diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 64efadc8873..76d77208567 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ jobs:
               version: 17
             },
             maven: {
-              args: ''
+              # Since we only start an Elasticsearch container on Linux we add the profile to enable container reuse here:
+              args: '-Pci-build'
             }
           }
           # We can't start Linux containers on GitHub Actions' Windows VMs,
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 61dbb1cb87e..dbc264a8ed7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -397,6 +397,22 @@ Or more simply, if your AWS credentials are already stored in `~/.aws/credential
         -Dtest.elasticsearch.connection.aws.region=<Your AWS region ID>
 ```
 
+### Testcontainers
+
+Hibernate Search uses Testcontainers in its integration tests. 
+By default, testcontainers are not reusable, i.e. a container is started at the beginning of an executed test suite,
+and then stopped; each execution of failsafe plugin will start/stop their own containers as well as each test module.
+With [reusable testcontainers](https://java.testcontainers.org/features/reuse/) required containers will start as needed
+but will not be terminated, staying available between different failsafe executions and test modules
+and even after the maven build is finished.
+Reusable containers must be stopped manually, if needed (e.g. with `docker stop <container name>`
+or `docker kill <container name>`).
+
+There are a few ways to enable reusable testcontainers:
+
+1. Enable reusable testcontainers in `~/.testcontainers.properties`, by adding `testcontainers.reuse.enable=true`
+2. Build with `ci-build` Maven profile: `./mvnw clean install -Pci-build`
+
 ### JQAssistant
 
 You can request static analysis and sanity checks with the `jqassistant` profile.
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 175a1b2bef4..6149984862f 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ stage('Default build') {
 					${commonMavenArgs} \
 					-DskipSurefireTests \
 					-Pskip-checks \
+					-Pci-build \
 					-Pci-rebuild \
 					${incrementalBuild ? """ \
 							-Dincremental \
@@ -938,7 +939,7 @@ void mavenNonDefaultBuild(BuildEnvironment buildEnv, String args, List<String> a
 	def testSuffix = buildEnv.tag.replaceAll('[^a-zA-Z0-9_\\-+]+', '_')
 
 	sh """ \
-			mvn clean install -Dsurefire.environment=$testSuffix \
+			mvn clean install -Pci-build -Dsurefire.environment=$testSuffix \
 					${toTestJdkArg(buildEnv)} \
 					--fail-at-end \
 					$args \
diff --git a/build/container/ryuk.Dockerfile b/build/container/ryuk.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..44017b45d48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/container/ryuk.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Ryuk
+# See https://hub.docker.com/r/testcontainers/ryuk/tags
+#
+# IMPORTANT! When updating the version for Ryuk in this Dockerfile,
+# make sure to update `TESTCONTAINERS_RYUK_CONTAINER_IMAGE` env variable set as part of maven-failsafe-plugin configuration.
+#
+FROM docker.io/testcontainers/ryuk:0.5.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/parents/build/pom.xml b/build/parents/build/pom.xml
index b9d9702cc57..9959ac2cb25 100644
--- a/build/parents/build/pom.xml
+++ b/build/parents/build/pom.xml
@@ -1188,6 +1188,17 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
                     <configuration>
+                        <environmentVariables>
+                            <!-- Just to be sure that we are pulling/using the Ryuk from docker.io -->
+                            <TESTCONTAINERS_RYUK_CONTAINER_IMAGE>docker.io/testcontainers/ryuk:0.5.1</TESTCONTAINERS_RYUK_CONTAINER_IMAGE>
+                            <!--
+                                Startup checks might want to test whether the images can be pulled (e.g. see `tinyimage.container.image` config property).
+                                To prevent that and speedup the startup a bit the checks are disabled.
+                                In case there are any issues, the checks can be enabled.
+                                Also for debugging purposes consider enabling testcontainers debug logs (https://java.testcontainers.org/supported_docker_environment/logging_config/).
+                             -->
+                            <TESTCONTAINERS_CHECKS_DISABLE>true</TESTCONTAINERS_CHECKS_DISABLE>
+                        </environmentVariables>
                         <systemPropertyVariables>
                             <org.hibernate.search.version>${project.version}</org.hibernate.search.version>
                             <org.hibernate.search.enable_performance_tests>${test.performance.enable}</org.hibernate.search.enable_performance_tests>
@@ -1311,6 +1322,25 @@
     </build>
 
     <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>ci-build</id>
+            <build>
+                <pluginManagement>
+                    <plugins>
+                        <plugin>
+                            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                            <configuration>
+                                <environmentVariables>
+                                    <!-- To make Testcontainers reusable on CI, where ~/.testcontainers.properties is not necessarily defined -->
+                                    <TESTCONTAINERS_REUSE_ENABLE>true</TESTCONTAINERS_REUSE_ENABLE>
+                                </environmentVariables>
+                            </configuration>
+                        </plugin>
+                    </plugins>
+                </pluginManagement>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
         <!-- Profile used when testing dependency updates on CI -->
         <profile>
             <id>dependency-update</id>
diff --git a/ci/dependency-update/Jenkinsfile b/ci/dependency-update/Jenkinsfile
index d3bf52ca64e..7f408a963e1 100644
--- a/ci/dependency-update/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/ci/dependency-update/Jenkinsfile
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ pipeline {
 									withMavenWorkspace {
 										pullContainerImages()
 										sh """ \
-									mvn clean install -U -Pdependency-update -Pdist -Dsurefire.environment=${normalize(env.DEPENDENCY_UPDATE_NAME)} \
+									mvn clean install -U -Pdependency-update -Pdist -Pci-build -Dsurefire.environment=${normalize(env.DEPENDENCY_UPDATE_NAME)} \
 									--fail-at-end \
 									${env[qualify('ADDITIONAL_MAVEN_ARGS')]} \
 								"""
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5dfa8f7cbc8..3dc35a33c9c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -953,13 +953,19 @@
                                     def images = []
                                     def isTrueString = { string -> string && Boolean.parseBoolean( string ) }
                                     def isNotBlankString = { string -> string?.trim() }
+                                    def parseImage = { file ->
+                                        {
+                                            def dockerFileContent = new File(file).text
+                                            if ((match = dockerFileContent =~ /FROM (.+)/)) {
+                                                return match.group(1).trim()
+                                            }
+                                            return ''
+                                        }
+                                    }
 
+                                    images += parseImage( './build/container/ryuk.Dockerfile' )
                                     if ( isNotBlankString( '${test.database.run.kind}' ) && '${test.database.run.kind}' != 'h2') {
-                                        def dockerFileContent = new File('./build/container/${test.database.run.kind}.Dockerfile').text
-                                        if ((match = dockerFileContent =~ /FROM (.+)/)) {
-                                            def image = match.group(1).trim()
-                                            images += image
-                                        }
+                                        images += parseImage( './build/container/${test.database.run.kind}.Dockerfile' )
                                     }
                                     if ( isTrueString( '${test.elasticsearch.run.image.pull}' ) && isNotBlankString( '${test.elasticsearch.run.image.name}' ) ) {
                                         images += '${test.elasticsearch.run.image.name}:${test.elasticsearch.run.image.tag}'