diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/src/test/groovy/RemoteJDBCInstrumentationTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/src/test/groovy/RemoteJDBCInstrumentationTest.groovy
index 5c3c676ea37..f962dbf19e0 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/src/test/groovy/RemoteJDBCInstrumentationTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/src/test/groovy/RemoteJDBCInstrumentationTest.groovy
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ abstract class RemoteJDBCInstrumentationTest extends VersionedNamingTestBase {
 
   @Shared
   private Map<DbType, String> jdbcUrls = [
-    (POSTGRESQL): "jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/" + dbName.get(POSTGRESQL),
-    (MYSQL)     : "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/" + dbName.get(MYSQL),
-    (SQLSERVER) : "jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433/" + dbName.get(SQLSERVER),
-    (ORACLE)    : "jdbc:oracle:thin:@//localhost:1521/" + dbName.get(ORACLE),
+    (POSTGRESQL): "jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/${dbName.get(POSTGRESQL)}",
+    (MYSQL)     : "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/${dbName.get(MYSQL)}",
+    (SQLSERVER) : "jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433/${dbName.get(SQLSERVER)}",
+    (ORACLE)    : "jdbc:oracle:thin:@//localhost:1521/${dbName.get(ORACLE)}"
   ]
 
   @Shared
@@ -120,14 +120,14 @@ abstract class RemoteJDBCInstrumentationTest extends VersionedNamingTestBase {
       && architecture().isArm64())
   }
 
-  def peerConnectionProps(DbType db){
+  def peerConnectionProps(DbType db) {
     def props = new Properties()
     props.setProperty("user", jdbcUserNames.get(db))
     props.setProperty("password", jdbcPasswords.get(db))
     return props
   }
 
-  protected String getDbType(DbType dbType){
+  protected String getDbType(DbType dbType) {
     return dbType.toString()
   }
 
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ abstract class RemoteJDBCInstrumentationTest extends VersionedNamingTestBase {
     resultSet.next()
     resultSet.getInt(1) == 3
     def addDbmTag = dbmTraceInjected()
-    if (driver == SQLSERVER && addDbmTag){
+    if (driver == SQLSERVER && addDbmTag) {
       assertTraces(1) {
         trace(3) {
           basicSpan(it, "parent")
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ abstract class RemoteJDBCInstrumentationTest extends VersionedNamingTestBase {
               if (usingHikari) {
                 "$Tags.DB_POOL_NAME" String
               }
-              if (this.dbmTracePreparedStatements(driver)){
+              if (this.dbmTracePreparedStatements(driver)) {
                 "$InstrumentationTags.DBM_TRACE_INJECTED" true
                 if (driver == POSTGRESQL) {
                   "$InstrumentationTags.INSTRUMENTATION_TIME_MS" Long
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ abstract class RemoteJDBCInstrumentationTest extends VersionedNamingTestBase {
     resultSet.getInt(1) == 3
 
     def addDbmTag = dbmTraceInjected()
-    if (driver == SQLSERVER && addDbmTag){
+    if (driver == SQLSERVER && addDbmTag) {
       assertTraces(1) {
         trace(3) {
           basicSpan(it, "parent")
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ abstract class RemoteJDBCInstrumentationTest extends VersionedNamingTestBase {
               if (pool == "hikari") {
                 "$Tags.DB_POOL_NAME" String
               }
-              if (this.dbmTracePreparedStatements(driver)){
+              if (this.dbmTracePreparedStatements(driver)) {
                 "$InstrumentationTags.DBM_TRACE_INJECTED" true
                 if (driver == POSTGRESQL) {
                   "$InstrumentationTags.INSTRUMENTATION_TIME_MS" Long
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ abstract class RemoteJDBCInstrumentationTest extends VersionedNamingTestBase {
     resultSet.next()
     resultSet.getInt(1) == 3
     def addDbmTag = dbmTraceInjected()
-    if (driver == SQLSERVER && addDbmTag){
+    if (driver == SQLSERVER && addDbmTag) {
       assertTraces(1) {
         trace(3) {
           basicSpan(it, "parent")
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ abstract class RemoteJDBCInstrumentationTest extends VersionedNamingTestBase {
               if (pool == "hikari") {
                 "$Tags.DB_POOL_NAME" String
               }
-              if (this.dbmTracePreparedStatements(driver)){
+              if (this.dbmTracePreparedStatements(driver)) {
                 "$InstrumentationTags.DBM_TRACE_INJECTED" true
                 if (driver == POSTGRESQL) {
                   "$InstrumentationTags.INSTRUMENTATION_TIME_MS" Long
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ abstract class RemoteJDBCInstrumentationTest extends VersionedNamingTestBase {
 
     injectSysConfig("dd.dbm.propagation.mode", "full")
     CallableStatement proc = connection.prepareCall(query)
-    proc.setInt(1,1)
+    proc.setInt(1, 1)
     proc.registerOutParameter(1, Types.INTEGER)
     when:
     runUnderTrace("parent") {
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ class RemoteDBMTraceInjectedForkedTest extends RemoteJDBCInstrumentationTest {
   }
 
   @Override
-  protected boolean dbmTracePreparedStatements(DbType dbType){
+  protected boolean dbmTracePreparedStatements(DbType dbType) {
     return dbType == ORACLE
   }
 
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ class RemoteDBMTraceInjectedForkedTestTracePreparedStatements extends RemoteJDBC
   }
 
   @Override
-  protected boolean dbmTracePreparedStatements(DbType dbType){
+  protected boolean dbmTracePreparedStatements(DbType dbType) {
     return dbType == POSTGRESQL || dbType == ORACLE
   }
 }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/src/test/java/test/DataDogRegistryImageNameSubstitutor.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/src/test/java/test/DataDogRegistryImageNameSubstitutor.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8f7693f49d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/src/test/java/test/DataDogRegistryImageNameSubstitutor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package test;
+
+import org.testcontainers.utility.DockerImageName;
+import org.testcontainers.utility.ImageNameSubstitutor;
+
+/**
+ * A custom {@link ImageNameSubstitutor} implementation that rewrites Docker image names to use
+ * Datadog's internal registry {@code registry.ddbuild.io} when running in a CI environment.
+ *
+ * <p>Images from DockerHub already mirrored by {@code registry.ddbuild.io} via environment variable
+ * {@code TESTCONTAINERS_HUB_IMAGE_NAME_PREFIX}
+ *
+ * <p>For images from other repositories custom image name substitutor should be implemented.
+ * Internal registry is faster and not affected by rate limiting.
+ */
+public class DataDogRegistryImageNameSubstitutor extends ImageNameSubstitutor {
+  @Override
+  public DockerImageName apply(DockerImageName original) {
+    String name = original.asCanonicalNameString();
+
+    if (System.getenv("CI") != null) {
+      // For now, we need to mirror Microsoft SQL Server images only.
+      name =
+          name.replace(
+              "mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:", "registry.ddbuild.io/images/mirror/sqlserver:");
+    }
+
+    return DockerImageName.parse(name);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected String getDescription() {
+    return "Image name substitutor to load images from registry.ddbuild.io";
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/src/test/resources/testcontainers.properties b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/src/test/resources/testcontainers.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..03fb660c6d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/src/test/resources/testcontainers.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+image.substitutor=test.DataDogRegistryImageNameSubstitutor