diff --git a/debezium-testing/debezium-testing-system/src/main/java/io/debezium/testing/system/tools/databases/sqlserver/DockerSqlServerController.java b/debezium-testing/debezium-testing-system/src/main/java/io/debezium/testing/system/tools/databases/sqlserver/DockerSqlServerController.java
index 62e31ed0b..4fd8ea3e5 100644
--- a/debezium-testing/debezium-testing-system/src/main/java/io/debezium/testing/system/tools/databases/sqlserver/DockerSqlServerController.java
+++ b/debezium-testing/debezium-testing-system/src/main/java/io/debezium/testing/system/tools/databases/sqlserver/DockerSqlServerController.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public void initialize() throws InterruptedException {
         try {
             container.copyFileToContainer(Transferable.of(Files.readAllBytes(initScript)), DB_INIT_SCRIPT_PATH_CONTAINER);
             container.execInContainer(
-                    "/opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd", "-U", "sa", "-P", DATABASE_SQLSERVER_SA_PASSWORD, "-i", DB_INIT_SCRIPT_PATH_CONTAINER);
+                    "/opt/mssql-tools18/bin/sqlcmd", "-U", "sa", "-P", DATABASE_SQLSERVER_SA_PASSWORD, "-i", DB_INIT_SCRIPT_PATH_CONTAINER, "-C", "-N", "o");
         }
         catch (IOException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
diff --git a/debezium-testing/debezium-testing-system/src/main/java/io/debezium/testing/system/tools/databases/sqlserver/OcpSqlServerController.java b/debezium-testing/debezium-testing-system/src/main/java/io/debezium/testing/system/tools/databases/sqlserver/OcpSqlServerController.java
index 3dd941f41..dd9c33ed2 100644
--- a/debezium-testing/debezium-testing-system/src/main/java/io/debezium/testing/system/tools/databases/sqlserver/OcpSqlServerController.java
+++ b/debezium-testing/debezium-testing-system/src/main/java/io/debezium/testing/system/tools/databases/sqlserver/OcpSqlServerController.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public void initialize() throws InterruptedException {
         ocp.pods().inNamespace(project).withName(pod.getMetadata().getName())
                 .file(DB_INIT_SCRIPT_PATH_CONTAINER)
                 .upload(initScript);
-        ocpUtils.executeCommand(deployment, project, true, "/opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd", "-U", "sa", "-P", DATABASE_SQLSERVER_SA_PASSWORD, "-i",
-                DB_INIT_SCRIPT_PATH_CONTAINER);
+        ocpUtils.executeCommand(deployment, project, true, "/opt/mssql-tools18/bin/sqlcmd", "-U", "sa", "-P", DATABASE_SQLSERVER_SA_PASSWORD, "-i",
+                DB_INIT_SCRIPT_PATH_CONTAINER, "-C", "-N", "o");
     }
 }