diff --git a/neo4j/example/pom.xml b/neo4j/example/pom.xml
index b5fb8b58..40a63ac1 100644
--- a/neo4j/example/pom.xml
+++ b/neo4j/example/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,6 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-neo4j</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.neo4j.test</groupId>
-			<artifactId>neo4j-harness</artifactId>
-			<version>3.5.18</version> <!-- We can switch this to 4.x when the examples are build with JDK 11. -->
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 	</dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/neo4j/example/src/main/java/example/springdata/neo4j/Actor.java b/neo4j/example/src/main/java/example/springdata/neo4j/Actor.java
index 876ba054..583fcaa2 100644
--- a/neo4j/example/src/main/java/example/springdata/neo4j/Actor.java
+++ b/neo4j/example/src/main/java/example/springdata/neo4j/Actor.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class Actor {
 
 	public void actedIn(Movie movie, List<String> roleNames) {
 
-		Roles movieRoles = new Roles(roleNames);
+		var movieRoles = new Roles(roleNames);
 		movieRoles.setMovie(movie);
 
 		this.roles.add(movieRoles);
diff --git a/neo4j/example/src/test/java/example/springdata/neo4j/ActorRepositoryIntegrationTest.java b/neo4j/example/src/test/java/example/springdata/neo4j/ActorRepositoryIntegrationTest.java
index 9d65dbf8..69ff5145 100644
--- a/neo4j/example/src/test/java/example/springdata/neo4j/ActorRepositoryIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/neo4j/example/src/test/java/example/springdata/neo4j/ActorRepositoryIntegrationTest.java
@@ -20,43 +20,43 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.neo4j.harness.ServerControls;
-import org.neo4j.harness.TestServerBuilders;
+
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
 import org.springframework.test.context.DynamicPropertyRegistry;
 import org.springframework.test.context.DynamicPropertySource;
 
+import org.testcontainers.containers.Neo4jContainer;
+
 /**
  * Simple integration test demonstrating the use of the ActorRepository
  *
  * @author Luanne Misquitta
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Michael J. Simons
+ * @author Mark Paluch
  */
 @SpringBootTest
 class ActorRepositoryIntegrationTest {
 
-	private static final ServerControls neo4j = TestServerBuilders
-		.newInProcessBuilder().newServer();
+	private static Neo4jContainer container;
 
-	@AfterAll
+	@BeforeAll
 	static void stopNeo4j() {
 
-		if (neo4j != null) {
-			neo4j.close();
-		}
+		container = new Neo4jContainer("neo4j:4.2.5");
+		container.start();
 	}
 
 	@DynamicPropertySource
 	static void neo4jProperties(DynamicPropertyRegistry registry) {
 
-		registry.add("spring.neo4j.uri", neo4j::boltURI);
+		registry.add("spring.neo4j.uri", container::getBoltUrl);
 		registry.add("spring.neo4j.authentication.username", () -> "neo4j");
-		registry.add("spring.neo4j.authentication.password", () -> "password");
+		registry.add("spring.neo4j.authentication.password", container::getAdminPassword);
 	}
 
 	@SpringBootApplication
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ class ActorRepositoryIntegrationTest {
 	@Test // #131
 	void shouldBeAbleToSaveAndLoadActor() {
 
-		Movie goblet = new Movie("Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire");
+		var goblet = new Movie("Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire");
 
-		Actor daniel = new Actor("Daniel Radcliffe");
+		var daniel = new Actor("Daniel Radcliffe");
 		daniel.actedIn(goblet, Collections.singletonList("Harry Potter"));
 
 		actorRepository.save(daniel); // saves the actor and the movie
@@ -87,16 +87,16 @@ class ActorRepositoryIntegrationTest {
 	@Test // #386
 	void shouldBeAbleToHandleNestedProperties() {
 
-		Movie theParentTrap = new Movie("The Parent Trap");
-		Movie iKnowWhoKilledMe = new Movie("I Know Who Killed Me");
+		var theParentTrap = new Movie("The Parent Trap");
+		var iKnowWhoKilledMe = new Movie("I Know Who Killed Me");
 
-		Actor lindsayLohan = new Actor("Lindsay Lohan");
+		var lindsayLohan = new Actor("Lindsay Lohan");
 
 		lindsayLohan.actedIn(theParentTrap, Arrays.asList("Hallie Parker","Annie James"));
 		lindsayLohan.actedIn(iKnowWhoKilledMe, Arrays.asList("Aubrey Fleming", "Dakota Moss"));
 		actorRepository.save(lindsayLohan);
 
-		Actor nealMcDonough = new Actor("Neal McDonough");
+		var nealMcDonough = new Actor("Neal McDonough");
 		nealMcDonough.actedIn(iKnowWhoKilledMe, Collections.singletonList("Daniel Fleming"));
 		actorRepository.save(nealMcDonough);
 
diff --git a/neo4j/pom.xml b/neo4j/pom.xml
index 661d9a4e..a622b543 100644
--- a/neo4j/pom.xml
+++ b/neo4j/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-
-
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
 		 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 		 xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
@@ -23,4 +21,14 @@
 		<module>example</module>
 	</modules>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+
+	<dependencies>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
+			<artifactId>neo4j</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+	</dependencies>
+
+</project>