diff --git a/modules/kafka/testcontainers/kafka/__init__.py b/modules/kafka/testcontainers/kafka/__init__.py
index ccd7f5b77..74af0f8b9 100644
--- a/modules/kafka/testcontainers/kafka/__init__.py
+++ b/modules/kafka/testcontainers/kafka/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import re
 import tarfile
 import time
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@
 from testcontainers.core.container import DockerContainer
 from testcontainers.core.utils import raise_for_deprecated_parameter
 from testcontainers.core.version import ComparableVersion
-from testcontainers.core.waiting_utils import wait_for_logs
+from testcontainers.core.wait_strategies import LogMessageWaitStrategy
 from testcontainers.kafka._redpanda import RedpandaContainer
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ def __init__(self, image: str = "confluentinc/cp-kafka:7.6.0", port: int = 9093,
         super().__init__(image, **kwargs)
         self.port = port
         self.kraft_enabled = False
-        self.wait_for = r".*\[KafkaServer id=\d+\] started.*"
+        self.wait_for = re.compile(r".*\[KafkaServer id=\d+\] started.*")
         self.boot_command = ""
         self.cluster_id = "MkU3OEVBNTcwNTJENDM2Qk"
         self.listeners = f"PLAINTEXT://0.0.0.0:{self.port},BROKER://0.0.0.0:9092"
@@ -179,7 +180,8 @@ def start(self, timeout=30) -> "KafkaContainer":
         self.with_command(command)
         super().start()
         self.tc_start()
-        wait_for_logs(self, self.wait_for, timeout=timeout)
+        wait_strategy = LogMessageWaitStrategy(self.wait_for)
+        wait_strategy.wait_until_ready(self)
         return self
 
     def create_file(self, content: bytes, path: str) -> None:
diff --git a/modules/kafka/testcontainers/kafka/_redpanda.py b/modules/kafka/testcontainers/kafka/_redpanda.py
index b49957d03..36fffbf05 100644
--- a/modules/kafka/testcontainers/kafka/_redpanda.py
+++ b/modules/kafka/testcontainers/kafka/_redpanda.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import os.path
+import re
 import tarfile
 import time
 from io import BytesIO
 from textwrap import dedent
 
 from testcontainers.core.container import DockerContainer
-from testcontainers.core.waiting_utils import wait_for_logs
+from testcontainers.core.wait_strategies import LogMessageWaitStrategy
 
 
 class RedpandaContainer(DockerContainer):
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.redpanda_port = 9092
         self.schema_registry_port = 8081
         self.with_exposed_ports(self.redpanda_port, self.schema_registry_port)
+        self.wait_for = re.compile(r".*Started Kafka API server.*")
 
     def get_bootstrap_server(self) -> str:
         host = self.get_container_host_ip()
@@ -64,13 +66,14 @@ def tc_start(self) -> None:
 
         self.create_file(data, RedpandaContainer.TC_START_SCRIPT)
 
-    def start(self, timeout=10) -> "RedpandaContainer":
+    def start(self) -> "RedpandaContainer":
         script = RedpandaContainer.TC_START_SCRIPT
         command = f'-c "while [ ! -f {script} ]; do sleep 0.1; done; sh {script}"'
         self.with_command(command)
         super().start()
         self.tc_start()
-        wait_for_logs(self, r".*Started Kafka API server.*", timeout=timeout)
+        wait_strategy = LogMessageWaitStrategy(self.wait_for)
+        wait_strategy.wait_until_ready(self)
         return self
 
     def create_file(self, content: bytes, path: str) -> None:
diff --git a/modules/kafka/tests/test_redpanda.py b/modules/kafka/tests/test_redpanda.py
index 7cee9fa8a..13db32e59 100644
--- a/modules/kafka/tests/test_redpanda.py
+++ b/modules/kafka/tests/test_redpanda.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def test_redpanda_producer_consumer():
         produce_and_consume_message(container)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("version", ["v23.1.13", "v23.3.10"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("version", ["v23.1.13", "v25.2.9"])
 def test_redpanda_confluent_version(version):
     with RedpandaContainer(image=f"docker.redpanda.com/redpandadata/redpanda:{version}") as container:
         produce_and_consume_message(container)