diff --git a/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/attributes/CachedAttributesService.java b/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/attributes/CachedAttributesService.java
index 584ae84531..017fe4315c 100644
--- a/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/attributes/CachedAttributesService.java
+++ b/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/attributes/CachedAttributesService.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class CachedAttributesService implements AttributesService {
     private final TbTransactionalCache<AttributeCacheKey, AttributeKvEntry> cache;
     private ListeningExecutorService cacheExecutor;
 
-    @Value("${cache.type}")
+    @Value("${cache.type:caffeine}")
     private String cacheType;
 
     public CachedAttributesService(AttributesDao attributesDao,
diff --git a/dao/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/AbstractRedisContainer.java b/dao/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/AbstractRedisContainer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9a6cb8641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dao/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/AbstractRedisContainer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright © 2016-2023 The Thingsboard Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.thingsboard.server.dao;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.junit.ClassRule;
+import org.junit.rules.ExternalResource;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.GenericContainer;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+@Slf4j
+public class AbstractRedisContainer {
+
+    @ClassRule(order = 0)
+    public static GenericContainer redis = new GenericContainer("redis:7.0")
+            .withExposedPorts(6379);
+
+    @ClassRule(order = 1)
+    public static ExternalResource resource = new ExternalResource() {
+        @Override
+        protected void before() throws Throwable {
+            redis.start();
+            System.setProperty("cache.type", "redis");
+            System.setProperty("redis.connection.type", "standalone");
+            System.setProperty("redis.standalone.host", redis.getHost());
+            System.setProperty("redis.standalone.port", String.valueOf(redis.getMappedPort(6379)));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void after() {
+            redis.stop();
+            List.of("cache.type", "redis.connection.type", "redis.standalone.host", "redis.standalone.port")
+                    .forEach(System.getProperties()::remove);
+        }
+    };
+
+}
diff --git a/dao/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/RedisSqlTestSuite.java b/dao/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/RedisSqlTestSuite.java
index 2fa63f2387..61f77ee1b7 100644
--- a/dao/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/RedisSqlTestSuite.java
+++ b/dao/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/RedisSqlTestSuite.java
@@ -15,37 +15,15 @@
  */
 package org.thingsboard.server.dao;
 
-import org.junit.ClassRule;
 import org.junit.extensions.cpsuite.ClasspathSuite;
 import org.junit.extensions.cpsuite.ClasspathSuite.ClassnameFilters;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextInitializer;
-import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.test.context.support.TestPropertySourceUtils;
-import org.testcontainers.containers.GenericContainer;
 
-@ContextConfiguration(initializers = RedisSqlTestSuite.class)
 @RunWith(ClasspathSuite.class)
 @ClassnameFilters(
         //All the same tests using redis instead of caffeine.
         "org.thingsboard.server.dao.service.*ServiceSqlTest"
 )
-public class RedisSqlTestSuite implements ApplicationContextInitializer<ConfigurableApplicationContext> {
-
-    @ClassRule
-    public static GenericContainer redis = new GenericContainer("redis:4.0").withExposedPorts(6379);
-
-    @Override
-    public void initialize(ConfigurableApplicationContext applicationContext) {
-        TestPropertySourceUtils.addInlinedPropertiesToEnvironment(
-                applicationContext, "cache.type=redis");
-        TestPropertySourceUtils.addInlinedPropertiesToEnvironment(
-                applicationContext, "redis.connection.type=standalone");
-        TestPropertySourceUtils.addInlinedPropertiesToEnvironment(
-                applicationContext, "redis.standalone.host=localhost");
-        TestPropertySourceUtils.addInlinedPropertiesToEnvironment(
-                applicationContext, "redis.standalone.port=" + redis.getMappedPort(6379));
-    }
+public class RedisSqlTestSuite extends AbstractRedisContainer {
 
 }
diff --git a/dao/src/test/resources/application-test.properties b/dao/src/test/resources/application-test.properties
index 15131011d8..a2a21abc11 100644
--- a/dao/src/test/resources/application-test.properties
+++ b/dao/src/test/resources/application-test.properties
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ updates.enabled=false
 audit-log.enabled=true
 audit-log.sink.type=none
 
-cache.type=caffeine
+#cache.type=caffeine # will be injected redis by RedisContainer or will be default (caffeine)
 cache.maximumPoolSize=16
 cache.attributes.enabled=true
-#cache.type=redis
 
 cache.specs.relations.timeToLiveInMinutes=1440
 cache.specs.relations.maxSize=100000