diff --git a/examples/distro/smoke-tests/build.gradle b/examples/distro/smoke-tests/build.gradle
index 7e2b53ff07..9bf8651a01 100644
--- a/examples/distro/smoke-tests/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/distro/smoke-tests/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  testImplementation("org.testcontainers:testcontainers:1.16.2")
+  testImplementation("org.testcontainers:testcontainers:1.17.5")
   testImplementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.11.2")
   testImplementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:3.21.9")
   testImplementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.12.12")