diff --git a/modules/toxiproxy/toxiproxy.go b/modules/toxiproxy/toxiproxy.go
index d0157020db..56df28bf76 100644
--- a/modules/toxiproxy/toxiproxy.go
+++ b/modules/toxiproxy/toxiproxy.go
@@ -54,29 +54,21 @@ func (c *Container) URI(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 
 // Run creates an instance of the Toxiproxy container type
 func Run(ctx context.Context, img string, opts ...testcontainers.ContainerCustomizer) (*Container, error) {
-	req := testcontainers.ContainerRequest{
-		Image:        img,
-		ExposedPorts: []string{ControlPort},
-		WaitingFor: wait.ForHTTP("/version").WithPort(ControlPort).WithStatusCodeMatcher(func(status int) bool {
-			return status == http.StatusOK
-		}),
-	}
-
-	genericContainerReq := testcontainers.GenericContainerRequest{
-		ContainerRequest: req,
-		Started:          true,
-	}
-
+	// Process custom options first
 	settings := defaultOptions()
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		if apply, ok := opt.(Option); ok {
 			if err := apply(&settings); err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("apply: %w", err)
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("apply option: %w", err)
 			}
 		}
-		if err := opt.Customize(&genericContainerReq); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("customize: %w", err)
-		}
+	}
+
+	moduleOpts := []testcontainers.ContainerCustomizer{
+		testcontainers.WithExposedPorts(ControlPort),
+		testcontainers.WithWaitStrategy(wait.ForHTTP("/version").WithPort(ControlPort).WithStatusCodeMatcher(func(status int) bool {
+			return status == http.StatusOK
+		})),
 	}
 
 	// Expose the ports for the proxies, starting from the first proxied port
@@ -87,39 +79,44 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, img string, opts ...testcontainers.ContainerCustom
 		proxy.Listen = fmt.Sprintf("0.0.0.0:%d", proxiedPort)
 		portsInRange = append(portsInRange, fmt.Sprintf("%d/tcp", proxiedPort))
 	}
-	genericContainerReq.ExposedPorts = append(genericContainerReq.ExposedPorts, portsInRange...)
+
+	if len(portsInRange) > 0 {
+		moduleOpts = append(moduleOpts, testcontainers.WithExposedPorts(portsInRange...))
+	}
 
 	// Render the config file
 	jsonData, err := json.MarshalIndent(settings.proxies, "", "    ")
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("marshal: %w", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("marshal config: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	// Apply the config file to the container with the proxies.
 	if len(settings.proxies) > 0 {
-		genericContainerReq.Files = append(genericContainerReq.Files, testcontainers.ContainerFile{
-			Reader:            bytes.NewReader(jsonData),
-			ContainerFilePath: "/tmp/tc-toxiproxy.json",
-			FileMode:          0o644,
-		})
-		genericContainerReq.Cmd = append(genericContainerReq.Cmd, "-host=0.0.0.0", "-config=/tmp/tc-toxiproxy.json")
+		moduleOpts = append(moduleOpts,
+			testcontainers.WithFiles(testcontainers.ContainerFile{
+				Reader:            bytes.NewReader(jsonData),
+				ContainerFilePath: "/tmp/tc-toxiproxy.json",
+				FileMode:          0o644,
+			}),
+			testcontainers.WithCmd("-host=0.0.0.0", "-config=/tmp/tc-toxiproxy.json"),
+		)
 	}
 
-	container, err := testcontainers.GenericContainer(ctx, genericContainerReq)
+	ctr, err := testcontainers.Run(ctx, img, append(moduleOpts, opts...)...)
 	var c *Container
-	if container != nil {
-		c = &Container{Container: container, proxiedEndpoints: make(map[int]string)}
+	if ctr != nil {
+		c = &Container{Container: ctr, proxiedEndpoints: make(map[int]string)}
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return c, fmt.Errorf("generic container: %w", err)
+		return c, fmt.Errorf("run toxiproxy: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	// Map the ports of the proxies to the container, so that we can use them in the tests
 	for _, proxy := range settings.proxies {
 		err := proxy.sanitize()
 		if err != nil {
-			return c, fmt.Errorf("sanitize: %w", err)
+			return c, fmt.Errorf("sanitize proxy: %w", err)
 		}
 
 		endpoint, err := c.PortEndpoint(ctx, nat.Port(fmt.Sprintf("%d/tcp", proxy.listenPort)), "")