diff --git a/buildtools/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/tests/ThreadLeakDetectorListener.java b/buildtools/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/tests/ThreadLeakDetectorListener.java
index 12c60d4f6377a..02103f259760a 100644
--- a/buildtools/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/tests/ThreadLeakDetectorListener.java
+++ b/buildtools/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/tests/ThreadLeakDetectorListener.java
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ private static boolean shouldSkipThread(Thread thread) {
         if (thread instanceof ForkJoinWorkerThread) {
             return true;
         }
+        // skip Testcontainers threads
+        if (thread.getThreadGroup() != null && "testcontainers".equals(thread.getThreadGroup().getName())) {
+            return true;
+        }
         String threadName = thread.getName();
         if (threadName != null) {
             // skip ClientTestFixtures.SCHEDULER threads
@@ -189,6 +193,14 @@ private static boolean shouldSkipThread(Thread thread) {
             if (threadName.equals("OkHttp TaskRunner")) {
                 return true;
             }
+            // skip JNA background thread
+            if (threadName.equals("JNA Cleaner")) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            // skip org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.DefaultSessionManager thread pool
+            if (threadName.equals("Grizzly-HttpSession-Expirer")) {
+                return true;
+            }
         }
         return false;
     }