diff --git a/metacat-functional-tests/metacat-test-cluster/docker-compose.yml b/metacat-functional-tests/metacat-test-cluster/docker-compose.yml
index db36a898..4236d298 100644
--- a/metacat-functional-tests/metacat-test-cluster/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/metacat-functional-tests/metacat-test-cluster/docker-compose.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 services:
     metacat:
-        image: tomcat:8.0-jre8
+        image: tomcat:9.0-jre17
         platform: linux/x86_64
         depends_on:
             - hive-metastore