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 24df41bb7..83e6e5af2 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
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ 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;
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ class WeaviateContainerConnectionDetailsFactoryTest {
 
 	@Container
 	@ServiceConnection
-	static WeaviateContainer weaviateContainer = new WeaviateContainer("semitechnologies/weaviate:1.25.4");
+	static WeaviateContainer weaviateContainer = new WeaviateContainer("semitechnologies/weaviate:1.25.4")
+		.waitingFor(Wait.forHttp("/v1/.well-known/ready").forPort(8080));
 
 	@Autowired
 	private WeaviateVectorStoreProperties properties;