diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0b181452a..449f58ea4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ node
 package-lock.json
 
 .mvn/.develocity
+/src/test/resources/testcontainers-local.properties
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/junit/jupiter/ClusterConnection.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/junit/jupiter/ClusterConnection.java
index 2b2a6bf1e..8ac75d000 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/junit/jupiter/ClusterConnection.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/junit/jupiter/ClusterConnection.java
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ private ClusterConnectionInfo startElasticsearchContainer() {
 			Map<String, String> testcontainersProperties = testcontainersProperties(
 					"testcontainers-" + testcontainersConfiguration + ".properties");
 
+			var testcontainersPropertiesLocal = testcontainersProperties("testcontainers-local.properties");
+			testcontainersProperties.putAll(testcontainersPropertiesLocal);
+
 			DockerImageName dockerImageName = getDockerImageName(testcontainersProperties);
 
 			ElasticsearchContainer elasticsearchContainer = new SpringDataElasticsearchContainer(dockerImageName)