diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d20d832ad4..f4880bc9f9 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ subprojects {
         // neo4jDockerImage system property is used in TestContainerUtil
         systemProperties 'user.language' : 'en' ,
                 'user.country ' : 'US',
-                'neo4jDockerImage' : System.getProperty("NEO4JVERSION") ? 'neo4j:' + System.getProperty("NEO4JVERSION") + '-enterprise' : 'neo4j:4.3.3-enterprise',
-                'neo4jCommunityDockerImage': System.getProperty("NEO4JVERSION") ? 'neo4j:' + System.getProperty("NEO4JVERSION") : 'neo4j:4.3.3'
+                'neo4jDockerImage' : System.getProperty("NEO4JVERSION") ? 'neo4j:' + System.getProperty("NEO4JVERSION") + '-enterprise' : 'neo4j:4.3-enterprise',
+                'neo4jCommunityDockerImage': System.getProperty("NEO4JVERSION") ? 'neo4j:' + System.getProperty("NEO4JVERSION") : 'neo4j:4.3'
 
         maxHeapSize = "8G"
         forkEvery = 50
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ subprojects {
 
 ext {
     // NB: due to version.json generation by parsing this file, the next line must not have any if/then/else logic
-    neo4jVersion = "4.3.8"
+    neo4jVersion = "4.3.12"
     // instead we apply the override logic here
     neo4jVersionEffective = project.hasProperty("neo4jVersionOverride") ? project.getProperty("neo4jVersionOverride") : neo4jVersion
     testContainersVersion = '1.15.1'
diff --git a/test-utils/src/main/java/apoc/util/TestContainerUtil.java b/test-utils/src/main/java/apoc/util/TestContainerUtil.java
index ccf45d19c4..7627529f29 100644
--- a/test-utils/src/main/java/apoc/util/TestContainerUtil.java
+++ b/test-utils/src/main/java/apoc/util/TestContainerUtil.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public static Neo4jContainerExtension createEnterpriseDB(File baseDir, boolean w
         importFolder.mkdirs();
 
         // read neo4j version from build.gradle and use this as default
-        String neo4jDockerImageVersion = System.getProperty("neo4jDockerImage", "neo4j:4.3.3-enterprise");
+        String neo4jDockerImageVersion = System.getProperty("neo4jDockerImage", "neo4j:4.3-enterprise");
 
         // use a separate folder for mounting plugins jar - build/libs might contain other jars as well.
         File pluginsFolder = new File(baseDir, "build/plugins");
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public static Neo4jContainerExtension createEnterpriseDB(File baseDir, boolean w
                 .withFileSystemBind(canonicalPath, "/var/lib/neo4j/import") // map the "target/import" dir as the Neo4j's import dir
                 .withEnv("NEO4J_ACCEPT_LICENSE_AGREEMENT", "yes")
 //                .withDebugger()  // uncomment this line for remote debbuging inside docker's neo4j instance
-                .withCreateContainerCmdModifier(cmd -> cmd.withMemory(1024 * 1024 * 1024l))
+                .withCreateContainerCmdModifier(cmd -> cmd.withMemory(2024 * 1024 * 1024l))
 
                 // set uid if possible - export tests do write to "/import"
                 .withCreateContainerCmdModifier(cmd -> {