diff --git a/modules/mockserver/build.gradle b/modules/mockserver/build.gradle
index a41957cf57a..054944d2eb8 100644
--- a/modules/mockserver/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/mockserver/build.gradle
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     testImplementation 'org.mock-server:mockserver-client-java:5.15.0'
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.27.3'
+    testImplementation 'io.rest-assured:rest-assured:5.5.5'
 }
 
 tasks.japicmp {
diff --git a/modules/mockserver/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MockServerContainerRuleTest.java b/modules/mockserver/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MockServerContainerRuleTest.java
index eaf240f0fe2..066b86b05fd 100644
--- a/modules/mockserver/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MockServerContainerRuleTest.java
+++ b/modules/mockserver/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MockServerContainerRuleTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import org.mockserver.client.MockServerClient;
 import org.testcontainers.utility.DockerImageName;
 
+import static io.restassured.RestAssured.given;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockserver.model.HttpRequest.request;
 import static org.mockserver.model.HttpResponse.response;
@@ -33,7 +34,9 @@ public void shouldReturnExpectation() throws Exception {
 
             // ...a GET request to '/person?name=peter' returns "Peter the person!"
 
-            assertThat(SimpleHttpClient.responseFromMockserver(mockServer, "/person?name=peter"))
+            assertThat(
+                given().baseUri(mockServer.getEndpoint()).get("/person?name=peter").then().extract().body().asString()
+            )
                 .as("Expectation returns expected response body")
                 .contains("Peter the person");
         }
diff --git a/modules/mockserver/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MockServerContainerTest.java b/modules/mockserver/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MockServerContainerTest.java
index 3f4a8fef293..a06ea3e7e63 100644
--- a/modules/mockserver/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MockServerContainerTest.java
+++ b/modules/mockserver/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MockServerContainerTest.java
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 package org.testcontainers.containers;
 
+import io.restassured.config.RestAssuredConfig;
+import io.restassured.config.SSLConfig;
+import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.mockserver.client.MockServerClient;
+import org.mockserver.configuration.Configuration;
+import org.mockserver.logging.MockServerLogger;
+import org.mockserver.socket.tls.KeyStoreFactory;
 import org.testcontainers.utility.DockerImageName;
 
+import static io.restassured.RestAssured.given;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockserver.model.HttpRequest.request;
 import static org.mockserver.model.HttpResponse.response;
@@ -26,7 +33,7 @@ public void shouldCallActualMockserverVersion() throws Exception {
 
                 client.when(request().withPath("/hello")).respond(response().withBody(expectedBody));
 
-                assertThat(SimpleHttpClient.responseFromMockserver(mockServer, "/hello"))
+                assertThat(given().when().get(mockServer.getEndpoint() + "/hello").then().extract().body().asString())
                     .as("MockServer returns correct result")
                     .isEqualTo(expectedBody);
             }
@@ -48,7 +55,7 @@ public void shouldCallMockserverUsingTlsProtocol() throws Exception {
 
                 client.when(request().withPath("/hello")).respond(response().withBody(expectedBody));
 
-                assertThat(SimpleHttpClient.secureResponseFromMockserver(mockServer, "/hello"))
+                assertThat(secureResponseFromMockserver(mockServer))
                     .as("MockServer returns correct result")
                     .isEqualTo(expectedBody);
             }
@@ -73,7 +80,7 @@ public void shouldCallMockserverUsingMutualTlsProtocol() throws Exception {
 
                 client.when(request().withPath("/hello")).respond(response().withBody(expectedBody));
 
-                assertThat(SimpleHttpClient.secureResponseFromMockserver(mockServer, "/hello"))
+                assertThat(secureResponseFromMockserver(mockServer))
                     .as("MockServer returns correct result")
                     .isEqualTo(expectedBody);
             }
@@ -86,4 +93,26 @@ public void newVersionStartsWithDefaultWaitStrategy() {
             mockServer.start();
         }
     }
+
+    private static String secureResponseFromMockserver(MockServerContainer mockServer) {
+        return given()
+            .config(
+                RestAssuredConfig
+                    .config()
+                    .sslConfig(
+                        SSLConfig
+                            .sslConfig()
+                            .sslSocketFactory(
+                                new SSLSocketFactory(
+                                    new KeyStoreFactory(Configuration.configuration(), new MockServerLogger())
+                                        .sslContext()
+                                )
+                            )
+                    )
+            )
+            .baseUri(mockServer.getSecureEndpoint())
+            .get("/hello")
+            .body()
+            .asString();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/modules/mockserver/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/SimpleHttpClient.java b/modules/mockserver/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/SimpleHttpClient.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c7e75c4622..00000000000
--- a/modules/mockserver/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/SimpleHttpClient.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-package org.testcontainers.containers;
-
-import lombok.Cleanup;
-import org.mockserver.configuration.Configuration;
-import org.mockserver.logging.MockServerLogger;
-import org.mockserver.socket.tls.KeyStoreFactory;
-
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.net.URLConnection;
-
-import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
-
-public class SimpleHttpClient {
-
-    public static String responseFromMockserver(MockServerContainer mockServer, String path) throws IOException {
-        URLConnection urlConnection = new URL(mockServer.getEndpoint() + path).openConnection();
-        @Cleanup
-        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(urlConnection.getInputStream()));
-        return reader.readLine();
-    }
-
-    public static String secureResponseFromMockserver(MockServerContainer mockServer, String path) throws IOException {
-        HttpsURLConnection httpUrlConnection = (HttpsURLConnection) new URL(mockServer.getSecureEndpoint() + path)
-            .openConnection();
-        try {
-            httpUrlConnection.setSSLSocketFactory(
-                new KeyStoreFactory(Configuration.configuration(), new MockServerLogger())
-                    .sslContext()
-                    .getSocketFactory()
-            );
-            @Cleanup
-            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(httpUrlConnection.getInputStream()));
-            return reader.readLine();
-        } finally {
-            httpUrlConnection.disconnect();
-        }
-    }
-}