diff --git a/modules/couchbase/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/couchbase/CouchbaseContainerTest.java b/modules/couchbase/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/couchbase/CouchbaseContainerTest.java
index 6b56e9079d1..5acd49ffb4d 100644
--- a/modules/couchbase/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/couchbase/CouchbaseContainerTest.java
+++ b/modules/couchbase/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/couchbase/CouchbaseContainerTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.testcontainers.utility.DockerImageName;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ public void testBasicContainerUsage() {
         ) {
             setUpClient(container, cluster -> {
                 Bucket bucket = cluster.bucket(bucketDefinition.getName());
+                bucket.waitUntilReady(Duration.ofSeconds(10L));
+
                 Collection collection = bucket.defaultCollection();
 
                 collection.upsert("foo", JsonObject.create().put("key", "value"));
@@ -68,6 +71,8 @@ public void testBucketIsFlushableIfEnabled() {
         ) {
             setUpClient(container, cluster -> {
                 Bucket bucket = cluster.bucket(bucketDefinition.getName());
+                bucket.waitUntilReady(Duration.ofSeconds(10L));
+
                 Collection collection = bucket.defaultCollection();
 
                 collection.upsert("foo", JsonObject.create().put("key", "value"));