diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6ae128a32..fad014fe9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
 		<httpclient5.version>5.3.1</httpclient5.version>
 
 		<!-- testing dependencies -->
-		<testcontainers.version>1.19.7</testcontainers.version>
+		<testcontainers.version>1.20.1</testcontainers.version>
 		<testcontainers.opensearch.version>2.0.1</testcontainers.opensearch.version>
 
 		<!-- documentation dependencies -->
diff --git a/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/vectorstore/weaviate/WeaviateVectorStoreAutoConfigurationIT.java b/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/vectorstore/weaviate/WeaviateVectorStoreAutoConfigurationIT.java
index da5f5c94c..823f17c70 100644
--- a/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/vectorstore/weaviate/WeaviateVectorStoreAutoConfigurationIT.java
+++ b/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/vectorstore/weaviate/WeaviateVectorStoreAutoConfigurationIT.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy.Wait;
 import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Container;
 import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Testcontainers;
 
@@ -46,8 +45,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 public class WeaviateVectorStoreAutoConfigurationIT {
 
 	@Container
-	static WeaviateContainer weaviate = new WeaviateContainer("semitechnologies/weaviate:1.25.4")
-		.waitingFor(Wait.forHttp("/v1/.well-known/ready").forPort(8080));
+	static WeaviateContainer weaviate = new WeaviateContainer("semitechnologies/weaviate:1.25.4");
 
 	private final ApplicationContextRunner contextRunner = new ApplicationContextRunner()
 		.withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations.of(WeaviateVectorStoreAutoConfiguration.class))
diff --git a/spring-ai-spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/testcontainers/service/connection/weaviate/WeaviateContainerConnectionDetailsFactoryTest.java b/spring-ai-spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/testcontainers/service/connection/weaviate/WeaviateContainerConnectionDetailsFactoryTest.java
index 83e6e5af2..24df41bb7 100644
--- a/spring-ai-spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/testcontainers/service/connection/weaviate/WeaviateContainerConnectionDetailsFactoryTest.java
+++ b/spring-ai-spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/testcontainers/service/connection/weaviate/WeaviateContainerConnectionDetailsFactoryTest.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringJUnitConfig;
-import org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy.Wait;
 import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Container;
 import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Testcontainers;
 import org.testcontainers.weaviate.WeaviateContainer;
@@ -52,8 +51,7 @@ class WeaviateContainerConnectionDetailsFactoryTest {
 
 	@Container
 	@ServiceConnection
-	static WeaviateContainer weaviateContainer = new WeaviateContainer("semitechnologies/weaviate:1.25.4")
-		.waitingFor(Wait.forHttp("/v1/.well-known/ready").forPort(8080));
+	static WeaviateContainer weaviateContainer = new WeaviateContainer("semitechnologies/weaviate:1.25.4");
 
 	@Autowired
 	private WeaviateVectorStoreProperties properties;
diff --git a/vector-stores/spring-ai-weaviate-store/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/vectorstore/WeaviateVectorStoreIT.java b/vector-stores/spring-ai-weaviate-store/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/vectorstore/WeaviateVectorStoreIT.java
index 35b98cc8b..ad51b2d15 100644
--- a/vector-stores/spring-ai-weaviate-store/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/vectorstore/WeaviateVectorStoreIT.java
+++ b/vector-stores/spring-ai-weaviate-store/src/test/java/org/springframework/ai/vectorstore/WeaviateVectorStoreIT.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.runner.ApplicationContextRunner;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.core.io.DefaultResourceLoader;
-import org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy.Wait;
 import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Container;
 import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Testcontainers;
 import org.testcontainers.weaviate.WeaviateContainer;
@@ -52,10 +51,7 @@ import io.weaviate.client.WeaviateClient;
 public class WeaviateVectorStoreIT {
 
 	@Container
-	static WeaviateContainer weaviateContainer = new WeaviateContainer("semitechnologies/weaviate:1.25.4")
-		.waitingFor(Wait.forHttp("/v1/.well-known/ready").forPort(8080));
-
-	;
+	static WeaviateContainer weaviateContainer = new WeaviateContainer("semitechnologies/weaviate:1.25.4");
 
 	private final ApplicationContextRunner contextRunner = new ApplicationContextRunner()
 		.withUserConfiguration(TestApplication.class);