diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index f5d8d84..d58c09d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Set up JDK 8
+      - name: Set up JDK 11
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
-          java-version: '8'
+          java-version: '11'
           distribution: 'adopt'
           cache: maven
 
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ jobs:
         run: mvn $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS $JAVA_ADDITIONAL_OPTS -Dflink.version=${{ matrix.flink }} install -DskipTests
 
       - name: Tests for Flink ${{ matrix.flink }}
-        run: mvn $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS $JAVA_ADDITIONAL_OPTS -Dflink.version=${{ matrix.flink }} test
+        run: mvn $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS $JAVA_ADDITIONAL_OPTS -Dflink.version=${{ matrix.flink }} verify
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-release-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-release-branch.yml
index d62872e..845e9da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare-release-branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-release-branch.yml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Set up JDK 8
+      - name: Set up JDK 11
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
-          java-version: '8'
+          java-version: '11'
           distribution: 'adopt'
           cache: maven
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index f3ef22b..ae0a7c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check release tag match  # ... and fail fast if they do not
         run: diff <(echo "${{ github.ref_name }}") <(echo "$(mvn -B help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)")
 
-      - name: Set up JDK 8
+      - name: Set up JDK 11
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
-          java-version: '8'
+          java-version: '11'
           distribution: 'adopt'
           cache: maven
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Apache Maven Central
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
-          java-version: '8'
+          java-version: '11'
           distribution: 'adopt'
           server-id: ossrh
           server-username: SONATYPE_USERNAME
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 93cf079..aee76e4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
   </scm>
 
   <properties>
-    <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
     <scala.binary.version>2.12</scala.binary.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@
 
     <assertj.version>3.23.1</assertj.version>
     <junit.version>5.9.1</junit.version>
+    <logback.version>1.3.5</logback.version>
     <mockito.version>2.21.0</mockito.version>
+    <slf4j-api.version>2.0.4</slf4j-api.version>
     <testcontainers.version>1.18.2</testcontainers.version>
   </properties>
 
@@ -242,6 +244,26 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
+    <!-- Logging dependencies for testcontainers -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+      <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
+      <version>${logback.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${slf4j-api.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+      <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+      <version>${logback.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
     <!-- Flink test dependencies -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/getindata/flink/connector/jdbc/testutils/databases/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchDatabase.java b/src/test/java/com/getindata/flink/connector/jdbc/testutils/databases/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchDatabase.java
index e955086..31b1305 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/getindata/flink/connector/jdbc/testutils/databases/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchDatabase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/getindata/flink/connector/jdbc/testutils/databases/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchDatabase.java
@@ -21,13 +21,15 @@
 import org.apache.flink.connector.jdbc.testutils.DatabaseExtension;
 import org.apache.flink.connector.jdbc.testutils.DatabaseMetadata;
 import org.apache.flink.util.FlinkRuntimeException;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.output.Slf4jLogConsumer;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy.Wait;
 import org.testcontainers.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchContainer;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
 
 import static com.getindata.flink.connector.jdbc.testutils.databases.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchMetadata.PASSWORD;
-import static com.getindata.flink.connector.jdbc.testutils.databases.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchMetadata.USERNAME;
 
 
 /**
@@ -35,13 +37,10 @@
  */
 public class ElasticsearchDatabase extends DatabaseExtension implements ElasticsearchImages {
 
-    private static final ElasticsearchContainer CONTAINER =
-            new ElasticsearchContainer(ELASTICSEARCH_8)
-                    .waitingFor(
-                            Wait.forHttp("/_license")
-                                    .withBasicCredentials(USERNAME, PASSWORD)
-                                    .withReadTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(5))
-                                    .withStartupTimeout(Duration.ofMinutes(5)));
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ElasticsearchDatabase.class);
+    private static final ElasticsearchContainer CONTAINER = new ElasticsearchContainer(ELASTICSEARCH_8)
+            .waitingFor(Wait.forLogMessage(".*license mode is .*", 1))
+            .withLogConsumer(new Slf4jLogConsumer(LOGGER));
 
     private static ElasticsearchMetadata metadata;
     private static ElasticsearchRestClient client;
diff --git a/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml b/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75a22c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<configuration>
+  <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+    <encoder>
+      <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger - %msg%n</pattern>
+    </encoder>
+  </appender>
+
+  <root level="INFO">
+    <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
+  </root>
+
+  <logger name="org.apache.flink" level="ERROR"/>
+  <logger name="org.testcontainers" level="DEBUG"/>
+  <logger name="org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy" level="TRACE"/>
+  <!-- The following logger can be used for containers logs since 1.18.0 -->
+  <logger name="tc" level="INFO"/>
+  <logger name="com.github.dockerjava" level="INFO"/>
+  <logger name="com.github.dockerjava.zerodep.shaded.org.apache.hc.client5.http.wire" level="OFF"/>
+</configuration>
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