diff --git a/extensions/common/vault/vault-hashicorp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/edc/vault/hashicorp/HashicorpVaultIntegrationTest.java b/extensions/common/vault/vault-hashicorp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/edc/vault/hashicorp/HashicorpVaultIntegrationTest.java
index f55f3cdf1c8..67c56fb3c9f 100644
--- a/extensions/common/vault/vault-hashicorp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/edc/vault/hashicorp/HashicorpVaultIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/extensions/common/vault/vault-hashicorp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/edc/vault/hashicorp/HashicorpVaultIntegrationTest.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 import static com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES;
-import static java.lang.String.format;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.eclipse.edc.junit.assertions.AbstractResultAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.eclipse.edc.vault.hashicorp.client.HashicorpVaultConfig.VAULT_API_HEALTH_PATH_DEFAULT;
@@ -46,7 +45,8 @@
 @ComponentTest
 @Testcontainers
 class HashicorpVaultIntegrationTest {
-    static final String DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME = "hashicorp/vault:1.18.3";
+
+    static final String DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME = "hashicorp/vault:2.0.1";
     static final String VAULT_ENTRY_KEY = "testing";
     static final String VAULT_ENTRY_VALUE = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
     static final String VAULT_DATA_ENTRY_NAME = "content";
@@ -54,12 +54,11 @@ class HashicorpVaultIntegrationTest {
     @Container
     private static final VaultContainer<?> VAULTCONTAINER = new VaultContainer<>(DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME)
             .withVaultToken(TOKEN)
-            .withSecretInVault("secret/" + VAULT_ENTRY_KEY, format("%s=%s", VAULT_DATA_ENTRY_NAME, VAULT_ENTRY_VALUE));
+            .withInitCommand("kv put secret/%s %s=%s".formatted(VAULT_ENTRY_KEY, VAULT_DATA_ENTRY_NAME, VAULT_ENTRY_VALUE));
     public final Monitor monitor = mock();
     private final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper().configure(FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
     private HashicorpVaultClient vault;
 
-
     @BeforeEach
     void setUp() {
         var settings = HashicorpVaultConfig.Builder.newInstance()