diff --git a/modules/yugabytedb/build.gradle b/modules/yugabytedb/build.gradle
index 7992e09b95a..c68b9337424 100644
--- a/modules/yugabytedb/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/yugabytedb/build.gradle
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 description = "Testcontainers :: JDBC :: YugabyteDB"
 
 dependencies {
-    api project(':jdbc')
+    // api project(':jdbc')
+    api 'org.testcontainers:jdbc:1.16.0'
     testImplementation project(':jdbc-test')
     // YCQL driver
     implementation 'com.yugabyte:java-driver-core:4.6.0-yb-6'
     // YSQL driver
-    testImplementation 'com.yugabyte:jdbc-yugabytedb:42.2.7-yb-5-beta.2'
+    testImplementation 'com.yugabyte:jdbc-yugabytedb:42.3.0'
 }
diff --git a/modules/yugabytedb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/YugabyteContainerConstants.java b/modules/yugabytedb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/YugabyteContainerConstants.java
index 53a716fa963..398dc309f3b 100644
--- a/modules/yugabytedb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/YugabyteContainerConstants.java
+++ b/modules/yugabytedb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/YugabyteContainerConstants.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ public interface YugabyteContainerConstants {
 
 	DockerImageName DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME = DockerImageName.parse("yugabytedb/yugabyte");
 
-	String DEFAULT_TAG = "2.7.2.0-b216";
+	String DEFAULT_TAG = "2.9.1.0-b140";
 
 	String NAME = "yugabyte";
 
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ public interface YugabyteContainerConstants {
 
 	Integer TSERVER_DASHBOARD_PORT = 9000;
 
-	String JDBC_DRIVER_CLASS = "org.postgresql.Driver";
+	String JDBC_DRIVER_CLASS = "com.yugabyte.Driver";
 
-	String JDBC_CONNECT_PREFIX = "jdbc:postgresql";
+	String JDBC_CONNECT_PREFIX = "jdbc:yugabytedb";
 
 	String ENTRYPOINT = "bin/yugabyted start --daemon=false";
 
diff --git a/modules/yugabytedb/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/YugabyteTestContainerConstants.java b/modules/yugabytedb/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/YugabyteTestContainerConstants.java
index d94b01a422b..f71dd83ea14 100644
--- a/modules/yugabytedb/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/YugabyteTestContainerConstants.java
+++ b/modules/yugabytedb/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/YugabyteTestContainerConstants.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 public interface YugabyteTestContainerConstants {
 
-	String IMAGE_NAME = "yugabytedb/yugabyte:2.7.2.0-b216";
+	String IMAGE_NAME = "yugabytedb/yugabyte:2.9.1.0-b140";
 
 	DockerImageName YBDB_TEST_IMAGE = DockerImageName.parse(IMAGE_NAME);