diff --git a/src/test/java/com/exasol/cloudetl/kafka/IntegrationTestConstants.java b/src/test/java/com/exasol/cloudetl/kafka/IntegrationTestConstants.java
index 41a5a60..15f9131 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/exasol/cloudetl/kafka/IntegrationTestConstants.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/exasol/cloudetl/kafka/IntegrationTestConstants.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ public class IntegrationTestConstants {
     public static final String PROJECT_VERSION = MavenProjectVersionGetter.getCurrentProjectVersion();
     public static String JAR_FILE_NAME = "exasol-kafka-connector-extension-" + PROJECT_VERSION + ".jar";
     public static String TEST_SCHEMA_NAME = "kafka_schema";
-    public static String DEFAULT_EXASOL_DOCKER_IMAGE = "8.24.0";
     public static String LOCALSTACK_DOCKER_IMAGE = "localstack/localstack:2.2";
     public static String DOCKER_IP_ADDRESS = "172.17.0.1";
 }
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/exasol/cloudetl/kafka/ittests/docker/BaseDockerIntegrationTest.scala b/src/test/scala/com/exasol/cloudetl/kafka/ittests/docker/BaseDockerIntegrationTest.scala
index bd488a5..bc573ba 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/com/exasol/cloudetl/kafka/ittests/docker/BaseDockerIntegrationTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/exasol/cloudetl/kafka/ittests/docker/BaseDockerIntegrationTest.scala
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import org.scalatest.funsuite.AnyFunSuite
 
 trait BaseDockerIntegrationTest extends AnyFunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
   private[this] val JAR_NAME_PATTERN = "exasol-kafka-connector-extension-"
-  private[this] val DEFAULT_EXASOL_DOCKER_IMAGE = "8.24.0"
+  private[this] val DEFAULT_EXASOL_DOCKER_IMAGE = "8.29.1"
 
   val network = DockerNamedNetwork("kafka-it-tests", true)
   val exasolContainer = {
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ trait BaseDockerIntegrationTest extends AnyFunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
   }
 
   private[this] def getExasolDockerImageVersion(): String = {
-    val dockerVersion = System.getenv("EXASOL_DOCKER_VERSION")
+    val dockerVersion = System.getenv("EXASOL_DB_VERSION")
     if (dockerVersion == null) {
       DEFAULT_EXASOL_DOCKER_IMAGE
     } else {