diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 74d9785b..cf4aa738 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
           - build --all-features
           - build --no-default-features
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Get current MSRV from Cargo.toml
         id: current_msrv
         run: |
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
         with:
           toolchain: ${{steps.current_msrv.outputs.msrv}}
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2.5.0
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2.7.0
       - run: cargo ${{ matrix['cargo-cmd'] }}
 
   test:
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
           - test --all-features
           - test --no-default-features
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Enable Docker Remote API on Localhost
         shell: bash
         run: |
@@ -46,21 +46,21 @@ jobs:
           sudo systemctl daemon-reload
           sudo systemctl restart docker
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2.5.0
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2.7.0
       - run: cargo ${{ matrix['cargo-cmd'] }}
 
   style:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: dprint/check@v2.2
 
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.67
         with:
           components: clippy
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2.5.0
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2.7.0
       - run: cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index 206c1818..e9ada75c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ jobs:
   nightly-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         id: toolchain
         with:
           profile: minimal
           toolchain: nightly
           override: true
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2.5.0
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2.7.0
       - run: cargo test
   nightly-lints:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         id: toolchain
         with:
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ jobs:
           toolchain: nightly
           override: true
           components: clippy
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2.5.0
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2.7.0
       - run: cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-new-release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-new-release.yml
index 1a782c3c..4a31b12f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-new-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-new-release.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout merge commit
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.merge_commit_sha }}
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "::set-output name=version::$VERSION"
 
       - name: Create pull request for merging release-branch back into dev
-        uses: thomaseizinger/create-pull-request@1.3.0
+        uses: thomaseizinger/create-pull-request@1.3.1
         with:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           head: release/${{ steps.extract-version.outputs.version }}
diff --git a/testcontainers/src/clients/cli.rs b/testcontainers/src/clients/cli.rs
index 4cb2ca84..37e58d64 100644
--- a/testcontainers/src/clients/cli.rs
+++ b/testcontainers/src/clients/cli.rs
@@ -44,8 +44,13 @@ impl Cli {
         log::debug!("Executing command: {:?}", command);
 
         let output = command.output().expect("Failed to execute docker command");
+        if !output.status.success() {
+            let stdout = std::str::from_utf8(&output.stdout).unwrap_or("{not utf8}");
+            let stderr = std::str::from_utf8(&output.stderr).unwrap_or("{not utf8}");
+            log::error!("Failed to start container.\nContainer stdout: {stdout}\nContainer stderr: {stderr}");
+            panic!("Failed to start container, check log for details")
+        }
 
-        assert!(output.status.success(), "failed to start container");
         let container_id = String::from_utf8(output.stdout)
             .expect("output is not valid utf8")
             .trim()
diff --git a/testimages/Cargo.toml b/testimages/Cargo.toml
index 3da8ef54..c8ec4850 100644
--- a/testimages/Cargo.toml
+++ b/testimages/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.56"
-axum = { version = "0.5.1", features = [ "http2" ] }
+axum = { version = "0.6.20", features = [ "http2" ] }
 tokio = { version = "1.17.0", features = [ "full" ] }
 
 [build-dependencies]