diff --git a/examples/distro/smoke-tests/build.gradle b/examples/distro/smoke-tests/build.gradle
index 8d8872b760..0793206387 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:1.17.6")
+  testImplementation("org.testcontainers:testcontainers:1.18.0")
   testImplementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.14.2")
   testImplementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:3.22.2")
   testImplementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.10.0")