diff --git a/packages/modules/arangodb/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/arangodb/Dockerfile
index 1bdecdd6f..42a78e798 100644
--- a/packages/modules/arangodb/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/arangodb/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM arangodb:3.10.0
+FROM arangodb:3.12.4.3
diff --git a/packages/modules/cassandra/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/cassandra/Dockerfile
index b25c4afa0..ad1ef8f64 100644
--- a/packages/modules/cassandra/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/cassandra/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM cassandra:5.0.2
+FROM cassandra:5.0.4
diff --git a/packages/modules/cassandra/src/cassandra-container.test.ts b/packages/modules/cassandra/src/cassandra-container.test.ts
index c8a5bf18a..ababeb160 100644
--- a/packages/modules/cassandra/src/cassandra-container.test.ts
+++ b/packages/modules/cassandra/src/cassandra-container.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Client } from "cassandra-driver";
+import { ImageName } from "testcontainers";
 import { getImage } from "../../../testcontainers/src/utils/test-helper";
 import { CassandraContainer } from "./cassandra-container";
 
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ describe("Cassandra", { timeout: 240_000 }, () => {
     await client.connect();
 
     const result = await client.execute("SELECT release_version FROM system.local");
-    expect(result.rows[0].release_version).toBe("5.0.2");
+    expect(result.rows[0].release_version).toBe(ImageName.fromString(IMAGE).tag);
 
     await client.shutdown();
     await container.stop();
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ describe("Cassandra", { timeout: 240_000 }, () => {
     await client.connect();
 
     const result = await client.execute("SELECT release_version FROM system.local");
-    expect(result.rows[0].release_version).toBe("5.0.2");
+    expect(result.rows[0].release_version).toBe(ImageName.fromString(IMAGE).tag);
 
     await client.shutdown();
     await container.stop();
diff --git a/packages/modules/clickhouse/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/clickhouse/Dockerfile
index 86e1b49cb..d9e325b65 100644
--- a/packages/modules/clickhouse/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/clickhouse/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM clickhouse/clickhouse-server:25.3-alpine
+FROM clickhouse/clickhouse-server:25.5-alpine
diff --git a/packages/modules/cockroachdb/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/cockroachdb/Dockerfile
index 2fa829971..663b1922e 100644
--- a/packages/modules/cockroachdb/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/cockroachdb/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM cockroachdb/cockroach:v24.3.5
+FROM cockroachdb/cockroach:v25.2.0
diff --git a/packages/modules/couchbase/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/couchbase/Dockerfile
index 8a236788c..5a77dd6d1 100644
--- a/packages/modules/couchbase/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/couchbase/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM couchbase/server:6.5.1
+FROM couchbase/server:7.6.6
diff --git a/packages/modules/elasticsearch/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/elasticsearch/Dockerfile
index 0f98a170f..459f3e838 100644
--- a/packages/modules/elasticsearch/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/elasticsearch/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM elasticsearch:7.17.7
+FROM elasticsearch:9.0.1
diff --git a/packages/modules/elasticsearch/src/elasticsearch-container.test.ts b/packages/modules/elasticsearch/src/elasticsearch-container.test.ts
index e53b47636..15ff0399d 100644
--- a/packages/modules/elasticsearch/src/elasticsearch-container.test.ts
+++ b/packages/modules/elasticsearch/src/elasticsearch-container.test.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,16 @@ import { getImage } from "../../../testcontainers/src/utils/test-helper";
 import { ElasticsearchContainer } from "./elasticsearch-container";
 
 const IMAGE = getImage(__dirname);
+const images = ["elasticsearch:7.17.28", "elasticsearch:8.18.1", IMAGE];
 
 describe("ElasticsearchContainer", { timeout: 180_000 }, () => {
   // createIndex {
-  it("should create an index", async () => {
-    const container = await new ElasticsearchContainer(IMAGE).start();
-    const client = new Client({ node: container.getHttpUrl() });
+  it.each(images)("should create an index with %s", async (image) => {
+    const container = await new ElasticsearchContainer(image).start();
+    const client = new Client({
+      node: container.getHttpUrl(),
+      auth: { username: container.getUsername(), password: container.getPassword() },
+    });
 
     await client.indices.create({ index: "people" });
 
@@ -20,7 +24,10 @@ describe("ElasticsearchContainer", { timeout: 180_000 }, () => {
   // indexDocument {
   it("should index a document", async () => {
     const container = await new ElasticsearchContainer(IMAGE).start();
-    const client = new Client({ node: container.getHttpUrl() });
+    const client = new Client({
+      node: container.getHttpUrl(),
+      auth: { username: container.getUsername(), password: container.getPassword() },
+    });
 
     const document = {
       id: "1",
@@ -41,7 +48,24 @@ describe("ElasticsearchContainer", { timeout: 180_000 }, () => {
     const container = await new ElasticsearchContainer(IMAGE).start();
     await container.restart();
 
-    const client = new Client({ node: container.getHttpUrl() });
+    const client = new Client({
+      node: container.getHttpUrl(),
+      auth: { username: container.getUsername(), password: container.getPassword() },
+    });
+
+    await client.indices.create({ index: "people" });
+
+    expect(await client.indices.exists({ index: "people" })).toBe(true);
+    await container.stop();
+  }); // }
+
+  it("should set custom password", async () => {
+    const container = await new ElasticsearchContainer(IMAGE).withPassword("testPassword").start();
+
+    const client = new Client({
+      node: container.getHttpUrl(),
+      auth: { username: container.getUsername(), password: container.getPassword() },
+    });
 
     await client.indices.create({ index: "people" });
 
diff --git a/packages/modules/elasticsearch/src/elasticsearch-container.ts b/packages/modules/elasticsearch/src/elasticsearch-container.ts
index ca5ef672f..fe3cd7e24 100644
--- a/packages/modules/elasticsearch/src/elasticsearch-container.ts
+++ b/packages/modules/elasticsearch/src/elasticsearch-container.ts
@@ -1,28 +1,53 @@
-import { AbstractStartedContainer, GenericContainer, StartedTestContainer } from "testcontainers";
+import { AbstractStartedContainer, GenericContainer, StartedTestContainer, Wait } from "testcontainers";
 
 const ELASTIC_SEARCH_HTTP_PORT = 9200;
 
 export class ElasticsearchContainer extends GenericContainer {
+  private password = "changeme";
+  private readonly username = "elastic";
+  private readonly defaultWaitStrategy = Wait.forHttp("/", ELASTIC_SEARCH_HTTP_PORT).withBasicCredentials(
+    this.username,
+    this.password
+  );
+
   constructor(image: string) {
     super(image);
     this.withExposedPorts(ELASTIC_SEARCH_HTTP_PORT)
-      .withEnvironment({ "discovery.type": "single-node" })
+      .withEnvironment({
+        "discovery.type": "single-node",
+        "xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled": "false",
+      })
       .withCopyContentToContainer([
         {
           content: "-Xmx2G\n",
           target: "/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/jvm.options.d/elasticsearch-default-memory-vm.options",
         },
       ])
+      .withWaitStrategy(this.defaultWaitStrategy)
       .withStartupTimeout(120_000);
   }
 
+  public withPassword(password: string): this {
+    this.password = password;
+    this.defaultWaitStrategy.withBasicCredentials(this.username, this.password);
+    return this;
+  }
+
   public override async start(): Promise<StartedElasticsearchContainer> {
-    return new StartedElasticsearchContainer(await super.start());
+    this.withEnvironment({
+      ELASTIC_PASSWORD: this.password,
+    });
+
+    return new StartedElasticsearchContainer(await super.start(), this.username, this.password);
   }
 }
 
 export class StartedElasticsearchContainer extends AbstractStartedContainer {
-  constructor(override readonly startedTestContainer: StartedTestContainer) {
+  constructor(
+    override readonly startedTestContainer: StartedTestContainer,
+    private readonly username: string,
+    private readonly password: string
+  ) {
     super(startedTestContainer);
   }
 
@@ -33,4 +58,12 @@ export class StartedElasticsearchContainer extends AbstractStartedContainer {
   public getHttpUrl(): string {
     return `http://${this.getHost()}:${this.getPort()}`;
   }
+
+  public getUsername(): string {
+    return this.username;
+  }
+
+  public getPassword(): string {
+    return this.password;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/modules/gcloud/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/gcloud/Dockerfile
index b6bea9b0e..f2cd173f7 100644
--- a/packages/modules/gcloud/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/gcloud/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-FROM gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/cloud-sdk:517.0.0-emulators
+FROM gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/cloud-sdk:523.0.1-emulators
 FROM fsouza/fake-gcs-server:1.52.2
 FROM ghcr.io/goccy/bigquery-emulator:0.6.6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/modules/hivemq/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/hivemq/Dockerfile
index 22df0a970..0b355b345 100644
--- a/packages/modules/hivemq/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/hivemq/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM hivemq/hivemq-ce:2023.5
+FROM hivemq/hivemq-ce:2025.3
diff --git a/packages/modules/k3s/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/k3s/Dockerfile
index 8607a0b97..dc9cf371f 100644
--- a/packages/modules/k3s/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/k3s/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM rancher/k3s:v1.31.2-k3s1
+FROM rancher/k3s:v1.33.1-k3s1
diff --git a/packages/modules/kafka/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/kafka/Dockerfile
index 595d60366..8afe540be 100644
--- a/packages/modules/kafka/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/kafka/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM confluentinc/cp-kafka:7.2.2
+FROM confluentinc/cp-kafka:7.9.1
diff --git a/packages/modules/localstack/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/localstack/Dockerfile
index 0b46b528c..06c49e5ce 100644
--- a/packages/modules/localstack/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/localstack/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM localstack/localstack:2.2.0
+FROM localstack/localstack:4.4.0
diff --git a/packages/modules/localstack/src/localstack-container.test.ts b/packages/modules/localstack/src/localstack-container.test.ts
index 69d9e5837..797a69bfa 100644
--- a/packages/modules/localstack/src/localstack-container.test.ts
+++ b/packages/modules/localstack/src/localstack-container.test.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ describe("LocalStackContainer", { timeout: 180_000 }, () => {
     const container = await new LocalstackContainer(IMAGE)
       .withNetwork(network)
       .withNetworkAliases("notthis", "localstack") // the last alias is used for HOSTNAME_EXTERNAL
+      .withEnvironment({ SQS_ENDPOINT_STRATEGY: "path" })
       .start();
 
     const awsCliInDockerNetwork = await new GenericContainer("amazon/aws-cli:2.7.27")
diff --git a/packages/modules/mariadb/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/mariadb/Dockerfile
index c7b504ef2..be3ca3431 100644
--- a/packages/modules/mariadb/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/mariadb/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM mariadb:11.5.2
+FROM mariadb:11.7.2
diff --git a/packages/modules/mongodb/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/mongodb/Dockerfile
index 1670b8066..9f3f8c478 100644
--- a/packages/modules/mongodb/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/mongodb/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM mongo:4.0.1
+FROM mongo:8.0.9
diff --git a/packages/modules/mysql/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/mysql/Dockerfile
index cf7d17f9f..ac9a3e7b3 100644
--- a/packages/modules/mysql/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/mysql/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM mysql:8.0.31
+FROM mysql:9.3.0
diff --git a/packages/modules/nats/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/nats/Dockerfile
index a9b07b60a..198411198 100644
--- a/packages/modules/nats/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/nats/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM nats:2.8.4-alpine
+FROM nats:2.11.4-alpine
diff --git a/packages/modules/neo4j/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/neo4j/Dockerfile
index 237faf0b9..7f2ed4b78 100644
--- a/packages/modules/neo4j/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/neo4j/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM neo4j:4.4.12
+FROM neo4j:5.26.7
diff --git a/packages/modules/ollama/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/ollama/Dockerfile
index a5e8dd75d..1aaa675ae 100644
--- a/packages/modules/ollama/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/ollama/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM ollama/ollama:0.1.44
+FROM ollama/ollama:0.7.1
diff --git a/packages/modules/ollama/src/ollama-container.test.ts b/packages/modules/ollama/src/ollama-container.test.ts
index 67670b963..c58d7cda6 100644
--- a/packages/modules/ollama/src/ollama-container.test.ts
+++ b/packages/modules/ollama/src/ollama-container.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { ImageName } from "testcontainers";
 import { getImage } from "../../../testcontainers/src/utils/test-helper";
 import { OllamaContainer } from "./ollama-container";
 
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ describe("OllamaContainer", { timeout: 180_000 }, () => {
     const response = await fetch(`${container.getEndpoint()}/api/version`);
     expect(response.status).toEqual(200);
     const body = (await response.json()) as { version: string };
-    expect(body.version).toEqual("0.1.44");
+    expect(body.version).toEqual(ImageName.fromString(IMAGE).tag);
     await container.stop();
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/modules/postgresql/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/postgresql/Dockerfile
index ad09aabce..091158686 100644
--- a/packages/modules/postgresql/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/postgresql/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM postgres:13.3-alpine
+FROM postgres:17.5-alpine
diff --git a/packages/modules/qdrant/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/qdrant/Dockerfile
index f454bfec0..feb215522 100644
--- a/packages/modules/qdrant/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/qdrant/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM qdrant/qdrant:v1.13.4
+FROM qdrant/qdrant:v1.14.1
diff --git a/packages/modules/rabbitmq/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/rabbitmq/Dockerfile
index 6ddc90357..827274814 100644
--- a/packages/modules/rabbitmq/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/rabbitmq/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM rabbitmq:3.12.11-management-alpine
+FROM rabbitmq:4.1.0-management-alpine
diff --git a/packages/modules/redis/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/redis/Dockerfile
index 1c61a6e31..956a2b973 100644
--- a/packages/modules/redis/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/redis/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM redis:7.2
+FROM redis:8.0
diff --git a/packages/modules/redpanda/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/redpanda/Dockerfile
index ce089db54..507088259 100644
--- a/packages/modules/redpanda/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/redpanda/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM docker.redpanda.com/redpandadata/redpanda:v23.3.10
+FROM docker.redpanda.com/redpandadata/redpanda:v25.1.4
diff --git a/packages/modules/scylladb/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/scylladb/Dockerfile
index 3244e3834..50e248959 100644
--- a/packages/modules/scylladb/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/scylladb/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM scylladb/scylla:6.2.0
+FROM scylladb/scylla:6.2.3
diff --git a/packages/modules/selenium/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/selenium/Dockerfile
index 712c57b46..08dfbd916 100644
--- a/packages/modules/selenium/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/selenium/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM selenium/standalone-chrome:112.0
+FROM selenium/standalone-chrome:136.0
diff --git a/packages/modules/toxiproxy/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/toxiproxy/Dockerfile
index 90cbc632e..e1a712687 100644
--- a/packages/modules/toxiproxy/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/toxiproxy/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM ghcr.io/shopify/toxiproxy:2.11.0
+FROM ghcr.io/shopify/toxiproxy:2.12.0
diff --git a/packages/modules/valkey/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/valkey/Dockerfile
index c687473f8..241e088b7 100644
--- a/packages/modules/valkey/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/valkey/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM valkey/valkey:8.0
+FROM valkey/valkey:8.1
diff --git a/packages/modules/weaviate/Dockerfile b/packages/modules/weaviate/Dockerfile
index 1f4d0ad7a..771e8e9d4 100644
--- a/packages/modules/weaviate/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/modules/weaviate/Dockerfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM semitechnologies/weaviate:1.24.5
+FROM semitechnologies/weaviate:1.30.6