diff --git a/modules/cockroachdb/build.gradle b/modules/cockroachdb/build.gradle
index fa1e7f06839..3cfe02ee1db 100644
--- a/modules/cockroachdb/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/cockroachdb/build.gradle
@@ -7,3 +7,9 @@ dependencies {
     testRuntimeOnly 'org.postgresql:postgresql:42.7.4'
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.26.3'
 }
+
+tasks.japicmp {
+    classExcludes = [
+        "org.testcontainers.containers.CockroachContainer"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/modules/cockroachdb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/CockroachContainer.java b/modules/cockroachdb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/CockroachContainer.java
index a7bb1fef7ed..f0c0cf123fb 100644
--- a/modules/cockroachdb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/CockroachContainer.java
+++ b/modules/cockroachdb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/CockroachContainer.java
@@ -52,14 +52,6 @@ public class CockroachContainer extends JdbcDatabaseContainer<CockroachContainer
 
     private boolean isVersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo221;
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link #CockroachContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public CockroachContainer() {
-        this(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME.withTag(DEFAULT_TAG));
-    }
-
     public CockroachContainer(final String dockerImageName) {
         this(DockerImageName.parse(dockerImageName));
     }
diff --git a/modules/couchbase/build.gradle b/modules/couchbase/build.gradle
index 973af4b2ffb..529eaec061e 100644
--- a/modules/couchbase/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/couchbase/build.gradle
@@ -9,3 +9,9 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'org.awaitility:awaitility:4.2.0'
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.26.3'
 }
+
+tasks.japicmp {
+    classExcludes = [
+        "org.testcontainers.couchbase.CouchbaseContainer"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/modules/couchbase/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/couchbase/CouchbaseContainer.java b/modules/couchbase/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/couchbase/CouchbaseContainer.java
index 1681de30853..14997d253af 100644
--- a/modules/couchbase/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/couchbase/CouchbaseContainer.java
+++ b/modules/couchbase/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/couchbase/CouchbaseContainer.java
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ public class CouchbaseContainer extends GenericContainer<CouchbaseContainer> {
 
     private static final DockerImageName DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME = DockerImageName.parse("couchbase/server");
 
-    private static final String DEFAULT_TAG = "6.5.1";
-
     private static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
 
     private static final OkHttpClient HTTP_CLIENT = new OkHttpClient();
@@ -125,15 +123,6 @@ public class CouchbaseContainer extends GenericContainer<CouchbaseContainer> {
 
     private boolean hasTlsPorts = false;
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a new couchbase container with the default image and version.
-     * @deprecated use {@link #CouchbaseContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public CouchbaseContainer() {
-        this(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME.withTag(DEFAULT_TAG));
-    }
-
     /**
      * Creates a new couchbase container with the specified image name.
      *
diff --git a/modules/db2/build.gradle b/modules/db2/build.gradle
index 3a773f21534..37dd3955764 100644
--- a/modules/db2/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/db2/build.gradle
@@ -7,3 +7,9 @@ dependencies {
     testRuntimeOnly 'com.ibm.db2:jcc:11.5.9.0'
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.26.3'
 }
+
+tasks.japicmp {
+    classExcludes = [
+        "org.testcontainers.containers.Db2Container"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/modules/db2/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/Db2Container.java b/modules/db2/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/Db2Container.java
index 81f26014b90..18fb4aac0e6 100644
--- a/modules/db2/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/Db2Container.java
+++ b/modules/db2/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/Db2Container.java
@@ -42,14 +42,6 @@ public class Db2Container extends JdbcDatabaseContainer<Db2Container> {
 
     private String password = "foobar1234";
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link #Db2Container(DockerImageName)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public Db2Container() {
-        this(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME.withTag(DEFAULT_TAG));
-    }
-
     public Db2Container(String dockerImageName) {
         this(DockerImageName.parse(dockerImageName));
     }
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/build.gradle b/modules/elasticsearch/build.gradle
index 79faefdde24..2a076837d1f 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/build.gradle
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation "org.elasticsearch.client:transport:7.17.24"
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.26.3'
 }
+
+tasks.japicmp {
+    classExcludes = [
+        "org.testcontainers.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchContainer"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainer.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainer.java
index 99f8cd75b4f..54f1a4c17f8 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainer.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainer.java
@@ -68,12 +68,6 @@ public class ElasticsearchContainer extends GenericContainer<ElasticsearchContai
     // default location of the automatically generated self-signed HTTP cert for versions >= 8
     private static final String DEFAULT_CERT_PATH = "/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certs/http_ca.crt";
 
-    /**
-     * Elasticsearch Default version
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    protected static final String DEFAULT_TAG = "7.9.2";
-
     @Deprecated
     private boolean isOss = false;
 
@@ -81,14 +75,6 @@ public class ElasticsearchContainer extends GenericContainer<ElasticsearchContai
 
     private String certPath = "";
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link #ElasticsearchContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public ElasticsearchContainer() {
-        this(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME.withTag(DEFAULT_TAG));
-    }
-
     /**
      * Create an Elasticsearch Container by passing the full docker image name
      *
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainerTest.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainerTest.java
index 18fc0fc9fde..4c308169bc6 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainerTest.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainerTest.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public void stopRestClient() throws IOException {
     public void elasticsearchDeprecatedCtorTest() throws IOException {
         // Create the elasticsearch container.
         try (
-            ElasticsearchContainer container = new ElasticsearchContainer().withEnv("foo", "bar") // dummy env for compiler checking correct generics usage
+            ElasticsearchContainer container = new ElasticsearchContainer(ELASTICSEARCH_IMAGE).withEnv("foo", "bar") // dummy env for compiler checking correct generics usage
         ) {
             // Start the container. This step might take some time...
             container.start();
diff --git a/modules/influxdb/build.gradle b/modules/influxdb/build.gradle
index 9cf1e8d5ab0..30046d8bc3a 100644
--- a/modules/influxdb/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/influxdb/build.gradle
@@ -9,3 +9,9 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'org.influxdb:influxdb-java:2.24'
     testImplementation "com.influxdb:influxdb-client-java:6.12.0"
 }
+
+tasks.japicmp {
+    classExcludes = [
+        "org.testcontainers.containers.InfluxDBContainer"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/modules/influxdb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/InfluxDBContainer.java b/modules/influxdb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/InfluxDBContainer.java
index 8e908e8e229..f54971dfc7a 100644
--- a/modules/influxdb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/InfluxDBContainer.java
+++ b/modules/influxdb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/InfluxDBContainer.java
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ public class InfluxDBContainer<SELF extends InfluxDBContainer<SELF>> extends Gen
 
     private static final DockerImageName DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME = DockerImageName.parse("influxdb");
 
-    private static final String DEFAULT_TAG = "1.4.3";
-
-    @Deprecated
-    public static final String VERSION = DEFAULT_TAG;
-
     private static final int NO_CONTENT_STATUS_CODE = 204;
 
     @Getter
@@ -66,14 +61,6 @@ public class InfluxDBContainer<SELF extends InfluxDBContainer<SELF>> extends Gen
 
     private final boolean isAtLeastMajorVersion2;
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link #InfluxDBContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public InfluxDBContainer() {
-        this(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME.withTag(DEFAULT_TAG));
-    }
-
     /**
      * @deprecated use {@link #InfluxDBContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
      */
diff --git a/modules/junit-jupiter/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/jupiter/MixedLifecycleTests.java b/modules/junit-jupiter/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/jupiter/MixedLifecycleTests.java
index e8ce714ab28..7dcd769bf08 100644
--- a/modules/junit-jupiter/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/jupiter/MixedLifecycleTests.java
+++ b/modules/junit-jupiter/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/jupiter/MixedLifecycleTests.java
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ class MixedLifecycleTests {
 
     // will be shared between test methods
     @Container
-    private static final MySQLContainer MY_SQL_CONTAINER = new MySQLContainer();
+    private static final MySQLContainer MY_SQL_CONTAINER = new MySQLContainer("mysql:8.0.36");
 
     // will be started before and stopped after each test method
     @Container
-    private PostgreSQLContainer postgresqlContainer = new PostgreSQLContainer()
+    private PostgreSQLContainer postgresqlContainer = new PostgreSQLContainer("postgres:9.6.12")
         .withDatabaseName("foo")
         .withUsername("foo")
         .withPassword("secret");
diff --git a/modules/localstack/build.gradle b/modules/localstack/build.gradle
index 2994bb7d2f2..fb1be0f66f7 100644
--- a/modules/localstack/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/localstack/build.gradle
@@ -12,3 +12,9 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'software.amazon.awssdk:s3:2.28.6'
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.26.3'
 }
+
+tasks.japicmp {
+    classExcludes = [
+        "org.testcontainers.containers.localstack.LocalStackContainer"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/modules/localstack/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/localstack/LocalStackContainer.java b/modules/localstack/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/localstack/LocalStackContainer.java
index fb7d383898a..c38d5a34728 100644
--- a/modules/localstack/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/localstack/LocalStackContainer.java
+++ b/modules/localstack/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/localstack/LocalStackContainer.java
@@ -83,14 +83,6 @@ public class LocalStackContainer extends GenericContainer<LocalStackContainer> {
 
     private final boolean isVersion2;
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link #LocalStackContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public LocalStackContainer() {
-        this(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME.withTag(DEFAULT_TAG));
-    }
-
     /**
      * @deprecated use {@link #LocalStackContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
      */
diff --git a/modules/mariadb/build.gradle b/modules/mariadb/build.gradle
index 88734091907..7492300b4b6 100644
--- a/modules/mariadb/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/mariadb/build.gradle
@@ -12,3 +12,9 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation testFixtures(project(':r2dbc'))
     testRuntimeOnly 'org.mariadb:r2dbc-mariadb:1.0.3'
 }
+
+tasks.japicmp {
+    classExcludes = [
+        "org.testcontainers.containers.MariaDBContainer"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/modules/mariadb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MariaDBContainer.java b/modules/mariadb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MariaDBContainer.java
index fccfde6e4dc..bff0faf9d03 100644
--- a/modules/mariadb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MariaDBContainer.java
+++ b/modules/mariadb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MariaDBContainer.java
@@ -41,14 +41,6 @@ public class MariaDBContainer<SELF extends MariaDBContainer<SELF>> extends JdbcD
 
     private static final String MY_CNF_CONFIG_OVERRIDE_PARAM_NAME = "TC_MY_CNF";
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link #MariaDBContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public MariaDBContainer() {
-        this(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME.withTag(DEFAULT_TAG));
-    }
-
     public MariaDBContainer(String dockerImageName) {
         this(DockerImageName.parse(dockerImageName));
     }
diff --git a/modules/mockserver/build.gradle b/modules/mockserver/build.gradle
index 31f4944a572..ef38d025669 100644
--- a/modules/mockserver/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/mockserver/build.gradle
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'org.mock-server:mockserver-client-java:5.15.0'
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.26.3'
 }
+
+tasks.japicmp {
+    classExcludes = [
+        "org.testcontainers.containers.MockServerContainer"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/modules/mockserver/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MockServerContainer.java b/modules/mockserver/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MockServerContainer.java
index 9ca936d1656..00937214445 100644
--- a/modules/mockserver/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MockServerContainer.java
+++ b/modules/mockserver/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MockServerContainer.java
@@ -16,14 +16,6 @@ public class MockServerContainer extends GenericContainer<MockServerContainer> {
 
     public static final int PORT = 1080;
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link #MockServerContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public MockServerContainer() {
-        this(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME.withTag(DEFAULT_TAG));
-    }
-
     /**
      * @deprecated use {@link #MockServerContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
      */
diff --git a/modules/mongodb/build.gradle b/modules/mongodb/build.gradle
index 0904df92824..eb3137c205c 100644
--- a/modules/mongodb/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/mongodb/build.gradle
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation("org.mongodb:mongodb-driver-sync:5.1.4")
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.26.3'
 }
+
+tasks.japicmp {
+    classExcludes = [
+        "org.testcontainers.containers.MongoDBContainer"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/modules/mongodb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MongoDBContainer.java b/modules/mongodb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MongoDBContainer.java
index 1dbf1fcc74e..e0bb04bb166 100644
--- a/modules/mongodb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MongoDBContainer.java
+++ b/modules/mongodb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MongoDBContainer.java
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ public class MongoDBContainer extends GenericContainer<MongoDBContainer> {
         "mongodb/mongodb-enterprise-server"
     );
 
-    private static final String DEFAULT_TAG = "4.0.10";
-
     private static final int CONTAINER_EXIT_CODE_OK = 0;
 
     private static final int AWAIT_INIT_REPLICA_SET_ATTEMPTS = 60;
@@ -42,14 +40,6 @@ public class MongoDBContainer extends GenericContainer<MongoDBContainer> {
 
     private boolean shardingEnabled;
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link #MongoDBContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public MongoDBContainer() {
-        this(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME.withTag(DEFAULT_TAG));
-    }
-
     public MongoDBContainer(@NonNull final String dockerImageName) {
         this(DockerImageName.parse(dockerImageName));
     }
diff --git a/modules/mssqlserver/build.gradle b/modules/mssqlserver/build.gradle
index e7541434291..006c5d38031 100644
--- a/modules/mssqlserver/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/mssqlserver/build.gradle
@@ -15,3 +15,9 @@ dependencies {
     // MSSQL's wait strategy requires the JDBC driver
     testImplementation testFixtures(project(':r2dbc'))
 }
+
+tasks.japicmp {
+    classExcludes = [
+        "org.testcontainers.containers.MSSQLServerContainer"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/modules/mssqlserver/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MSSQLServerContainer.java b/modules/mssqlserver/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MSSQLServerContainer.java
index dab6c34fa16..10ccbff2c36 100644
--- a/modules/mssqlserver/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MSSQLServerContainer.java
+++ b/modules/mssqlserver/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MSSQLServerContainer.java
@@ -44,14 +44,6 @@ public class MSSQLServerContainer<SELF extends MSSQLServerContainer<SELF>> exten
         Pattern.compile("[^a-zA-Z0-9]+", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE),
     };
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link #MSSQLServerContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public MSSQLServerContainer() {
-        this(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME.withTag(DEFAULT_TAG));
-    }
-
     public MSSQLServerContainer(final String dockerImageName) {
         this(DockerImageName.parse(dockerImageName));
     }
diff --git a/modules/mysql/build.gradle b/modules/mysql/build.gradle
index d31fbcce266..f9d07cdab1c 100644
--- a/modules/mysql/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/mysql/build.gradle
@@ -14,3 +14,9 @@ dependencies {
 
     compileOnly 'org.jetbrains:annotations:24.1.0'
 }
+
+tasks.japicmp {
+    classExcludes = [
+        "org.testcontainers.containers.MySQLContainer"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/modules/mysql/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MySQLContainer.java b/modules/mysql/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MySQLContainer.java
index 76ff754b616..54f3952b6a2 100644
--- a/modules/mysql/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MySQLContainer.java
+++ b/modules/mysql/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MySQLContainer.java
@@ -41,14 +41,6 @@ public class MySQLContainer<SELF extends MySQLContainer<SELF>> extends JdbcDatab
 
     private static final String MYSQL_ROOT_USER = "root";
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link #MySQLContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public MySQLContainer() {
-        this(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME.withTag(DEFAULT_TAG));
-    }
-
     public MySQLContainer(String dockerImageName) {
         this(DockerImageName.parse(dockerImageName));
     }
diff --git a/modules/neo4j/build.gradle b/modules/neo4j/build.gradle
index d70292361d1..f8529beb3ac 100644
--- a/modules/neo4j/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/neo4j/build.gradle
@@ -36,3 +36,9 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'org.neo4j.driver:neo4j-java-driver:4.4.18'
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.26.3'
 }
+
+tasks.japicmp {
+    classExcludes = [
+        "org.testcontainers.containers.Neo4jContainer"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/modules/neo4j/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/Neo4jContainer.java b/modules/neo4j/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/Neo4jContainer.java
index e59e2ea2820..bb6f437f193 100644
--- a/modules/neo4j/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/Neo4jContainer.java
+++ b/modules/neo4j/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/Neo4jContainer.java
@@ -83,15 +83,6 @@ public class Neo4jContainer<S extends Neo4jContainer<S>> extends GenericContaine
         .forPort(DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT)
         .forStatusCodeMatching(response -> response == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK);
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a Neo4jContainer using the official Neo4j docker image.
-     * @deprecated use {@link #Neo4jContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public Neo4jContainer() {
-        this(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME.withTag(DEFAULT_TAG));
-    }
-
     /**
      * Creates a Neo4jContainer using a specific docker image.
      *
diff --git a/modules/neo4j/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/Neo4jContainerTest.java b/modules/neo4j/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/Neo4jContainerTest.java
index d2497cd900b..334aa155eac 100644
--- a/modules/neo4j/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/Neo4jContainerTest.java
+++ b/modules/neo4j/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/Neo4jContainerTest.java
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ public void shouldCopyDatabase() {
     @Test
     public void shouldFailOnCopyDatabaseForDefaultNeo4j4Image() {
         assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
-            .isThrownBy(() -> new Neo4jContainer<>().withDatabase(MountableFile.forClasspathResource("/test-graph.db")))
+            .isThrownBy(() -> {
+                new Neo4jContainer<>("neo4j:4.4.1").withDatabase(MountableFile.forClasspathResource("/test-graph.db"));
+            })
             .withMessage("Copying database folder is not supported for Neo4j instances with version 4.0 or higher.");
     }
 
diff --git a/modules/nginx/build.gradle b/modules/nginx/build.gradle
index 13232b4bfce..a746f0bd1ca 100644
--- a/modules/nginx/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/nginx/build.gradle
@@ -5,3 +5,9 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly 'org.jetbrains:annotations:24.1.0'
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.26.3'
 }
+
+tasks.japicmp {
+    classExcludes = [
+        "org.testcontainers.containers.NginxContainer"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/modules/nginx/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/NginxContainer.java b/modules/nginx/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/NginxContainer.java
index 9a8687aaf8c..28590de99ab 100644
--- a/modules/nginx/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/NginxContainer.java
+++ b/modules/nginx/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/NginxContainer.java
@@ -16,16 +16,6 @@ public class NginxContainer<SELF extends NginxContainer<SELF>>
 
     private static final DockerImageName DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME = DockerImageName.parse("nginx");
 
-    private static final String DEFAULT_TAG = "1.9.4";
-
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link #NginxContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public NginxContainer() {
-        this(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME.withTag(DEFAULT_TAG));
-    }
-
     public NginxContainer(String dockerImageName) {
         this(DockerImageName.parse(dockerImageName));
     }
diff --git a/modules/oracle-xe/build.gradle b/modules/oracle-xe/build.gradle
index 3de6202e869..2621e2a261f 100644
--- a/modules/oracle-xe/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/oracle-xe/build.gradle
@@ -14,3 +14,9 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation testFixtures(project(':r2dbc'))
     testRuntimeOnly 'com.oracle.database.r2dbc:oracle-r2dbc:1.2.0'
 }
+
+tasks.japicmp {
+    classExcludes = [
+        "org.testcontainers.containers.OracleContainer"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/modules/oracle-xe/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/OracleContainer.java b/modules/oracle-xe/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/OracleContainer.java
index 75b16779f40..07db62a7b2e 100644
--- a/modules/oracle-xe/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/OracleContainer.java
+++ b/modules/oracle-xe/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/OracleContainer.java
@@ -63,14 +63,6 @@ public class OracleContainer extends JdbcDatabaseContainer<OracleContainer> {
 
     private boolean usingSid = false;
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link #OracleContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public OracleContainer() {
-        this(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME.withTag(DEFAULT_TAG));
-    }
-
     public OracleContainer(String dockerImageName) {
         this(DockerImageName.parse(dockerImageName));
     }
diff --git a/modules/orientdb/build.gradle b/modules/orientdb/build.gradle
index d353be80783..cece637545d 100644
--- a/modules/orientdb/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/orientdb/build.gradle
@@ -9,3 +9,9 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'org.apache.tinkerpop:gremlin-driver:3.7.2'
     testImplementation "com.orientechnologies:orientdb-gremlin:3.2.33"
 }
+
+tasks.japicmp {
+    classExcludes = [
+        "org.testcontainers.containers.OrientDBContainer"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/modules/orientdb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/OrientDBContainer.java b/modules/orientdb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/OrientDBContainer.java
index aeaf053ff0a..67c81be7e90 100644
--- a/modules/orientdb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/OrientDBContainer.java
+++ b/modules/orientdb/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/OrientDBContainer.java
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ public class OrientDBContainer extends GenericContainer<OrientDBContainer> {
 
     private static final DockerImageName DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME = DockerImageName.parse("orientdb");
 
-    private static final String DEFAULT_TAG = "3.0.24-tp3";
-
     private static final String DEFAULT_USERNAME = "admin";
 
     private static final String DEFAULT_PASSWORD = "admin";
@@ -60,14 +58,6 @@ public class OrientDBContainer extends GenericContainer<OrientDBContainer> {
 
     private ODatabaseSession session;
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link #OrientDBContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public OrientDBContainer() {
-        this(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME.withTag(DEFAULT_TAG));
-    }
-
     public OrientDBContainer(@NonNull String dockerImageName) {
         this(DockerImageName.parse(dockerImageName));
     }
diff --git a/modules/postgresql/build.gradle b/modules/postgresql/build.gradle
index 23ad800186b..5dc899ba2b8 100644
--- a/modules/postgresql/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/postgresql/build.gradle
@@ -14,3 +14,9 @@ dependencies {
 
     compileOnly 'org.jetbrains:annotations:24.1.0'
 }
+
+tasks.japicmp {
+    classExcludes = [
+        "org.testcontainers.containers.PostgreSQLContainer"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/modules/postgresql/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/PostgreSQLContainer.java b/modules/postgresql/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/PostgreSQLContainer.java
index 27b3679b626..d96f30864d9 100644
--- a/modules/postgresql/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/PostgreSQLContainer.java
+++ b/modules/postgresql/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/PostgreSQLContainer.java
@@ -41,14 +41,6 @@ public class PostgreSQLContainer<SELF extends PostgreSQLContainer<SELF>> extends
 
     private static final String FSYNC_OFF_OPTION = "fsync=off";
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link #PostgreSQLContainer(DockerImageName)} or {@link #PostgreSQLContainer(String)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public PostgreSQLContainer() {
-        this(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME.withTag(DEFAULT_TAG));
-    }
-
     public PostgreSQLContainer(final String dockerImageName) {
         this(DockerImageName.parse(dockerImageName));
     }
diff --git a/modules/pulsar/build.gradle b/modules/pulsar/build.gradle
index 7af1bc777e2..5be1b67ce7b 100644
--- a/modules/pulsar/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/pulsar/build.gradle
@@ -8,3 +8,9 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'org.apache.pulsar:pulsar-client-admin'
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.26.3'
 }
+
+tasks.japicmp {
+    classExcludes = [
+        "org.testcontainers.containers.PulsarContainer"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/modules/pulsar/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/PulsarContainer.java b/modules/pulsar/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/PulsarContainer.java
index 36485ad76a0..027e030c0de 100644
--- a/modules/pulsar/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/PulsarContainer.java
+++ b/modules/pulsar/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/PulsarContainer.java
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@ public class PulsarContainer extends GenericContainer<PulsarContainer> {
 
     public static final int BROKER_HTTP_PORT = 8080;
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated The metrics endpoint is no longer being used for the WaitStrategy.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public static final String METRICS_ENDPOINT = "/metrics";
-
     private static final String ADMIN_CLUSTERS_ENDPOINT = "/admin/v2/clusters";
 
     /**
@@ -37,23 +31,12 @@ public class PulsarContainer extends GenericContainer<PulsarContainer> {
 
     private static final DockerImageName DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME = DockerImageName.parse("apachepulsar/pulsar");
 
-    @Deprecated
-    private static final String DEFAULT_TAG = "3.0.0";
-
     private final WaitAllStrategy waitAllStrategy = new WaitAllStrategy();
 
     private boolean functionsWorkerEnabled = false;
 
     private boolean transactionsEnabled = false;
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link #PulsarContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public PulsarContainer() {
-        this(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME.withTag(DEFAULT_TAG));
-    }
-
     /**
      * @deprecated use {@link #PulsarContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
      */
diff --git a/modules/rabbitmq/build.gradle b/modules/rabbitmq/build.gradle
index 42a12d68759..3aae4584008 100644
--- a/modules/rabbitmq/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/rabbitmq/build.gradle
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.26.3'
     compileOnly 'org.jetbrains:annotations:24.1.0'
 }
+
+tasks.japicmp {
+    classExcludes = [
+        "org.testcontainers.containers.RabbitMQContainer"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/modules/rabbitmq/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/RabbitMQContainer.java b/modules/rabbitmq/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/RabbitMQContainer.java
index 9eff3fa83f2..3bb45632c54 100644
--- a/modules/rabbitmq/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/RabbitMQContainer.java
+++ b/modules/rabbitmq/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/RabbitMQContainer.java
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ public class RabbitMQContainer extends GenericContainer<RabbitMQContainer> {
      */
     private static final DockerImageName DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME = DockerImageName.parse("rabbitmq");
 
-    private static final String DEFAULT_TAG = "3.7.25-management-alpine";
-
     private static final int DEFAULT_AMQP_PORT = 5672;
 
     private static final int DEFAULT_AMQPS_PORT = 5671;
@@ -51,15 +49,6 @@ public class RabbitMQContainer extends GenericContainer<RabbitMQContainer> {
 
     private final List<List<String>> values = new ArrayList<>();
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a RabbitMQ container using the official RabbitMQ docker image.
-     * @deprecated use {@link #RabbitMQContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public RabbitMQContainer() {
-        this(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME.withTag(DEFAULT_TAG));
-    }
-
     /**
      * Creates a RabbitMQ container using a specific docker image.
      *
diff --git a/modules/solr/build.gradle b/modules/solr/build.gradle
index d8ff7aeba39..fcf7fd7c71b 100644
--- a/modules/solr/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/solr/build.gradle
@@ -8,3 +8,9 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'org.apache.solr:solr-solrj:8.11.3'
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.26.3'
 }
+
+tasks.japicmp {
+    classExcludes = [
+        "org.testcontainers.containers.SolrContainer"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/modules/solr/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/SolrContainer.java b/modules/solr/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/SolrContainer.java
index b5d8d6abf8d..16c3a0d62d4 100644
--- a/modules/solr/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/SolrContainer.java
+++ b/modules/solr/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/SolrContainer.java
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ public class SolrContainer extends GenericContainer<SolrContainer> {
 
     private static final DockerImageName DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME = DockerImageName.parse("solr");
 
-    @Deprecated
-    public static final String IMAGE = DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME.getUnversionedPart();
-
-    @Deprecated
-    public static final String DEFAULT_TAG = "8.3.0";
-
     public static final Integer ZOOKEEPER_PORT = 9983;
 
     public static final Integer SOLR_PORT = 8983;
@@ -42,17 +36,6 @@ public class SolrContainer extends GenericContainer<SolrContainer> {
 
     private final ComparableVersion imageVersion;
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link #SolrContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public SolrContainer() {
-        this(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME.withTag(DEFAULT_TAG));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link #SolrContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
-     */
     public SolrContainer(final String dockerImageName) {
         this(DockerImageName.parse(dockerImageName));
     }
diff --git a/modules/toxiproxy/build.gradle b/modules/toxiproxy/build.gradle
index 211d5e38ae3..2545e0a271a 100644
--- a/modules/toxiproxy/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/toxiproxy/build.gradle
@@ -7,3 +7,9 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'redis.clients:jedis:5.1.5'
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.26.3'
 }
+
+tasks.japicmp {
+    classExcludes = [
+        "org.testcontainers.containers.ToxiproxyContainer"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/modules/toxiproxy/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/ToxiproxyContainer.java b/modules/toxiproxy/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/ToxiproxyContainer.java
index a2a85a95d88..c28c4e93ddf 100644
--- a/modules/toxiproxy/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/ToxiproxyContainer.java
+++ b/modules/toxiproxy/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/ToxiproxyContainer.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ public class ToxiproxyContainer extends GenericContainer<ToxiproxyContainer> {
 
     private static final DockerImageName DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME = DockerImageName.parse("shopify/toxiproxy");
 
-    private static final String DEFAULT_TAG = "2.1.0";
-
     private static final DockerImageName GHCR_IMAGE_NAME = DockerImageName.parse("ghcr.io/shopify/toxiproxy");
 
     private static final int TOXIPROXY_CONTROL_PORT = 8474;
@@ -47,14 +45,6 @@ public class ToxiproxyContainer extends GenericContainer<ToxiproxyContainer> {
 
     private final AtomicInteger nextPort = new AtomicInteger(FIRST_PROXIED_PORT);
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link #ToxiproxyContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public ToxiproxyContainer() {
-        this(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME.withTag(DEFAULT_TAG));
-    }
-
     public ToxiproxyContainer(String dockerImageName) {
         this(DockerImageName.parse(dockerImageName));
     }