diff --git a/jpms-examples/pom.xml b/jpms-examples/pom.xml
index 5a8468193..bb8f9c57e 100644
--- a/jpms-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/jpms-examples/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <protoc.version>4.27.2</protoc.version>
-    <testcontainers.version>1.20.1</testcontainers.version>
     <native.transport></native.transport>
     <osx.arch>aarch_64</osx.arch>
   </properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ea92830a7..d4b3c7d2c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 
   <version>5.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
+  <properties>
+    <testcontainers.version>1.20.3</testcontainers.version>
+  </properties>
+
   <modules>
     <module>core-examples</module>
     <module>zipkin-examples</module>
diff --git a/service-resolver-examples/pom.xml b/service-resolver-examples/pom.xml
index 376b5a0ac..7e89c4595 100644
--- a/service-resolver-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/service-resolver-examples/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
       <artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
-      <version>1.20.1</version>
+      <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
diff --git a/sql-client-examples/pom.xml b/sql-client-examples/pom.xml
index a52fd8c30..3dcb30caf 100644
--- a/sql-client-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/sql-client-examples/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
       <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-      <version>1.19.1</version>
+      <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql</artifactId>
-      <version>1.19.1</version>
+      <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Required by org.testcontainers:mysql -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/virtual-threads-examples/pom.xml b/virtual-threads-examples/pom.xml
index 7c4006329..e08ec98ad 100644
--- a/virtual-threads-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/virtual-threads-examples/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
       <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-      <version>1.19.1</version>
+      <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/web-client-examples/pom.xml b/web-client-examples/pom.xml
index 2d67909a3..9ffb93b66 100644
--- a/web-client-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/web-client-examples/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
       <artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
-      <version>1.20.3</version>
+      <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/zipkin-examples/pom.xml b/zipkin-examples/pom.xml
index 012dfc6c1..9d4d9cc14 100644
--- a/zipkin-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/zipkin-examples/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
       <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-      <version>1.19.1</version>
+      <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>