diff --git a/src/Testcontainers.MsSql/MsSqlBuilder.cs b/src/Testcontainers.MsSql/MsSqlBuilder.cs
index 402986a81..819c8ffdd 100644
--- a/src/Testcontainers.MsSql/MsSqlBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Testcontainers.MsSql/MsSqlBuilder.cs
@@ -126,17 +126,24 @@ private MsSqlBuilder WithUsername(string username)
 
     /// <inheritdoc cref="IWaitUntil" />
     /// <remarks>
-    /// Uses the sqlcmd utility scripting variables to detect readiness of the MsSql container:
+    /// Uses the <c>sqlcmd</c> utility scripting variables to detect readiness of the MsSql container:
     /// https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/tools/sqlcmd/sqlcmd-utility?view=sql-server-linux-ver15#sqlcmd-scripting-variables.
     /// </remarks>
     private sealed class WaitUntil : IWaitUntil
     {
-        private readonly string[] _command = { "/opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd", "-Q", "SELECT 1;" };
-
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public async Task<bool> UntilAsync(IContainer container)
+        public Task<bool> UntilAsync(IContainer container)
+        {
+            return UntilAsync(container as MsSqlContainer);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc cref="IWaitUntil.UntilAsync" />
+        private async Task<bool> UntilAsync(MsSqlContainer container)
         {
-            var execResult = await container.ExecAsync(_command)
+            var sqlCmdFilePath = await container.GetSqlCmdFilePathAsync()
+                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            var execResult = await container.ExecAsync(new[] { sqlCmdFilePath, "-C", "-Q", "SELECT 1;" })
                 .ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             return 0L.Equals(execResult.ExitCode);
diff --git a/src/Testcontainers.MsSql/MsSqlContainer.cs b/src/Testcontainers.MsSql/MsSqlContainer.cs
index 626fec38d..6f3b13f1e 100644
--- a/src/Testcontainers.MsSql/MsSqlContainer.cs
+++ b/src/Testcontainers.MsSql/MsSqlContainer.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ namespace Testcontainers.MsSql;
 [PublicAPI]
 public sealed class MsSqlContainer : DockerContainer, IDatabaseContainer
 {
+    private static readonly string[] FindSqlCmdFilePath = { "/bin/sh", "-c", "find /opt/mssql-tools*/bin/sqlcmd -type f -print -quit" };
+
+    private readonly Lazy<Task<string>> _lazySqlCmdFilePath;
+
     private readonly MsSqlConfiguration _configuration;
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -13,6 +17,7 @@ public sealed class MsSqlContainer : DockerContainer, IDatabaseContainer
     public MsSqlContainer(MsSqlConfiguration configuration)
         : base(configuration)
     {
+        _lazySqlCmdFilePath = new Lazy<Task<string>>(FindSqlCmdFilePathAsync);
         _configuration = configuration;
     }
 
@@ -31,6 +36,19 @@ public string GetConnectionString()
         return string.Join(";", properties.Select(property => string.Join("=", property.Key, property.Value)));
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the <c>sqlcmd</c> utility file path.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// The file path represents the path from the container, not from the Docker or test host.
+    /// </remarks>
+    /// <param name="ct">Cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>Task that completes when the <c>sqlcmd</c> utility file path has been found.</returns>
+    public Task<string> GetSqlCmdFilePathAsync(CancellationToken ct = default)
+    {
+        return _lazySqlCmdFilePath.Value;
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Executes the SQL script in the MsSql container.
     /// </summary>
@@ -41,10 +59,26 @@ public async Task<ExecResult> ExecScriptAsync(string scriptContent, Cancellation
     {
         var scriptFilePath = string.Join("/", string.Empty, "tmp", Guid.NewGuid().ToString("D"), Path.GetRandomFileName());
 
+        var sqlCmdFilePath = await GetSqlCmdFilePathAsync(ct)
+            .ConfigureAwait(false);
+
         await CopyAsync(Encoding.Default.GetBytes(scriptContent), scriptFilePath, Unix.FileMode644, ct)
             .ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-        return await ExecAsync(new[] { "/opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd", "-b", "-r", "1", "-U", _configuration.Username, "-P", _configuration.Password, "-i", scriptFilePath }, ct)
+        return await ExecAsync(new[] { sqlCmdFilePath, "-C", "-b", "-r", "1", "-U", _configuration.Username, "-P", _configuration.Password, "-i", scriptFilePath }, ct)
+            .ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+
+    private async Task<string> FindSqlCmdFilePathAsync()
+    {
+        var findSqlCmdFilePathExecResult = await ExecAsync(FindSqlCmdFilePath)
             .ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        if (findSqlCmdFilePathExecResult.ExitCode == 0)
+        {
+            return findSqlCmdFilePathExecResult.Stdout.Trim();
+        }
+
+        throw new NotSupportedException("The sqlcmd binary could not be found.");
     }
 }
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diff --git a/tests/Testcontainers.MsSql.Tests/MsSqlContainerTest.cs b/tests/Testcontainers.MsSql.Tests/MsSqlContainerTest.cs
index f7d18102f..1f94c3b82 100644
--- a/tests/Testcontainers.MsSql.Tests/MsSqlContainerTest.cs
+++ b/tests/Testcontainers.MsSql.Tests/MsSqlContainerTest.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 namespace Testcontainers.MsSql;
 
-public sealed class MsSqlContainerTest : IAsyncLifetime
+public abstract class MsSqlContainerTest : IAsyncLifetime
 {
-    private readonly MsSqlContainer _msSqlContainer = new MsSqlBuilder().Build();
+    private readonly MsSqlContainer _msSqlContainer;
+
+    public MsSqlContainerTest(MsSqlContainer msSqlContainer)
+    {
+        _msSqlContainer = msSqlContainer;
+    }
 
     public Task InitializeAsync()
     {
@@ -43,4 +48,22 @@ public async Task ExecScriptReturnsSuccessful()
         Assert.True(0L.Equals(execResult.ExitCode), execResult.Stderr);
         Assert.Empty(execResult.Stderr);
     }
+
+    [UsedImplicitly]
+    public sealed class MsSqlDefaultConfiguration : MsSqlContainerTest
+    {
+        public MsSqlDefaultConfiguration()
+            : base(new MsSqlBuilder().Build())
+        {
+        }
+    }
+
+    [UsedImplicitly]
+    public sealed class MsSqlTools18Configuration : MsSqlContainerTest
+    {
+        public MsSqlTools18Configuration()
+            : base(new MsSqlBuilder().WithImage("mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2022-CU14-ubuntu-22.04").Build())
+        {
+        }
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/tests/Testcontainers.MsSql.Tests/Usings.cs b/tests/Testcontainers.MsSql.Tests/Usings.cs
index 02acb4398..493aff2cb 100644
--- a/tests/Testcontainers.MsSql.Tests/Usings.cs
+++ b/tests/Testcontainers.MsSql.Tests/Usings.cs
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 global using System.Data.Common;
 global using System.Threading.Tasks;
 global using DotNet.Testcontainers.Commons;
+global using JetBrains.Annotations;
 global using Microsoft.Data.SqlClient;
 global using Xunit;
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