diff --git a/src/Testcontainers.CosmosDb/CosmosDbBuilder.cs b/src/Testcontainers.CosmosDb/CosmosDbBuilder.cs
index bde981f22..0dca5d28d 100644
--- a/src/Testcontainers.CosmosDb/CosmosDbBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Testcontainers.CosmosDb/CosmosDbBuilder.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace Testcontainers.CosmosDb;
 [PublicAPI]
 public sealed class CosmosDbBuilder : ContainerBuilder<CosmosDbBuilder, CosmosDbContainer, CosmosDbConfiguration>
 {
-    public const string CosmosDbImage = "mcr.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/linux/azure-cosmos-emulator:latest";
+    public const string CosmosDbImage = "mcr.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/linux/azure-cosmos-emulator:vnext-preview";
 
     public const ushort CosmosDbPort = 8081;
 
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ protected override CosmosDbBuilder Init()
     {
         return base.Init()
             .WithImage(CosmosDbImage)
+            .WithEnvironment("ENABLE_EXPLORER", "false")
             .WithPortBinding(CosmosDbPort, true)
             .WithWaitStrategy(Wait.ForUnixContainer().AddCustomWaitStrategy(new WaitUntil()));
     }
@@ -73,25 +74,24 @@ private sealed class WaitUntil : IWaitUntil
         public async Task<bool> UntilAsync(IContainer container)
         {
             // CosmosDB's preconfigured HTTP client will redirect the request to the container.
-            const string requestUri = "https://localhost/_explorer/emulator.pem";
+            const string REQUEST_URI = "http://localhost";
 
-            var httpClient = ((CosmosDbContainer)container).HttpClient;
+            using var httpClient = ((CosmosDbContainer)container).HttpClient;
 
             try
             {
-                using var httpResponse = await httpClient.GetAsync(requestUri)
+                using var httpResponse = await httpClient.GetAsync(REQUEST_URI)
                     .ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-                return httpResponse.IsSuccessStatusCode;
-            }
-            catch (Exception)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                httpClient.Dispose();
+                if (httpResponse.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+                {
+                    await Task.Delay(2_000);
+                    return true;
+                }
             }
+            catch { }
+
+            return false;
         }
     }
-}
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+}
diff --git a/src/Testcontainers.CosmosDb/CosmosDbContainer.cs b/src/Testcontainers.CosmosDb/CosmosDbContainer.cs
index b7b0a57d7..36946d4af 100644
--- a/src/Testcontainers.CosmosDb/CosmosDbContainer.cs
+++ b/src/Testcontainers.CosmosDb/CosmosDbContainer.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public CosmosDbContainer(CosmosDbConfiguration configuration)
     public string GetConnectionString()
     {
         var properties = new Dictionary<string, string>();
-        properties.Add("AccountEndpoint", new UriBuilder(Uri.UriSchemeHttps, Hostname, GetMappedPublicPort(CosmosDbBuilder.CosmosDbPort)).ToString());
+        properties.Add("AccountEndpoint", new UriBuilder(Uri.UriSchemeHttp, Hostname, GetMappedPublicPort(CosmosDbBuilder.CosmosDbPort)).ToString());
         properties.Add("AccountKey", CosmosDbBuilder.DefaultAccountKey);
         return string.Join(";", properties.Select(property => string.Join("=", property.Key, property.Value)));
     }
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ private sealed class UriRewriter : DelegatingHandler
         /// <param name="hostname">The target hostname.</param>
         /// <param name="port">The target port.</param>
         public UriRewriter(string hostname, ushort port)
-            : base(new HttpClientHandler { ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = (_, _, _, _) => true })
+            : base(new HttpClientHandler())
         {
             _hostname = hostname;
             _port = port;
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ public UriRewriter(string hostname, ushort port)
         /// <inheritdoc />
         protected override Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            request.RequestUri = new UriBuilder(Uri.UriSchemeHttps, _hostname, _port, request.RequestUri.PathAndQuery).Uri;
+            request.RequestUri = new UriBuilder(Uri.UriSchemeHttp, _hostname, _port, request.RequestUri.PathAndQuery).Uri;
             return base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
         }
     }
-}
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+}
diff --git a/src/Testcontainers.CosmosDb/Testcontainers.CosmosDb.csproj b/src/Testcontainers.CosmosDb/Testcontainers.CosmosDb.csproj
index 9a25b9c4d..7abec513c 100644
--- a/src/Testcontainers.CosmosDb/Testcontainers.CosmosDb.csproj
+++ b/src/Testcontainers.CosmosDb/Testcontainers.CosmosDb.csproj
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
     <ItemGroup>
         <ProjectReference Include="../Testcontainers/Testcontainers.csproj"/>
     </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/tests/Testcontainers.CosmosDb.Tests/CosmosDbContainerTest.cs b/tests/Testcontainers.CosmosDb.Tests/CosmosDbContainerTest.cs
index 16ee4f4ee..dd16ff265 100644
--- a/tests/Testcontainers.CosmosDb.Tests/CosmosDbContainerTest.cs
+++ b/tests/Testcontainers.CosmosDb.Tests/CosmosDbContainerTest.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-namespace Testcontainers.CosmosDb;
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace Testcontainers.CosmosDb.Tests;
 
 public sealed class CosmosDbContainerTest : IAsyncLifetime
 {
@@ -14,24 +17,71 @@ public Task DisposeAsync()
         return _cosmosDbContainer.DisposeAsync().AsTask();
     }
 
-    [Fact(Skip = "The Cosmos DB Linux Emulator Docker image does not run on Microsoft's CI environment (GitHub, Azure DevOps).")] // https://github.com/Azure/azure-cosmos-db-emulator-docker/issues/45.
+    [Fact]
+    [Trait(nameof(DockerCli.DockerPlatform), nameof(DockerCli.DockerPlatform.Linux))]
+    public async Task CreateDatabaseAndContainerSuccessful()
+    {
+        // Given
+        using var cosmosClient = new CosmosClient(
+            _cosmosDbContainer.GetConnectionString(),
+            new()
+            {
+                ConnectionMode = ConnectionMode.Gateway,
+                HttpClientFactory = () => _cosmosDbContainer.HttpClient
+            });
+
+
+        // When
+        var database = (await cosmosClient.CreateDatabaseIfNotExistsAsync("fakedb")).Database;
+        await database.CreateContainerIfNotExistsAsync("fakecontainer", "/id");
+        var databaseProperties = (await cosmosClient.GetDatabaseQueryIterator<DatabaseProperties>().ReadNextAsync()).First();
+
+
+        // Then
+        Assert.Equal("fakedb", databaseProperties.Id);
+    }
+
+
+    [Fact]
     [Trait(nameof(DockerCli.DockerPlatform), nameof(DockerCli.DockerPlatform.Linux))]
-    public async Task AccountPropertiesIdReturnsLocalhost()
+    public async Task RetrieveItemCreated()
     {
         // Given
-        using var httpClient = _cosmosDbContainer.HttpClient;
+        using var cosmosClient = new CosmosClient(
+            _cosmosDbContainer.GetConnectionString(),
+            new()
+            {
+                ConnectionMode = ConnectionMode.Gateway,
+                HttpClientFactory = () => _cosmosDbContainer.HttpClient
+            });
 
-        var cosmosClientOptions = new CosmosClientOptions();
-        cosmosClientOptions.ConnectionMode = ConnectionMode.Gateway;
-        cosmosClientOptions.HttpClientFactory = () => httpClient;
+        var database = (await cosmosClient.CreateDatabaseIfNotExistsAsync("dbfake")).Database;
+        await database.CreateContainerIfNotExistsAsync("containerfake", "/id");
+        var container = database.GetContainer("containerfake");
+
+        var id = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
+        var name = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
 
-        using var cosmosClient = new CosmosClient(_cosmosDbContainer.GetConnectionString(), cosmosClientOptions);
 
         // When
-        var accountProperties = await cosmosClient.ReadAccountAsync()
-            .ConfigureAwait(true);
+        var response = await container.CreateItemAsync(
+            new FakeItem { id = id, Name = name },
+            new PartitionKey(id));
+
+        var itemResponse = await container.ReadItemAsync<FakeItem>(
+            id,
+            new PartitionKey(id));
+
 
         // Then
-        Assert.Equal("localhost", accountProperties.Id);
+        Assert.Equal(id, itemResponse.Resource.id);
+        Assert.Equal(name, itemResponse.Resource.Name);
+    }
+
+
+    private class FakeItem
+    {
+        public string id { get; set; }
+        public string Name { get; set; }
     }
-}
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+}