diff --git a/parent-pom/pom.xml b/parent-pom/pom.xml
index 0d86675a5..857feae3f 100644
--- a/parent-pom/pom.xml
+++ b/parent-pom/pom.xml
@@ -1138,6 +1138,12 @@
                 <version>${version.testcontainers}</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jdbc</artifactId>
+                <version>${version.testcontainers}</version>
+                <scope>test</scope>
+            </dependency>
 
             <!-- graphQL -->
             <dependency>
@@ -1336,6 +1342,7 @@
                     <artifactId>git-commit-id-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>${version.maven.git}</version>
                     <configuration>
+                        <offline>true</offline>
                         <generateGitPropertiesFile>true</generateGitPropertiesFile>
                         <generateGitPropertiesFilename>
                             ${project.build.outputDirectory}/${project.groupId}/${project.artifactId}.git.properties
diff --git a/testing/pom.xml b/testing/pom.xml
index 47968710c..1218677fc 100644
--- a/testing/pom.xml
+++ b/testing/pom.xml
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jdbc</artifactId>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
diff --git a/testing/src/main/kotlin/com/trib3/testing/db/DAOTestBase.kt b/testing/src/main/kotlin/com/trib3/testing/db/DAOTestBase.kt
index 44f6c2857..c647ff273 100644
--- a/testing/src/main/kotlin/com/trib3/testing/db/DAOTestBase.kt
+++ b/testing/src/main/kotlin/com/trib3/testing/db/DAOTestBase.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import org.flywaydb.core.api.configuration.FluentConfiguration
 import org.jooq.DSLContext
 import org.jooq.SQLDialect
 import org.jooq.impl.DSL
+import org.testcontainers.containers.JdbcDatabaseContainer
 import org.testcontainers.containers.PostgreSQLContainer
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ import javax.sql.DataSource
 open class DAOTestBase {
     lateinit var dataSource: DataSource
     lateinit var ctx: DSLContext
-    private lateinit var postgres: PostgreSQLContainer<Nothing>
+    private lateinit var database: JdbcDatabaseContainer<*>
     private var inited: Boolean = false
 
     /**
@@ -30,6 +31,22 @@ open class DAOTestBase {
         return Flyway.configure().dataSource(dataSource)
     }
 
+    /**
+     * By default create a postgres container, but subclasses
+     * can override for other implementations
+     */
+    open fun getDatabaseContainer(): JdbcDatabaseContainer<*> {
+        return PostgreSQLContainer("postgres:13.4")
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * By default configure a POSTGRES dialect, but subclasses
+     * can override for other dialects
+     */
+    open fun getJooqDialect(): SQLDialect {
+        return SQLDialect.POSTGRES
+    }
+
     /**
      * By default configure autoCommit to false since
      * we do so in DbConfig, and don't want DAO tests
@@ -44,22 +61,22 @@ open class DAOTestBase {
     open fun setUp() {
         if (!inited) {
             inited = true
-            postgres = PostgreSQLContainer("postgres:13.4")
-            postgres.start()
+            database = getDatabaseContainer()
+            database.start()
             dataSource = HikariDataSource().apply {
-                jdbcUrl = postgres.jdbcUrl
-                username = postgres.username
-                password = postgres.password
+                jdbcUrl = database.jdbcUrl
+                username = database.username
+                password = database.password
                 configureDataSource(this)
             }
-            ctx = DSL.using(dataSource, SQLDialect.POSTGRES)
+            ctx = DSL.using(dataSource, getJooqDialect())
             getFlywayConfiguration().load().migrate()
         }
     }
 
     @AfterClass
     open fun tearDown() {
-        postgres.stop()
+        database.stop()
         (dataSource as HikariDataSource).close()
     }
 }