diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 05c11f1..d4d06d1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # NOTE: once we add more dependencies, consider update dependabot to check for updates
 
 lightning-sdk >=0.1.35
+lightning-utilities
diff --git a/src/litmodels/demos/__init__.py b/src/litmodels/demos/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0d0f93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/litmodels/demos/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+"""Define a demos model for examples and testing purposes."""
+
+from lightning_utilities import module_available
+
+__all__ = []
+
+if module_available("lightning"):
+    from lightning.pytorch.demos.boring_classes import BoringModel, DemoModel
+
+    __all__ += ["BoringModel", "DemoModel"]
+elif module_available("pytorch_lightning"):
+    from pytorch_lightning.demos.boring_classes import BoringModel, DemoModel
+
+    __all__ += ["BoringModel", "DemoModel"]