diff --git a/src/Testcontainers/Clients/DockerApiClient.cs b/src/Testcontainers/Clients/DockerApiClient.cs
index f0436a287..927bb397a 100644
--- a/src/Testcontainers/Clients/DockerApiClient.cs
+++ b/src/Testcontainers/Clients/DockerApiClient.cs
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ await RuntimeInitialized.WaitAsync(ct)
         }
         Logger.LogInformation("{RuntimeInfo}", runtimeInfo);
       }
-      catch(Exception e)
+      catch (Exception e)
       {
         Logger.LogError(e, "Failed to retrieve Docker container runtime information");
       }
diff --git a/src/Testcontainers/Clients/TestcontainersClient.cs b/src/Testcontainers/Clients/TestcontainersClient.cs
index cf93eac58..c7ddeb8ca 100644
--- a/src/Testcontainers/Clients/TestcontainersClient.cs
+++ b/src/Testcontainers/Clients/TestcontainersClient.cs
@@ -311,7 +311,9 @@ public async Task<string> RunAsync(IContainerConfiguration configuration, Cancel
     {
       ImageInspectResponse cachedImage;
 
-      if (TestcontainersSettings.ResourceReaperEnabled && ResourceReaper.DefaultSessionId.Equals(configuration.SessionId))
+      if (TestcontainersSettings.ResourceReaperEnabled
+          && ResourceReaper.IsUnavailable
+          && ResourceReaper.DefaultSessionId.Equals(configuration.SessionId))
       {
         var isWindowsEngineEnabled = await System.GetIsWindowsEngineEnabled(ct)
           .ConfigureAwait(false);
diff --git a/src/Testcontainers/Containers/ResourceReaper.cs b/src/Testcontainers/Containers/ResourceReaper.cs
index 70d672871..6e7a32bb5 100644
--- a/src/Testcontainers/Containers/ResourceReaper.cs
+++ b/src/Testcontainers/Containers/ResourceReaper.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public sealed class ResourceReaper : IAsyncDisposable
     /// </summary>
     private const int RetryTimeoutInSeconds = 2;
 
-    private static readonly IImage RyukImage = new DockerImage("testcontainers/ryuk:0.12.0");
+    private static readonly IImage RyukImage = new DockerImage("testcontainers/ryuk:0.14.0");
 
     private static readonly SemaphoreSlim DefaultLock = new SemaphoreSlim(1, 1);
 
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ private ResourceReaper(Guid sessionId, IDockerEndpointAuthenticationConfiguratio
     public static Guid DefaultSessionId { get; }
       = Guid.NewGuid();
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets a value indicating whether the default <see cref="ResourceReaper" /> instance is running and available.
+    /// </summary>
+    [PublicAPI]
+    public static bool IsUnavailable
+      => _defaultInstance == null || _defaultInstance._disposed;
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the <see cref="ResourceReaper" /> session id.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/tests/Testcontainers.Commons/CommonImages.cs b/tests/Testcontainers.Commons/CommonImages.cs
index 6d3eccf36..1bedca952 100644
--- a/tests/Testcontainers.Commons/CommonImages.cs
+++ b/tests/Testcontainers.Commons/CommonImages.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ namespace DotNet.Testcontainers.Commons;
 [PublicAPI]
 public static class CommonImages
 {
-    public static readonly IImage Ryuk = new DockerImage("testcontainers/ryuk:0.12.0");
+    public static readonly IImage Ryuk = new DockerImage("testcontainers/ryuk:0.14.0");
 
     public static readonly IImage HelloWorld = new DockerImage("testcontainers/helloworld:1.2.0");