diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 779fbb08e..49f964de7 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Configuration of Testcontainers and its behaviours:
 | TESTCONTAINERS_RYUK_PORT              | 65515                      | Set ryuk host port (not recommended)         |
 | TESTCONTAINERS_SSHD_PORT              | 65515                      | Set SSHd host port (not recommended)         |
 | TESTCONTAINERS_HUB_IMAGE_NAME_PREFIX  | mycompany.com/registry     | Set default image registry                   |
-| RYUK_CONTAINER_IMAGE                  | testcontainers/ryuk:0.12.0 | Custom image for ryuk                        |
+| RYUK_CONTAINER_IMAGE                  | testcontainers/ryuk:0.14.0 | Custom image for ryuk                        |
 | SSHD_CONTAINER_IMAGE                  | testcontainers/sshd:1.3.0  | Custom image for SSHd                        |
 | TESTCONTAINERS_REUSE_ENABLE           | true                       | Enable reusable containers                   |
 | TESTCONTAINERS_RYUK_VERBOSE           | true                       | Sets RYUK_VERBOSE env var in ryuk container  |
diff --git a/packages/testcontainers/src/reaper/reaper.ts b/packages/testcontainers/src/reaper/reaper.ts
index 6986513c2..b558b3e69 100644
--- a/packages/testcontainers/src/reaper/reaper.ts
+++ b/packages/testcontainers/src/reaper/reaper.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { Wait } from "../wait-strategies/wait";
 
 export const REAPER_IMAGE = process.env["RYUK_CONTAINER_IMAGE"]
   ? ImageName.fromString(process.env["RYUK_CONTAINER_IMAGE"]).string
-  : ImageName.fromString("testcontainers/ryuk:0.12.0").string;
+  : ImageName.fromString("testcontainers/ryuk:0.14.0").string;
 
 export interface Reaper {
   sessionId: string;