diff --git a/plugins/inputs/aerospike/aerospike_test.go b/plugins/inputs/aerospike/aerospike_test.go
index e0e6be444ce80..d80860a977dbf 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/aerospike/aerospike_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/aerospike/aerospike_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 const servicePort = "3000"
 
-func launchTestServer(t *testing.T) testutil.Container {
+func launchTestServer(t *testing.T) *testutil.Container {
 	container := testutil.Container{
 		Image:        "aerospike:ce-6.0.0.1",
 		ExposedPorts: []string{servicePort},
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func launchTestServer(t *testing.T) testutil.Container {
 	err := container.Start()
 	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to start container")
 
-	return container
+	return &container
 }
 
 func TestAerospikeStatisticsIntegration(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/cratedb/cratedb_test.go b/plugins/outputs/cratedb/cratedb_test.go
index 149a8722b90d8..8fe4d7ff715d0 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/cratedb/cratedb_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/cratedb/cratedb_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 
 const servicePort = "5432"
 
-func createTestContainer(t *testing.T) testutil.Container {
+func createTestContainer(t *testing.T) *testutil.Container {
 	container := testutil.Container{
 		Image:        "crate",
 		ExposedPorts: []string{servicePort},
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func createTestContainer(t *testing.T) testutil.Container {
 	err := container.Start()
 	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to start container")
 
-	return container
+	return &container
 }
 
 func TestConnectAndWriteIntegration(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/testutil/container.go b/testutil/container.go
index 8c6b7cccce000..936b66a44fc6e 100644
--- a/testutil/container.go
+++ b/testutil/container.go
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/wait"
 )
 
+type TestLogConsumer struct {
+	Msgs []string
+}
+
+func (g *TestLogConsumer) Accept(l testcontainers.Log) {
+	g.Msgs = append(g.Msgs, string(l.Content))
+}
+
 type Container struct {
 	BindMounts   map[string]string
 	Entrypoint   []string
@@ -25,6 +33,7 @@ type Container struct {
 
 	Address string
 	Ports   map[string]string
+	Logs    TestLogConsumer
 
 	container testcontainers.Container
 	ctx       context.Context
@@ -53,6 +62,15 @@ func (c *Container) Start() error {
 	}
 	c.container = container
 
+	c.Logs = TestLogConsumer{
+		Msgs: []string{},
+	}
+	c.container.FollowOutput(&c.Logs)
+	err = c.container.StartLogProducer(c.ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("log producer failed: %s", err)
+	}
+
 	c.Address = "localhost"
 
 	err = c.LookupMappedPorts()
@@ -96,11 +114,24 @@ func (c *Container) LookupMappedPorts() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (c *Container) PrintLogs() {
+	fmt.Println("--- Container Logs Start ---")
+	for _, msg := range c.Logs.Msgs {
+		fmt.Print(msg)
+	}
+	fmt.Println("--- Container Logs End ---")
+}
+
 func (c *Container) Terminate() error {
 	err := c.container.Terminate(c.ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to terminate the container: %s", err)
+		fmt.Printf("failed to terminate the container: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	// this needs to happen after the container is terminated otherwise there
+	// is a huge time penalty on the order of 50% increase in test time
+	_ = c.container.StopLogProducer()
+	c.PrintLogs()
+
+	return err
 }