diff --git a/.github/workflows/fvt.yml b/.github/workflows/fvt.yml
index 35b17c980e..5b8ed844be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fvt.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fvt.yml
@@ -39,4 +39,9 @@ jobs:
       with:
         go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
     - name: Test (Functional)
-      run: make test_functional
+      run: |
+        curl -sSL "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.20.3/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /tmp/docker-compose
+        sudo install -m755 /tmp/docker-compose "$(dirname $(which docker-compose))"
+        docker version --format 'Docker Engine version v{{.Server.Version}}'
+        docker-compose version
+        make test_functional
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 4133cd8cd2..53387284a4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@ services:
       args:
         KAFKA_VERSION: ${KAFKA_VERSION:-3.5.1}
         SCALA_VERSION: ${SCALA_VERSION:-2.13}
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "/opt/kafka-${KAFKA_VERSION:-3.5.1}/bin/kafka-broker-api-versions.sh", "--bootstrap-server=kafka-1:9091"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 10
+      start_period: 360s
+    depends_on:
+    - zookeeper-1
+    - zookeeper-2
+    - zookeeper-3
+    - toxiproxy
     restart: always
     environment:
       KAFKA_VERSION: ${KAFKA_VERSION:-3.5.1}
@@ -66,6 +77,17 @@ services:
       args:
         KAFKA_VERSION: ${KAFKA_VERSION:-3.5.1}
         SCALA_VERSION: ${SCALA_VERSION:-2.13}
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "/opt/kafka-${KAFKA_VERSION:-3.5.1}/bin/kafka-broker-api-versions.sh", "--bootstrap-server=kafka-2:9091"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 10
+      start_period: 360s
+    depends_on:
+    - zookeeper-1
+    - zookeeper-2
+    - zookeeper-3
+    - toxiproxy
     restart: always
     environment:
       KAFKA_VERSION: ${KAFKA_VERSION:-3.5.1}
@@ -91,6 +113,17 @@ services:
       args:
         KAFKA_VERSION: ${KAFKA_VERSION:-3.5.1}
         SCALA_VERSION: ${SCALA_VERSION:-2.13}
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "/opt/kafka-${KAFKA_VERSION:-3.5.1}/bin/kafka-broker-api-versions.sh", "--bootstrap-server=kafka-3:9091"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 10
+      start_period: 360s
+    depends_on:
+    - zookeeper-1
+    - zookeeper-2
+    - zookeeper-3
+    - toxiproxy
     restart: always
     environment:
       KAFKA_VERSION: ${KAFKA_VERSION:-3.5.1}
@@ -116,6 +149,17 @@ services:
       args:
         KAFKA_VERSION: ${KAFKA_VERSION:-3.5.1}
         SCALA_VERSION: ${SCALA_VERSION:-2.13}
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "/opt/kafka-${KAFKA_VERSION:-3.5.1}/bin/kafka-broker-api-versions.sh", "--bootstrap-server=kafka-4:9091"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 10
+      start_period: 360s
+    depends_on:
+    - zookeeper-1
+    - zookeeper-2
+    - zookeeper-3
+    - toxiproxy
     restart: always
     environment:
       KAFKA_VERSION: ${KAFKA_VERSION:-3.5.1}
@@ -141,6 +185,17 @@ services:
       args:
         KAFKA_VERSION: ${KAFKA_VERSION:-3.5.1}
         SCALA_VERSION: ${SCALA_VERSION:-2.13}
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "/opt/kafka-${KAFKA_VERSION:-3.5.1}/bin/kafka-broker-api-versions.sh", "--bootstrap-server=kafka-5:9091"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 10
+      start_period: 360s
+    depends_on:
+    - zookeeper-1
+    - zookeeper-2
+    - zookeeper-3
+    - toxiproxy
     restart: always
     environment:
       KAFKA_VERSION: ${KAFKA_VERSION:-3.5.1}
@@ -160,6 +215,12 @@ services:
       KAFKA_CFG_AUTO_CREATE_TOPICS_ENABLE: 'false'
   toxiproxy:
     image: 'ghcr.io/shopify/toxiproxy:2.4.0'
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "/toxiproxy-cli", "l"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 30s
     ports:
     # The tests themselves actually start the proxies on these ports
     - '29091:29091'
diff --git a/functional_test.go b/functional_test.go
index 31d64ba44a..e26ea2a8c5 100644
--- a/functional_test.go
+++ b/functional_test.go
@@ -157,7 +157,10 @@ func prepareDockerTestEnvironment(ctx context.Context, env *testEnvironment) err
 		env.KafkaVersion = "3.5.1"
 	}
 
-	c := exec.Command("docker-compose", "up", "-d")
+	// docker-compose v2.17.0 or newer required for `--wait-timeout` support
+	c := exec.Command(
+		"docker-compose", "up", "-d", "--quiet-pull", "--timestamps", "--wait", "--wait-timeout", "600",
+	)
 	c.Stdout = os.Stdout
 	c.Stderr = os.Stderr
 	c.Env = append(os.Environ(), fmt.Sprintf("KAFKA_VERSION=%s", env.KafkaVersion))