diff --git a/springwolf-examples/springwolf-sns-example/build.gradle b/springwolf-examples/springwolf-sns-example/build.gradle
index ae18a7295..6a09a4f84 100644
--- a/springwolf-examples/springwolf-sns-example/build.gradle
+++ b/springwolf-examples/springwolf-sns-example/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ plugins {
 
 dependencyManagement {
     imports {
-        mavenBom "io.awspring.cloud:spring-cloud-aws-dependencies:3.1.0"
+        mavenBom "io.awspring.cloud:spring-cloud-aws-dependencies:3.1.1"
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/springwolf-examples/springwolf-sqs-example/build.gradle b/springwolf-examples/springwolf-sqs-example/build.gradle
index 25c7e50b8..3cf07786b 100644
--- a/springwolf-examples/springwolf-sqs-example/build.gradle
+++ b/springwolf-examples/springwolf-sqs-example/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ plugins {
 
 dependencyManagement {
     imports {
-        mavenBom "io.awspring.cloud:spring-cloud-aws-dependencies:3.1.0"
+        mavenBom "io.awspring.cloud:spring-cloud-aws-dependencies:3.1.1"
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/springwolf-examples/springwolf-sqs-example/docker-compose.yml b/springwolf-examples/springwolf-sqs-example/docker-compose.yml
index 81224db07..94e8770fe 100644
--- a/springwolf-examples/springwolf-sqs-example/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/springwolf-examples/springwolf-sqs-example/docker-compose.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ services:
       - localstack
 
   localstack:
-    image: localstack/localstack:2.2.0
+    image: localstack/localstack:3.3.0
     environment:
       - DEBUG=${DEBUG-}
       - AWS_REGION=eu-central-1
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ services:
       - "4566:4566"            # LocalStack Gateway
 #      - "4510-4559:4510-4559"  # external services port range
     volumes:
-      - "${TMPDIR:-/tmp/localstack}:/tmp/localstack"
+      - "${TMPDIR:-/tmp/localstack}:/var/lib/localstack"
       - "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"
   localstack_setup:
-    image: localstack/localstack:2.2.0
+    image: localstack/localstack:3.3.0
     links:
       - localstack
     depends_on:
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ services:
     entrypoint: [ "bash", "-c", "
       awslocal --endpoint-url=http://localstack:4566 sqs create-queue --queue-name another-queue --region eu-central-1;
       awslocal --endpoint-url=http://localstack:4566 sqs create-queue --queue-name example-queue --region eu-central-1;
-    " ]
\ No newline at end of file
+    " ]
diff --git a/springwolf-examples/springwolf-sqs-example/src/test/java/io/github/springwolf/examples/sqs/ProducerSystemTest.java b/springwolf-examples/springwolf-sqs-example/src/test/java/io/github/springwolf/examples/sqs/ProducerSystemTest.java
index 76f8cd0f5..40c6b76d2 100644
--- a/springwolf-examples/springwolf-sqs-example/src/test/java/io/github/springwolf/examples/sqs/ProducerSystemTest.java
+++ b/springwolf-examples/springwolf-sqs-example/src/test/java/io/github/springwolf/examples/sqs/ProducerSystemTest.java
@@ -4,19 +4,24 @@
 import io.github.springwolf.examples.sqs.consumers.ExampleConsumer;
 import io.github.springwolf.examples.sqs.dtos.ExamplePayloadDto;
 import io.github.springwolf.plugins.sqs.producer.SpringwolfSqsProducer;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.MethodOrderer.OrderAnnotation;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Order;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestMethodOrder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.mock.mockito.SpyBean;
 import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.DockerComposeContainer;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy.Wait;
 import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Container;
 import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Testcontainers;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 import static io.github.springwolf.examples.sqs.dtos.ExamplePayloadDto.ExampleEnum.FOO1;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.timeout;
@@ -31,7 +36,7 @@
         webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT)
 @Testcontainers
 @DirtiesContext
-@TestMethodOrder(OrderAnnotation.class)
+@Slf4j
 // @Ignore("Uncomment this line if you have issues running this test on your local machine.")
 public class ProducerSystemTest {
 
@@ -41,12 +46,26 @@ public class ProducerSystemTest {
     @SpyBean
     ExampleConsumer exampleConsumer;
 
+    private static final Map<String, String> ENV = new HashMap<>();
+
+    static {
+        try (InputStream input = new FileInputStream(".env")) {
+            var properties = new Properties();
+            properties.load(input);
+            properties.forEach((key, value) -> ENV.put(String.valueOf(key), String.valueOf(value)));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Container
-    public static DockerComposeContainer<?> environment =
-            new DockerComposeContainer<>(new File("docker-compose.yml")).withServices("localstack");
+    public static DockerComposeContainer<?> environment = new DockerComposeContainer<>(new File("docker-compose.yml"))
+            .withOptions()
+            .withEnv(ENV)
+            .withLogConsumer("localstack", l -> log.debug("localstack: {}", l.getUtf8StringWithoutLineEnding()))
+            .waitingFor("localstack", Wait.forLogMessage(".*Ready.*", 1));
 
     @Test
-    @Order(2)
     void producerCanUseSpringwolfConfigurationToSendMessage() {
         // given
         ExamplePayloadDto payload = new ExamplePayloadDto();
diff --git a/springwolf-examples/springwolf-sqs-example/src/test/java/io/github/springwolf/examples/sqs/SqsTestContainerExtension.java b/springwolf-examples/springwolf-sqs-example/src/test/java/io/github/springwolf/examples/sqs/SqsTestContainerExtension.java
index b0bfd79d4..a3df1427e 100644
--- a/springwolf-examples/springwolf-sqs-example/src/test/java/io/github/springwolf/examples/sqs/SqsTestContainerExtension.java
+++ b/springwolf-examples/springwolf-sqs-example/src/test/java/io/github/springwolf/examples/sqs/SqsTestContainerExtension.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public class SqsTestContainerExtension implements BeforeAllCallback, ExtensionCo
     private static volatile boolean started = false;
 
     static LocalStackContainer localStack =
-            new LocalStackContainer(DockerImageName.parse("localstack/localstack:2.2.0")).withServices(SQS);
+            new LocalStackContainer(DockerImageName.parse("localstack/localstack:3.3.0")).withServices(SQS);
 
     @Override
     public void beforeAll(ExtensionContext extensionContext) throws Exception {
diff --git a/springwolf-plugins/springwolf-sns-plugin/build.gradle b/springwolf-plugins/springwolf-sns-plugin/build.gradle
index b04185a4e..331b6c31a 100644
--- a/springwolf-plugins/springwolf-sns-plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/springwolf-plugins/springwolf-sns-plugin/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ plugins {
 
 dependencyManagement {
     imports {
-        mavenBom "io.awspring.cloud:spring-cloud-aws-dependencies:3.1.0"
+        mavenBom "io.awspring.cloud:spring-cloud-aws-dependencies:3.1.1"
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/springwolf-plugins/springwolf-sqs-plugin/build.gradle b/springwolf-plugins/springwolf-sqs-plugin/build.gradle
index e918a01db..526a5482a 100644
--- a/springwolf-plugins/springwolf-sqs-plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/springwolf-plugins/springwolf-sqs-plugin/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ plugins {
 
 dependencyManagement {
     imports {
-        mavenBom "io.awspring.cloud:spring-cloud-aws-dependencies:3.1.0"
+        mavenBom "io.awspring.cloud:spring-cloud-aws-dependencies:3.1.1"
     }
 }