diff --git a/test-infra/camel-test-infra-ibmmq/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/test/infra/ibmmq/common/ConnectionFactoryHelper.java b/test-infra/camel-test-infra-ibmmq/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/test/infra/ibmmq/common/ConnectionFactoryHelper.java
index 7b60bede61683..68f4840a7e40b 100644
--- a/test-infra/camel-test-infra-ibmmq/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/test/infra/ibmmq/common/ConnectionFactoryHelper.java
+++ b/test-infra/camel-test-infra-ibmmq/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/test/infra/ibmmq/common/ConnectionFactoryHelper.java
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ public static ConnectionFactory createConnectionFactory(String queueManager, Str
         factory.setChannel(channel);
         factory.setPort(port);
         factory.setTransportType(WMQConstants.WMQ_CM_CLIENT);
+        factory.setBooleanProperty(WMQConstants.USER_AUTHENTICATION_MQCSP, true);
+        factory.setStringProperty(WMQConstants.USERID, IbmMQProperties.DEFAULT_APP_USER);
+        factory.setStringProperty(WMQConstants.PASSWORD, IbmMQProperties.DEFAULT_APP_PASSWORD);
 
         return factory;
     }
diff --git a/test-infra/camel-test-infra-ibmmq/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/test/infra/ibmmq/common/IbmMQProperties.java b/test-infra/camel-test-infra-ibmmq/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/test/infra/ibmmq/common/IbmMQProperties.java
index 662c205784d93..dea7663a04d68 100644
--- a/test-infra/camel-test-infra-ibmmq/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/test/infra/ibmmq/common/IbmMQProperties.java
+++ b/test-infra/camel-test-infra-ibmmq/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/test/infra/ibmmq/common/IbmMQProperties.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ public class IbmMQProperties {
 
     public static final String DEFAULT_QMGR_NAME = "QM1";
     public static final String DEFAULT_CHANNEL = "DEV.APP.SVRCONN";
+    public static final String DEFAULT_APP_USER = "app";
+    public static final String DEFAULT_APP_PASSWORD = "passw0rd";
 
     private IbmMQProperties() {
 
diff --git a/test-infra/camel-test-infra-ibmmq/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/test/infra/ibmmq/services/IbmMQLocalContainerInfraService.java b/test-infra/camel-test-infra-ibmmq/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/test/infra/ibmmq/services/IbmMQLocalContainerInfraService.java
index dc52eff8bbd4d..00d15f111fc62 100644
--- a/test-infra/camel-test-infra-ibmmq/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/test/infra/ibmmq/services/IbmMQLocalContainerInfraService.java
+++ b/test-infra/camel-test-infra-ibmmq/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/test/infra/ibmmq/services/IbmMQLocalContainerInfraService.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public IbmMQContainer() {
                 withNetworkAliases(CONTAINER_NAME)
                         .withEnv("LICENSE", "accept")
                         .withEnv("MQ_QMGR_NAME", IbmMQProperties.DEFAULT_QMGR_NAME)
+                        .withEnv("MQ_APP_PASSWORD", IbmMQProperties.DEFAULT_APP_PASSWORD)
                         .withLogConsumer(new Slf4jLogConsumer(LOG))
                         .waitingFor(Wait.forLogMessage(
                                 ".*Queued Publish/Subscribe Daemon started for queue manager.*", 1));
diff --git a/test-infra/camel-test-infra-ibmmq/src/main/resources/org/apache/camel/test/infra/ibmmq/services/container.properties b/test-infra/camel-test-infra-ibmmq/src/main/resources/org/apache/camel/test/infra/ibmmq/services/container.properties
index 1cd5f79496232..82cae28895b2d 100644
--- a/test-infra/camel-test-infra-ibmmq/src/main/resources/org/apache/camel/test/infra/ibmmq/services/container.properties
+++ b/test-infra/camel-test-infra-ibmmq/src/main/resources/org/apache/camel/test/infra/ibmmq/services/container.properties
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@
 ## See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 ## limitations under the License.
 ## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-ibm.mq.container=icr.io/ibm-messaging/mq:9.3.2.0-r2
+ibm.mq.container=icr.io/ibm-messaging/mq:9.4.5.0-r1
 ibm.mq.container.version.exclude=amd64,arm64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64