diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/DockerClientProviderStrategy.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/DockerClientProviderStrategy.java
index 7b0aaafc169..b1293962212 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/DockerClientProviderStrategy.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/DockerClientProviderStrategy.java
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ protected boolean test() {
         try (Socket socket = socketProvider.call()) {
             Awaitility
                 .await()
+                .dontCatchUncaughtExceptions()
                 .atMost(TestcontainersConfiguration.getInstance().getClientPingTimeout(), TimeUnit.SECONDS) // timeout after configured duration
                 .pollInterval(Duration.ofMillis(200)) // check state every 200ms
                 .pollDelay(Duration.ofSeconds(0)) // start checking immediately
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/DockerClientProviderStrategyTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/DockerClientProviderStrategyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e98ef377230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/DockerClientProviderStrategyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package org.testcontainers.dockerclient;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.parallel.ResourceLock;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.ServerSocket;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+@ResourceLock("jvm.defaultUncaughtExceptionHandler")
+@ResourceLock("testcontainers.shaded.awaitility")
+class DockerClientProviderStrategyTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void testDoesNotModifyGlobalUncaughtExceptionHandler() throws Exception {
+        Class<?> awaitilityClass = Class.forName("org.testcontainers.shaded.org.awaitility.Awaitility");
+        Class<?> listenerClass = Class.forName(
+            "org.testcontainers.shaded.org.awaitility.core.ConditionEvaluationListener"
+        );
+        Method setListener = awaitilityClass.getMethod("setDefaultConditionEvaluationListener", listenerClass);
+
+        AtomicReference<Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler> observed = new AtomicReference<>();
+        Object proxy = Proxy.newProxyInstance(
+            listenerClass.getClassLoader(),
+            new Class<?>[] { listenerClass },
+            (p, method, args) -> {
+                if (method.getName().equals("conditionEvaluated")) {
+                    observed.compareAndSet(null, Thread.getDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler());
+                }
+                return null;
+            }
+        );
+
+        Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler original = Thread.getDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler();
+        Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler sentinel = (thread, throwable) -> {};
+
+        try {
+            setListener.invoke(null, proxy);
+            Thread.setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler(sentinel);
+
+            boolean result;
+            try (ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(0, 1, InetAddress.getByName("127.0.0.1"))) {
+                int port = serverSocket.getLocalPort();
+
+                DockerClientProviderStrategy strategy = new DockerClientProviderStrategy() {
+                    @Override
+                    public String getDescription() {
+                        return "test strategy";
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public TransportConfig getTransportConfig() {
+                        return TransportConfig.builder().dockerHost(URI.create("tcp://127.0.0.1:" + port)).build();
+                    }
+                };
+
+                result = strategy.test();
+            }
+
+            assertThat(result).isTrue();
+            assertThat(observed.get()).as("shaded Awaitility condition listener should have executed").isNotNull();
+            assertThat(observed.get())
+                .as("Docker strategy testing must not replace the JVM default uncaught exception handler")
+                .isSameAs(sentinel);
+        } finally {
+            setListener.invoke(null, new Object[] { null });
+            Thread.setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler(original);
+        }
+    }
+}