diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index 4bda10dfb..fa999426f 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <!-- Test dependency versions -->
         <archunit.version>1.3.0</archunit.version>
         <mockk.version>1.13.10</mockk.version>
-        <testcontainers.version>1.19.7</testcontainers.version>
+        <testcontainers.version>1.19.8</testcontainers.version>
         <apache.pdfbox.version>3.0.2</apache.pdfbox.version>
         <image.comparison.version>4.4.0</image.comparison.version>
     </properties>