diff --git a/modules/azure/build.gradle b/modules/azure/build.gradle
index 681a6dc47e6..796f500410b 100644
--- a/modules/azure/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/azure/build.gradle
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus'
     testImplementation 'com.microsoft.sqlserver:mssql-jdbc:13.3.0.jre8-preview'
 }
+
+tasks.japicmp {
+	methodExcludes = ["org.testcontainers.azure.ServiceBusEmulatorContainer#withMsSqlServerContainer(org.testcontainers.containers.MSSQLServerContainer)"]
+}
diff --git a/modules/azure/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/azure/ServiceBusEmulatorContainer.java b/modules/azure/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/azure/ServiceBusEmulatorContainer.java
index fd055a0d39b..4557b6acb6a 100644
--- a/modules/azure/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/azure/ServiceBusEmulatorContainer.java
+++ b/modules/azure/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/azure/ServiceBusEmulatorContainer.java
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package org.testcontainers.azure;
 
 import org.testcontainers.containers.GenericContainer;
-import org.testcontainers.containers.MSSQLServerContainer;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy.Wait;
 import org.testcontainers.images.builder.Transferable;
+import org.testcontainers.mssqlserver.MSSQLServerContainer;
 import org.testcontainers.utility.DockerImageName;
 import org.testcontainers.utility.LicenseAcceptance;
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class ServiceBusEmulatorContainer extends GenericContainer<ServiceBusEmul
         "mcr.microsoft.com/azure-messaging/servicebus-emulator"
     );
 
-    private MSSQLServerContainer<?> msSqlServerContainer;
+    private MSSQLServerContainer msSqlServerContainer;
 
     /**
      * @param dockerImageName The specified docker image name to run
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public ServiceBusEmulatorContainer(final DockerImageName dockerImageName) {
      * @param msSqlServerContainer The MS SQL Server container used by Service Bus as a dependency
      * @return this
      */
-    public ServiceBusEmulatorContainer withMsSqlServerContainer(final MSSQLServerContainer<?> msSqlServerContainer) {
+    public ServiceBusEmulatorContainer withMsSqlServerContainer(final MSSQLServerContainer msSqlServerContainer) {
         dependsOn(msSqlServerContainer);
         this.msSqlServerContainer = msSqlServerContainer;
         return this;
diff --git a/modules/azure/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/azure/ServiceBusEmulatorContainerTest.java b/modules/azure/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/azure/ServiceBusEmulatorContainerTest.java
index 6bf6ac80fae..83cd633c5a9 100644
--- a/modules/azure/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/azure/ServiceBusEmulatorContainerTest.java
+++ b/modules/azure/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/azure/ServiceBusEmulatorContainerTest.java
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Capability;
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.testcontainers.containers.MSSQLServerContainer;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.Network;
+import org.testcontainers.mssqlserver.MSSQLServerContainer;
 import org.testcontainers.utility.MountableFile;
 
 import java.util.List;
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ void testWithClient() {
             Network network = Network.newNetwork();
             // }
             // sqlContainer {
-            MSSQLServerContainer<?> mssqlServerContainer = new MSSQLServerContainer<>(
+            MSSQLServerContainer mssqlServerContainer = new MSSQLServerContainer(
                 "mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2022-CU14-ubuntu-22.04"
             )
                 .acceptLicense()