diff --git a/msa/black-box-tests/pom.xml b/msa/black-box-tests/pom.xml
index f433b1930c..4c81e0f31f 100644
--- a/msa/black-box-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/msa/black-box-tests/pom.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@
             <artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>software.xdev</groupId>
+            <artifactId>testcontainers-junit4-mock</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.zeroturnaround</groupId>
             <artifactId>zt-exec</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 74c095c857..bf15107acd 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
         <rest-assured.version>5.4.0</rest-assured.version>
         <hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.19.7</testcontainers.version>
+        <testcontainers-junit4-mock.version>1.0.1</testcontainers-junit4-mock.version>
         <zeroturnaround.version>1.12</zeroturnaround.version>
         <selenium.version>4.19.1</selenium.version>
         <webdrivermanager.version>5.8.0</webdrivermanager.version>
@@ -2125,6 +2126,14 @@
                     </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
+            <!-- Mocks the few JUnit 4 classes that testcontainers needs so that JUnit 4 can be excluded.
+            Fixes/Works around https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-java/issues/970 -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>software.xdev</groupId>
+                <artifactId>testcontainers-junit4-mock</artifactId>
+                <version>${testcontainers-junit4-mock.version}</version>
+                <scope>test</scope>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.zeroturnaround</groupId>
                 <artifactId>zt-exec</artifactId>