diff --git a/modules/surrealdb/surrealdb.go b/modules/surrealdb/surrealdb.go
index f5fc94176d..7be329986d 100644
--- a/modules/surrealdb/surrealdb.go
+++ b/modules/surrealdb/surrealdb.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func WithStrictMode() testcontainers.CustomizeRequestOption {
 // WithAllowAllCaps enables all caps for the SurrealDB instance
 func WithAllowAllCaps() testcontainers.CustomizeRequestOption {
 	return func(req *testcontainers.GenericContainerRequest) error {
-		return testcontainers.WithEnv(map[string]string{"SURREAL_CAPS_ALLOW_ALL": "false"})(req)
+		return testcontainers.WithEnv(map[string]string{"SURREAL_CAPS_ALLOW_ALL": "true"})(req)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/surrealdb/surrealdb_test.go b/modules/surrealdb/surrealdb_test.go
index 4bc12a6f60..5fea379ed0 100644
--- a/modules/surrealdb/surrealdb_test.go
+++ b/modules/surrealdb/surrealdb_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package surrealdb
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -88,3 +89,21 @@ func TestSurrealDBWithAuth(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, "Morgan Hitchcock", resultData["name"].(map[string]any)["last"])
 	require.Equal(t, true, resultData["marketing"])
 }
+
+func TestSurrealDBWithAllowAllCaps(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	ctr, err := Run(ctx, "surrealdb/surrealdb:v1.1.1", WithAllowAllCaps())
+	testcontainers.CleanupContainer(t, ctr)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	inspect, err := ctr.Inspect(ctx)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	for _, env := range inspect.Config.Env {
+		if v, ok := strings.CutPrefix(env, "SURREAL_CAPS_ALLOW_ALL="); ok {
+			require.Equal(t, "true", v)
+			break
+		}
+	}
+}