+            assertTrue(veraResult.isCompliant());
+        }
     }
 }