diff --git a/src/test/resources/docker-compose.yml b/src/test/resources/docker-compose.yml
index 8840e8a..ddd3454 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/src/test/resources/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ services:
     image: redis:latest
     hostname: redis-master
     ports:
-      - '6379:6379'
+      - '${REDIS_MASTER_PORT}:6379'
 
   redis-slave:
     image: redis:latest
     hostname: redis-slave
     ports:
-      - '6479:6379'
+      - '${REDIS_SLAVE_PORT}:6379'
     command: redis-server --slaveof redis-master 6379
diff --git a/src/test/scala/play/api/cache/redis/test/ForAllTestContainer.scala b/src/test/scala/play/api/cache/redis/test/ForAllTestContainer.scala
index 1a92f9c..34b42f7 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/play/api/cache/redis/test/ForAllTestContainer.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/play/api/cache/redis/test/ForAllTestContainer.scala
@@ -1,16 +1,26 @@
 package play.api.cache.redis.test
 
-import com.dimafeng.testcontainers.SingleContainer
+import com.dimafeng.testcontainers.ContainerDef
+import com.dimafeng.testcontainers.lifecycle.Stoppable
 import org.scalatest.{BeforeAndAfterAll, Suite}
+import org.testcontainers.lifecycle.Startable
 
 trait ForAllTestContainer extends BeforeAndAfterAll { this: Suite =>
 
-  protected def newContainer: SingleContainer[?]
+  protected type TestContainer <: Startable with Stoppable
 
-  final protected lazy val container = newContainer
+  protected type TestContainerDef[C <: Startable with Stoppable] = ContainerDef { type Container = C }
+
+  protected def newContainer: TestContainerDef[TestContainer]
+
+  final protected def container: TestContainer = containerHandle.getOrElse {
+    throw new IllegalStateException("Container not yet started")
+  }
+
+  final private var containerHandle: Option[TestContainer] = None
 
   override def beforeAll(): Unit =
-    container.start()
+    containerHandle = Some(newContainer.start())
 
   override def afterAll(): Unit =
     container.stop()
diff --git a/src/test/scala/play/api/cache/redis/test/RedisContainer.scala b/src/test/scala/play/api/cache/redis/test/RedisContainer.scala
index 2ef26b9..e91b2b7 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/play/api/cache/redis/test/RedisContainer.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/play/api/cache/redis/test/RedisContainer.scala
@@ -9,19 +9,21 @@ import scala.annotation.nowarn
 
 trait RedisContainer extends ForAllTestContainer { this: Suite =>
 
+  final override protected type TestContainer = GenericContainer
+
   protected def redisConfig: RedisContainerConfig
 
   private lazy val config = redisConfig
 
   @nowarn("cat=deprecation")
   @SuppressWarnings(Array("org.wartremover.warts.ForeachEntry"))
-  final override protected val newContainer: GenericContainer = {
+  final override protected val newContainer: TestContainerDef[TestContainer] = {
     val container: FixedHostPortGenericContainer[?] = new FixedHostPortGenericContainer(config.redisDockerImage)
     container.withExposedPorts(config.redisMappedPorts.map(int2Integer): _*)
     config.redisEnvironment.foreach { case (k, v) => container.withEnv(k, v) }
     container.waitingFor(Wait.forListeningPorts(config.redisMappedPorts ++ config.redisFixedPorts: _*))
     config.redisFixedPorts.foreach(port => container.withFixedExposedPort(port, port))
-    new GenericContainer(container)
+    new GenericContainer.Def(new GenericContainer(container): TestContainer) {}
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/test/scala/play/api/cache/redis/test/RedisMasterSlaveContainer.scala b/src/test/scala/play/api/cache/redis/test/RedisMasterSlaveContainer.scala
index e63aa5d..cd7108b 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/play/api/cache/redis/test/RedisMasterSlaveContainer.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/play/api/cache/redis/test/RedisMasterSlaveContainer.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package play.api.cache.redis.test
 
-import com.dimafeng.testcontainers.{DockerComposeContainer, ExposedService, SingleContainer}
+import com.dimafeng.testcontainers.{DockerComposeContainer, ExposedService}
 import org.scalatest.Suite
 import org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy.Wait
 
@@ -9,25 +9,24 @@ import java.io.File
 trait RedisMasterSlaveContainer extends ForAllTestContainer {
   this: Suite =>
 
-  protected val host = "localhost"
-  protected val masterPort = 6379
-  protected val slavePort = 6479
+  override protected type TestContainer = DockerComposeContainer
+
+  final protected val host = "localhost"
+  final protected val masterPort = 6379
+  final protected val slavePort = 6479
+
+  protected def newContainer: TestContainerDef[TestContainer] =
+    DockerComposeContainer.Def(
+      new File("src/test/resources/docker-compose.yml"),
+      tailChildContainers = true,
+      env = Map(
+        "REDIS_MASTER_PORT" -> s"$masterPort",
+        "REDIS_SLAVE_PORT"  -> s"$slavePort",
+      ),
+      exposedServices = Seq(
+        ExposedService("redis-master", masterPort, Wait.forLogMessage(".*Ready to accept connections tcp.*\\n", 1)),
+        ExposedService("redis-slave", slavePort, Wait.forLogMessage(".*MASTER <-> REPLICA sync: Finished with success.*\\n", 1)),
+      ),
+    )
 
-  private val composeContainerDef = DockerComposeContainer.Def(
-    new File("src/test/resources/docker-compose.yml"),
-    tailChildContainers = true,
-    exposedServices = Seq(
-      ExposedService("redis-master", masterPort, Wait.forLogMessage(".*Ready to accept connections tcp.*\\n", 1)),
-      ExposedService("redis-slave", slavePort, Wait.forLogMessage(".*MASTER <-> REPLICA sync: Finished with success.*\\n", 1)),
-    ),
-  )
-
-  private lazy val dockerComposeContainer: DockerComposeContainer = composeContainerDef.createContainer()
-
-  protected def newContainer: SingleContainer[?] =
-    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Creating a single container is not supported.")
-
-  override def beforeAll(): Unit = dockerComposeContainer.start()
-
-  override def afterAll(): Unit = dockerComposeContainer.stop()
 }