diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/ParsedDockerComposeFile.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/ParsedDockerComposeFile.java
index 2d3104af6b1..8dc95f470f8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/ParsedDockerComposeFile.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/ParsedDockerComposeFile.java
@@ -130,13 +130,12 @@ private void parseAndValidate() {
     }
 
     private void validateNoContainerNameSpecified(String serviceName, Map<String, ?> serviceDefinitionMap) {
-        if (serviceDefinitionMap.containsKey("container_name")) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException(
-                String.format(
-                    "Compose file %s has 'container_name' property set for service '%s' but this property is not supported by Testcontainers, consider removing it",
-                    composeFileName,
-                    serviceName
-                )
+        if (serviceDefinitionMap.remove("container_name") != null) {
+            log.warn(
+                "Compose file {} has 'container_name' property set for service '{}'. " +
+                "This property is not supported by Testcontainers and will be ignored.",
+                composeFileName,
+                serviceName
             );
         }
     }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/ParsedDockerComposeFileValidationTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/ParsedDockerComposeFileValidationTest.java
index 36126df6a38..14f1df2e529 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/ParsedDockerComposeFileValidationTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/ParsedDockerComposeFileValidationTest.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatNoException;
@@ -22,36 +23,37 @@ class ParsedDockerComposeFileValidationTest {
     public Path temporaryFolder;
 
     @Test
-    void shouldValidate() {
+    void shouldIgnoreContainerNameV1() {
         File file = new File("src/test/resources/docker-compose-container-name-v1.yml");
-        assertThatThrownBy(() -> {
+        assertThatNoException()
+            .isThrownBy(() -> {
                 new ParsedDockerComposeFile(file);
-            })
-            .hasMessageContaining(file.getAbsolutePath())
-            .hasMessageContaining("'container_name' property set for service 'redis'");
+            });
     }
 
     @Test
-    void shouldRejectContainerNameV1() {
-        assertThatThrownBy(() -> {
-                new ParsedDockerComposeFile(ImmutableMap.of("redis", ImmutableMap.of("container_name", "redis")));
-            })
-            .hasMessageContaining("'container_name' property set for service 'redis'");
+    void shouldIgnoreContainerNameInMapV1() {
+        assertThatNoException()
+            .isThrownBy(() -> {
+                new ParsedDockerComposeFile(
+                    ImmutableMap.of("redis", new HashMap<>(ImmutableMap.of("container_name", "redis")))
+                );
+            });
     }
 
     @Test
-    void shouldRejectContainerNameV2() {
-        assertThatThrownBy(() -> {
+    void shouldIgnoreContainerNameV2() {
+        assertThatNoException()
+            .isThrownBy(() -> {
                 new ParsedDockerComposeFile(
                     ImmutableMap.of(
                         "version",
                         "2",
                         "services",
-                        ImmutableMap.of("redis", ImmutableMap.of("container_name", "redis"))
+                        ImmutableMap.of("redis", new HashMap<>(ImmutableMap.of("container_name", "redis")))
                     )
                 );
-            })
-            .hasMessageContaining("'container_name' property set for service 'redis'");
+            });
     }
 
     @Test