diff --git a/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/stress/CausalClusteringStressIT.java b/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/stress/CausalClusteringStressIT.java
index 08f1a99051..684b2b1b22 100644
--- a/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/stress/CausalClusteringStressIT.java
+++ b/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/stress/CausalClusteringStressIT.java
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.DisabledIfSystemProperty;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 import org.neo4j.driver.AuthToken;
 import org.neo4j.driver.Config;
 import org.neo4j.driver.exceptions.SessionExpiredException;
 import org.neo4j.driver.testutil.cc.LocalOrRemoteClusterExtension;
-import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Testcontainers;
 
-@Testcontainers(disabledWithoutDocker = true)
+@DisabledIfSystemProperty(named = "skipDockerTests", matches = "^true$")
 class CausalClusteringStressIT extends AbstractStressTestBase<CausalClusteringStressIT.Context> {
     @RegisterExtension
     static final LocalOrRemoteClusterExtension clusterRule = new LocalOrRemoteClusterExtension();
diff --git a/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/tck/reactive/Neo4jManager.java b/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/tck/reactive/Neo4jManager.java
index 1ee7138993..09438ac847 100644
--- a/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/tck/reactive/Neo4jManager.java
+++ b/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/tck/reactive/Neo4jManager.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 import org.neo4j.driver.Driver;
 import org.neo4j.driver.GraphDatabase;
-import org.testcontainers.DockerClientFactory;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.Neo4jContainer;
 import org.testng.SkipException;
 
@@ -39,18 +38,10 @@ public Driver getDriver() {
         return GraphDatabase.driver(NEO4J.getBoltUrl());
     }
 
-    public void skipIfDockerUnavailable() {
-        if (!isDockerAvailable()) {
+    public void skipIfDockerTestsSkipped() {
+        var skip = System.getProperty("skipDockerTests");
+        if (skip != null && skip.equals(Boolean.TRUE.toString())) {
             throw new SkipException("Docker is unavailable");
         }
     }
-
-    private boolean isDockerAvailable() {
-        try {
-            DockerClientFactory.instance().client();
-            return true;
-        } catch (Throwable ex) {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/tck/reactive/ReactiveResultPublisherVerificationIT.java b/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/tck/reactive/ReactiveResultPublisherVerificationIT.java
index c88f84757b..d0cfa10125 100644
--- a/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/tck/reactive/ReactiveResultPublisherVerificationIT.java
+++ b/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/tck/reactive/ReactiveResultPublisherVerificationIT.java
@@ -27,12 +27,10 @@
 import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
 import org.reactivestreams.tck.PublisherVerification;
 import org.reactivestreams.tck.TestEnvironment;
-import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Testcontainers;
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
-@Testcontainers(disabledWithoutDocker = true)
 public class ReactiveResultPublisherVerificationIT extends PublisherVerification<ReactiveResult> {
     private final Neo4jManager NEO4J = new Neo4jManager();
     private static final Duration TIMEOUT = Duration.ofSeconds(10);
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ public ReactiveResultPublisherVerificationIT() {
 
     @BeforeClass
     public void beforeClass() {
-        NEO4J.skipIfDockerUnavailable();
+        NEO4J.skipIfDockerTestsSkipped();
         NEO4J.start();
         driver = NEO4J.getDriver();
     }
diff --git a/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/tck/reactive/ReactiveResultRecordPublisherVerificationIT.java b/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/tck/reactive/ReactiveResultRecordPublisherVerificationIT.java
index e634234bb0..5868d974bc 100644
--- a/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/tck/reactive/ReactiveResultRecordPublisherVerificationIT.java
+++ b/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/tck/reactive/ReactiveResultRecordPublisherVerificationIT.java
@@ -28,13 +28,11 @@
 import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
 import org.reactivestreams.tck.PublisherVerification;
 import org.reactivestreams.tck.TestEnvironment;
-import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Testcontainers;
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
-@Testcontainers(disabledWithoutDocker = true)
 public class ReactiveResultRecordPublisherVerificationIT extends PublisherVerification<Record> {
     private final Neo4jManager NEO4J = new Neo4jManager();
     private static final long MAX_NUMBER_OF_RECORDS = 30000;
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ public ReactiveResultRecordPublisherVerificationIT() {
 
     @BeforeClass
     public void beforeClass() {
-        NEO4J.skipIfDockerUnavailable();
+        NEO4J.skipIfDockerTestsSkipped();
         NEO4J.start();
         driver = NEO4J.getDriver();
     }
diff --git a/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/tck/reactive/RxResultRecordPublisherVerificationIT.java b/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/tck/reactive/RxResultRecordPublisherVerificationIT.java
index df4a6f6589..cf20f0d02e 100644
--- a/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/tck/reactive/RxResultRecordPublisherVerificationIT.java
+++ b/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/tck/reactive/RxResultRecordPublisherVerificationIT.java
@@ -28,11 +28,9 @@
 import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
 import org.reactivestreams.tck.PublisherVerification;
 import org.reactivestreams.tck.TestEnvironment;
-import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Testcontainers;
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
 
-@Testcontainers(disabledWithoutDocker = true)
 @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 public class RxResultRecordPublisherVerificationIT extends PublisherVerification<Record> {
     private final Neo4jManager NEO4J = new Neo4jManager();
@@ -54,7 +52,7 @@ public RxResultRecordPublisherVerificationIT() {
 
     @BeforeClass
     public void beforeClass() {
-        NEO4J.skipIfDockerUnavailable();
+        NEO4J.skipIfDockerTestsSkipped();
         NEO4J.start();
         driver = NEO4J.getDriver();
     }
diff --git a/examples/src/test/java/org/neo4j/docs/driver/RoutingExamplesIT.java b/examples/src/test/java/org/neo4j/docs/driver/RoutingExamplesIT.java
index e015c3bdba..8bfcabfd55 100644
--- a/examples/src/test/java/org/neo4j/docs/driver/RoutingExamplesIT.java
+++ b/examples/src/test/java/org/neo4j/docs/driver/RoutingExamplesIT.java
@@ -18,18 +18,19 @@
  */
 package org.neo4j.docs.driver;
 
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
-
-import java.net.URI;
-import java.util.Optional;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.DisabledIfSystemProperty;
 import org.neo4j.driver.AuthTokens;
 import org.neo4j.driver.net.ServerAddress;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.Neo4jContainer;
 import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Container;
-import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Testcontainers;
 
-@Testcontainers(disabledWithoutDocker = true)
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+@DisabledIfSystemProperty(named = "skipDockerTests", matches = "^true$")
 class RoutingExamplesIT {
     private static final String NEO4J_VERSION =
             Optional.ofNullable(System.getenv("NEO4J_VERSION")).orElse("4.4");
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 25259122e6..52e501faaa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -261,6 +261,25 @@
         <parallelizable.it.forkCount>1</parallelizable.it.forkCount>
       </properties>
     </profile>
+
+    <profile>
+      <id>skip-docker-tests</id>
+      <build>
+        <pluginManagement>
+          <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+              <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+              <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+              <configuration>
+                <systemPropertyVariables>
+                  <skipDockerTests>true</skipDockerTests>
+                </systemPropertyVariables>
+              </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+          </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
   </profiles>
 
   <build>