diff --git a/clusterj-app/pom.xml b/clusterj-app/pom.xml
index b334b54..68ae94c 100644
--- a/clusterj-app/pom.xml
+++ b/clusterj-app/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
-            <version>1.15.3</version>
+            <version>1.16.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>