diff --git a/src/Testcontainers.Kafka/KafkaBuilder.cs b/src/Testcontainers.Kafka/KafkaBuilder.cs
index acb302c89..210129972 100644
--- a/src/Testcontainers.Kafka/KafkaBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Testcontainers.Kafka/KafkaBuilder.cs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ protected override KafkaBuilder Init()
                 startupScript.Append(lf);
                 startupScript.Append("echo '' > /etc/confluent/docker/ensure");
                 startupScript.Append(lf);
-                startupScript.Append("/etc/confluent/docker/run");
+                startupScript.Append("exec /etc/confluent/docker/run");
                 return container.CopyAsync(Encoding.Default.GetBytes(startupScript.ToString()), StartupScriptFilePath, Unix.FileMode755, ct);
             });
     }