diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 041eca2891c97..46497eed8950c 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ repos:
           ^airflow/www/static/|
           ^airflow/providers/|
           ^tests/providers/apache/cassandra/hooks/test_cassandra.py$|
+          ^tests/system/providers/apache/spark/example_spark_dag.py$|
           ^docs/apache-airflow-providers-apache-cassandra/connections/cassandra.rst$|
           ^docs/apache-airflow-providers-apache-hive/commits.rst$|
           ^airflow/api_connexion/openapi/v1.yaml$|
diff --git a/airflow/providers/apache/spark/example_dags/__init__.py b/airflow/providers/apache/spark/example_dags/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 217e5db960782..0000000000000
--- a/airflow/providers/apache/spark/example_dags/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
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-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
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-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
diff --git a/docs/apache-airflow-providers-apache-spark/index.rst b/docs/apache-airflow-providers-apache-spark/index.rst
index 03f1449cb3d94..25c1b694d32d3 100644
--- a/docs/apache-airflow-providers-apache-spark/index.rst
+++ b/docs/apache-airflow-providers-apache-spark/index.rst
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Content
     :maxdepth: 1
     :caption: Resources
 
-    Example DAGs <https://github.com/apache/airflow/tree/main/airflow/providers/apache/spark/example_dags>
+    Example DAGs <https://github.com/apache/airflow/tree/main/tests/system/providers/apache/spark>
     PyPI Repository <https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-apache-spark/>
     Installing from sources <installing-providers-from-sources>
 
diff --git a/docs/apache-airflow-providers-apache-spark/operators.rst b/docs/apache-airflow-providers-apache-spark/operators.rst
index 3fb1353f73435..25eb52d52b8a2 100644
--- a/docs/apache-airflow-providers-apache-spark/operators.rst
+++ b/docs/apache-airflow-providers-apache-spark/operators.rst
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Using the operator
 
 Using ``cmd_type`` parameter, is possible to transfer data from Spark to a database (``spark_to_jdbc``) or from a database to Spark (``jdbc_to_spark``), which will write the table using the Spark command ``saveAsTable``.
 
-.. exampleinclude:: /../../airflow/providers/apache/spark/example_dags/example_spark_dag.py
+.. exampleinclude:: /../../tests/system/providers/apache/spark/example_spark_dag.py
     :language: python
     :dedent: 4
     :start-after: [START howto_operator_spark_jdbc]
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ For parameter definition take a look at :class:`~airflow.providers.apache.spark.
 Using the operator
 """"""""""""""""""
 
-.. exampleinclude:: /../../airflow/providers/apache/spark/example_dags/example_spark_dag.py
+.. exampleinclude:: /../../tests/system/providers/apache/spark/example_spark_dag.py
     :language: python
     :dedent: 4
     :start-after: [START howto_operator_spark_sql]
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ For parameter definition take a look at :class:`~airflow.providers.apache.spark.
 Using the operator
 """"""""""""""""""
 
-.. exampleinclude:: /../../airflow/providers/apache/spark/example_dags/example_spark_dag.py
+.. exampleinclude:: /../../tests/system/providers/apache/spark/example_spark_dag.py
     :language: python
     :dedent: 4
     :start-after: [START howto_operator_spark_submit]
diff --git a/airflow/providers/apache/spark/example_dags/example_spark_dag.py b/tests/system/providers/apache/spark/example_spark_dag.py
similarity index 84%
rename from airflow/providers/apache/spark/example_dags/example_spark_dag.py
rename to tests/system/providers/apache/spark/example_spark_dag.py
index a280d4f3d2a18..b747e9ae4daf0 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/apache/spark/example_dags/example_spark_dag.py
+++ b/tests/system/providers/apache/spark/example_spark_dag.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 Example Airflow DAG to submit Apache Spark applications using
 `SparkSubmitOperator`, `SparkJDBCOperator` and `SparkSqlOperator`.
 """
+
+import os
 from datetime import datetime
 
 from airflow.models import DAG
@@ -27,8 +29,11 @@
 from airflow.providers.apache.spark.operators.spark_sql import SparkSqlOperator
 from airflow.providers.apache.spark.operators.spark_submit import SparkSubmitOperator
 
+ENV_ID = os.environ.get("SYSTEM_TESTS_ENV_ID")
+DAG_ID = "example_spark_operator"
+
 with DAG(
-    dag_id='example_spark_operator',
+    dag_id=DAG_ID,
     schedule_interval=None,
     start_date=datetime(2021, 1, 1),
     catchup=False,
@@ -64,5 +69,12 @@
     # [END howto_operator_spark_jdbc]
 
     # [START howto_operator_spark_sql]
-    sql_job = SparkSqlOperator(sql="SELECT * FROM bar", master="local", task_id="sql_job")
+    spark_sql_job = SparkSqlOperator(
+        sql="SELECT COUNT(1) as cnt FROM temp_table", master="local", task_id="spark_sql_job"
+    )
     # [END howto_operator_spark_sql]
+
+from tests.system.utils import get_test_run  # noqa: E402
+
+# Needed to run the example DAG with pytest (see: tests/system/README.md#run_via_pytest)
+test_run = get_test_run(dag)