diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 505cb80ae..98c925e28 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cpuguy83/dockercfg v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
-	github.com/docker/docker v27.1.2+incompatible
+	github.com/docker/docker v27.1.2+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
diff --git a/internal/testutils/test_container_utils.go b/internal/testutils/test_container_utils.go
index 0a1c21c3d..bfa6307d8 100644
--- a/internal/testutils/test_container_utils.go
+++ b/internal/testutils/test_container_utils.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/container"
 	"github.com/kubeflow/model-registry/internal/ml_metadata/proto"
 	testcontainers "github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go"
 	"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/wait"
@@ -86,8 +85,13 @@ func SetupMLMetadataTestContainer(t *testing.T) (*grpc.ClientConn, proto.Metadat
 		Env: map[string]string{
 			"METADATA_STORE_SERVER_CONFIG_FILE": "/tmp/shared/conn_config.pb",
 		},
-		HostConfigModifier: func(hc *container.HostConfig) {
-			hc.Binds = []string{wd + ":/tmp/shared"}
+		Mounts: testcontainers.ContainerMounts{
+			testcontainers.ContainerMount{
+				Source: testcontainers.GenericBindMountSource{ // nolint keep deprecated method to avoid depending directly to docker api exposed by testcontainers' HostConfigModifier
+					HostPath: wd,
+				},
+				Target: "/tmp/shared",
+			},
 		},
 		WaitingFor: wait.ForLog("Server listening on"),
 	}