diff --git a/modules/nats/go.mod b/modules/nats/go.mod
index 79b33a02eb..1fe5738511 100644
--- a/modules/nats/go.mod
+++ b/modules/nats/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/modules/nats
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.30.2
+	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.31.0
 	github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v0.26.0
 )
 
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/moby/sys/sequential v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/moby/term v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/morikuni/aec v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.9.23 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.5 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/modules/nats/go.sum b/modules/nats/go.sum
index 87c4c0339c..832f0043e9 100644
--- a/modules/nats/go.sum
+++ b/modules/nats/go.sum
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20211012122336-39d0f177ccd0 h1:6E+4a0GO5zZEnZ
 github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20211012122336-39d0f177ccd0/go.mod h1:zJYVVT2jmtg6P3p1VtQj7WsuWi/y4VnjVBn7F8KPB3I=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7 h1:IeQXZAiQcpL9mgcAe1Nu6cX9LLw6ExEHKjN0VQdvPDY=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7/go.mod h1:Dhd985XPs7jluiymwWYZ0G4Z61jb3vdS329zhj2hYo0=
-github.com/minio/highwayhash v1.0.2 h1:Aak5U0nElisjDCfPSG79Tgzkn2gl66NxOMspRrKnA/g=
 github.com/moby/patternmatcher v0.6.0 h1:GmP9lR19aU5GqSSFko+5pRqHi+Ohk1O69aFiKkVGiPk=
 github.com/moby/patternmatcher v0.6.0/go.mod h1:hDPoyOpDY7OrrMDLaYoY3hf52gNCR/YOUYxkhApJIxc=
 github.com/moby/sys/sequential v0.5.0 h1:OPvI35Lzn9K04PBbCLW0g4LcFAJgHsvXsRyewg5lXtc=
@@ -58,11 +57,8 @@ github.com/moby/term v0.5.0 h1:xt8Q1nalod/v7BqbG21f8mQPqH+xAaC9C3N3wfWbVP0=
 github.com/moby/term v0.5.0/go.mod h1:8FzsFHVUBGZdbDsJw/ot+X+d5HLUbvklYLJ9uGfcI3Y=
 github.com/morikuni/aec v1.0.0 h1:nP9CBfwrvYnBRgY6qfDQkygYDmYwOilePFkwzv4dU8A=
 github.com/morikuni/aec v1.0.0/go.mod h1:BbKIizmSmc5MMPqRYbxO4ZU0S0+P200+tUnFx7PXmsc=
-github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.5.0 h1:WQQ40AAlqqfx+f6ku+i0pOVm+ASirD4fUh+oQsiE9Ak=
-github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.9.23 h1:6Wj6H6QpP9FMlpCyWUaNu2yeZ/qGj+mdRkZ1wbikExU=
-github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.9.23/go.mod h1:wEjrEy9vnqIGE4Pqz4/c75v9Pmaq7My2IgFmnykc4C0=
-github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.30.2 h1:aloM0TGpPorZKQhbAkdCzYDj+ZmsJDyeo3Gkbr72NuY=
-github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.30.2/go.mod h1:dcfhUgmQNN4GJEfIb2f9R7Fow+gzBF4emzDHrVBd5qM=
+github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.31.0 h1:/WFBHEc/dOKBF6qf1TZhrdEfTmOZ5JzdJ+Y3m6Y/p7E=
+github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.31.0/go.mod h1:di3Bm5MLsoB4Bx61CBTsxuarI36WbhAwOm8QrW39+i8=
 github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.5 h1:Zdz2BUlFm4fJlierwvGK+yl20IAKUm7eV6AAZXEhkPk=
 github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.5/go.mod h1:XUkxdLPTufzlihbamfzQ7mw/VGx6ObUs+0bN5sNvt64=
 github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 h1:5iA8DT8V7q8WK2EScv2padNa/rTESc1KdnPw4TC2paw=