diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d019ee741..48b681839 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
         <mockito.version>2.28.2</mockito.version>
         <gson.version>2.8.6</gson.version>
-        <test.containers.version>1.15.3</test.containers.version>
+        <test.containers.version>1.16.3</test.containers.version>
         <kafka.connect.maven.plugin.version>0.11.1</kafka.connect.maven.plugin.version>
         <maven.release.plugin.version>2.5.3</maven.release.plugin.version>
         <hadoop.version>3.3.0</hadoop.version>