diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/pom.xml
index 587261dccc..16294cd3cc 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <mapstruct.version>1.3.1.Final</mapstruct.version>
-        <testcontainers.version>1.12.2</testcontainers.version>
+        <testcontainers.version>1.17.3</testcontainers.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/src/test/resources/application-tc-jdbc.yml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/src/test/resources/application-tc-jdbc.yml
index ad5906fa6e..d340e29bd0 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/src/test/resources/application-tc-jdbc.yml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/src/test/resources/application-tc-jdbc.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 spring:
   datasource:
     url: jdbc:tc:postgresql:11.1:///integration-tests-db
+    driver-class-name: org.testcontainers.jdbc.ContainerDatabaseDriver
   jpa:
     hibernate:
       ddl-auto: create
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