diff --git a/src/Testcontainers/Containers/ResourceReaper.cs b/src/Testcontainers/Containers/ResourceReaper.cs
index f941f2f92..d3c9af560 100644
--- a/src/Testcontainers/Containers/ResourceReaper.cs
+++ b/src/Testcontainers/Containers/ResourceReaper.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public sealed class ResourceReaper : IAsyncDisposable
     /// </summary>
     private const int RetryTimeoutInSeconds = 2;
 
-    private static readonly IImage RyukImage = new DockerImage("testcontainers/ryuk:0.5.1");
+    private static readonly IImage RyukImage = new DockerImage("testcontainers/ryuk:0.6.0");
 
     private static readonly SemaphoreSlim DefaultLock = new SemaphoreSlim(1, 1);