diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-aggregator.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-aggregator.yaml
index a3cd827..a9dbdf7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-aggregator.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-aggregator.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}  # Needed to get PR information, if any
           SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
-        run: mvn -B clean verify org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin:sonar -Dsonar.projectKey=spoud_kafka-cost-control
+        run: mvn -B clean verify org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin:sonar -Dsonar.projectKey=spoud_kafka-cost-control -Pfailsafe
 
       - name: Upload artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/aggregator/pom.xml b/aggregator/pom.xml
index a1ec2a2..2d2d02f 100644
--- a/aggregator/pom.xml
+++ b/aggregator/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <skipITs>true</skipITs>
+        <skipITs>false</skipITs>
         <quarkus.platform.artifact-id>quarkus-bom</quarkus.platform.artifact-id>
         <quarkus.platform.group-id>io.quarkus.platform</quarkus.platform.group-id>
         <quarkus.platform.version>3.8.3</quarkus.platform.version>
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-container-image-docker</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-avro-serializer</artifactId>
diff --git a/aggregator/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm b/aggregator/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm
index 9a7edd5..8748a1f 100644
--- a/aggregator/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm
+++ b/aggregator/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 #   accessed directly. (example: "foo.example.com,bar.example.com")
 #
 ###
-FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-17:1.18
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-21:1.18
 
 ENV LANGUAGE='en_US:en'
 
diff --git a/aggregator/src/main/resources/application.yaml b/aggregator/src/main/resources/application.yaml
index b2ce45c..6215f2b 100644
--- a/aggregator/src/main/resources/application.yaml
+++ b/aggregator/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -83,4 +83,5 @@ quarkus:
         level: WARN
       "io.spoud.kcc":
         level: DEBUG
-
+  container-image:
+    build: true
diff --git a/aggregator/src/test/java/io/spoud/kcc/aggregator/stream/AppStartsTestIT.java b/aggregator/src/test/java/io/spoud/kcc/aggregator/stream/AppStartsTestIT.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..750855d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aggregator/src/test/java/io/spoud/kcc/aggregator/stream/AppStartsTestIT.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package io.spoud.kcc.aggregator.stream;
+
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusIntegrationTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+@QuarkusIntegrationTest
+class AppStartsTestIT {
+    @Test
+    void should_start_in_container() {
+        // no assertion, just make sure the application is able to launch inside the container
+    }
+}