diff --git a/benchmark-e2e/benchmark-e2e.gradle b/benchmark-e2e/benchmark-e2e.gradle
index 3624d92d07..89b870be91 100644
--- a/benchmark-e2e/benchmark-e2e.gradle
+++ b/benchmark-e2e/benchmark-e2e.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description = 'e2e benchmark'
 dependencies {
   implementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.3.1'
   implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.6.1'
-  implementation 'org.testcontainers:testcontainers:1.15.2'
+  implementation 'org.testcontainers:testcontainers:1.15.3'
 }
 
 test {
diff --git a/examples/distro/smoke-tests/build.gradle b/examples/distro/smoke-tests/build.gradle
index be16397e1b..bd74f6796d 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:1.15.2")
+  testImplementation("org.testcontainers:testcontainers:1.15.3")
   testImplementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.11.2")
   testImplementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:3.12.4")
   testImplementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.12.12")
diff --git a/examples/extension/build.gradle b/examples/extension/build.gradle
index 0cdbb79d10..8e018d2979 100644
--- a/examples/extension/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/extension/build.gradle
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.11'
 
   //All dependencies below are only for tests
-  testImplementation("org.testcontainers:testcontainers:1.15.2")
+  testImplementation("org.testcontainers:testcontainers:1.15.3")
   testImplementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.11.2")
   testImplementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:3.12.4")
   testImplementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.12.12")
diff --git a/gradle/dependencies.gradle b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
index c978f553b5..d91885a32b 100644
--- a/gradle/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ ext {
     mockito           : '3.6.0',
     // Caffeine 2.x to support Java 8+. 3.x is 11+.
     caffeine          : '2.9.0',
-    testcontainers    : '1.15.2',
+    testcontainers    : '1.15.3',
     weaklockfree      : '0.18'
   ]
 
diff --git a/smoke-tests/src/test/resources/testcontainers.properties b/smoke-tests/src/test/resources/testcontainers.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b5226d3e4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smoke-tests/src/test/resources/testcontainers.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-java/issues/3531
+transport.type=httpclient5