diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/lifecycle/TestContainersParallelStartupIntegrationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/lifecycle/TestContainersParallelStartupIntegrationTests.java
index 3b6ed3da25b..677595e33f5 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/lifecycle/TestContainersParallelStartupIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/lifecycle/TestContainersParallelStartupIntegrationTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import org.springframework.boot.testsupport.testcontainers.DisabledIfDockerUnava
 import org.springframework.boot.testsupport.testcontainers.DockerImageNames;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension;
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 @ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
 @ContextConfiguration(classes = ContainerConfig.class)
 @TestPropertySource(properties = "spring.testcontainers.beans.startup=parallel")
-@DirtiesContext
 @DisabledIfDockerUnavailable
 @ExtendWith(OutputCaptureExtension.class)
 public class TestContainersParallelStartupIntegrationTests {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/lifecycle/TestContainersParallelStartupWithImportTestcontainersIntegrationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/lifecycle/TestContainersParallelStartupWithImportTestcontainersIntegrationTests.java
index 78217fc381f..dd190de1231 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/lifecycle/TestContainersParallelStartupWithImportTestcontainersIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/lifecycle/TestContainersParallelStartupWithImportTestcontainersIntegrationTests.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import org.springframework.boot.testcontainers.context.ImportTestcontainers;
 import org.springframework.boot.testcontainers.lifecycle.TestContainersParallelStartupWithImportTestcontainersIntegrationTests.Containers;
 import org.springframework.boot.testsupport.testcontainers.DisabledIfDockerUnavailable;
 import org.springframework.boot.testsupport.testcontainers.DockerImageNames;
-import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
 import org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension;
 
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
  */
 @ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
 @TestPropertySource(properties = "spring.testcontainers.beans.startup=parallel")
-@DirtiesContext
 @DisabledIfDockerUnavailable
 @ExtendWith(OutputCaptureExtension.class)
 @ImportTestcontainers(Containers.class)
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/lifecycle/TestcontainersImportWithPropertiesInjectedIntoLoadTimeWeaverAwareBeanIntegrationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/lifecycle/TestcontainersImportWithPropertiesInjectedIntoLoadTimeWeaverAwareBeanIntegrationTests.java
index cab98edd150..568f6ff3c40 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/lifecycle/TestcontainersImportWithPropertiesInjectedIntoLoadTimeWeaverAwareBeanIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/lifecycle/TestcontainersImportWithPropertiesInjectedIntoLoadTimeWeaverAwareBeanIntegrationTests.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import org.springframework.boot.testsupport.testcontainers.DockerImageNames;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.weaving.LoadTimeWeaverAware;
 import org.springframework.instrument.classloading.LoadTimeWeaver;
-import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
 import org.springframework.test.context.DynamicPropertyRegistry;
 import org.springframework.test.context.DynamicPropertySource;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension;
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension;
  * @author Phillip Webb
  */
 @ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
-@DirtiesContext
 @DisabledIfDockerUnavailable
 @ImportTestcontainers(Containers.class)
 class TestcontainersImportWithPropertiesInjectedIntoLoadTimeWeaverAwareBeanIntegrationTests {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/service/connection/otlp/OpenTelemetryMetricsContainerConnectionDetailsFactoryIntegrationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/service/connection/otlp/OpenTelemetryMetricsContainerConnectionDetailsFactoryIntegrationTests.java
index b3167fb8035..23cbaa5c637 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/service/connection/otlp/OpenTelemetryMetricsContainerConnectionDetailsFactoryIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/service/connection/otlp/OpenTelemetryMetricsContainerConnectionDetailsFactoryIntegrationTests.java
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ import org.springframework.boot.testcontainers.service.connection.ServiceConnect
 import org.springframework.boot.testsupport.testcontainers.DockerImageNames;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
 import org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringJUnitConfig;
 
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.matchesPattern;
 @TestPropertySource(properties = { "management.otlp.metrics.export.resource-attributes.service.name=test",
 		"management.otlp.metrics.export.step=1s" })
 @Testcontainers(disabledWithoutDocker = true)
-@DirtiesContext
 class OpenTelemetryMetricsContainerConnectionDetailsFactoryIntegrationTests {
 
 	private static final String OPENMETRICS_001 = "application/openmetrics-text; version=0.0.1; charset=utf-8";
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/resources/spring.properties b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/resources/spring.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..47dff33f0bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/resources/spring.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+spring.test.context.cache.maxSize=1
\ No newline at end of file