diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/GenericContainer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/GenericContainer.java
index 7163ea40a93..bc65cb22040 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/GenericContainer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/GenericContainer.java
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ protected boolean canBeReused() {
                     logger().warn("{} can't be reused because it overrides {}", getClass(), method.getName());
                     return false;
                 }
-            } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+            } catch (NoSuchMethodException | NoClassDefFoundError e) {
                 // ignore
             }
         }