diff --git a/testcontainers-dapr/pom.xml b/testcontainers-dapr/pom.xml
index 3df408512..342ad876f 100644
--- a/testcontainers-dapr/pom.xml
+++ b/testcontainers-dapr/pom.xml
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@
             <version>${wiremock.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
-            <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
-            <version>5.4.0</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/testcontainers-dapr/src/test/java/io/dapr/testcontainers/DaprContainerTest.java b/testcontainers-dapr/src/test/java/io/dapr/testcontainers/DaprContainerTest.java
index 3b63fdfb3..9455b2b65 100644
--- a/testcontainers-dapr/src/test/java/io/dapr/testcontainers/DaprContainerTest.java
+++ b/testcontainers-dapr/src/test/java/io/dapr/testcontainers/DaprContainerTest.java
@@ -18,13 +18,16 @@
 import io.dapr.client.DaprClientBuilder;
 import io.dapr.client.domain.Metadata;
 import io.dapr.client.domain.State;
-import io.restassured.RestAssured;
-import io.restassured.path.json.JsonPath;
+
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
+import okhttp3.Request;
+import okhttp3.Response;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.testcontainers.Testcontainers;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.aResponse;
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ public static void setDaprProperties() {
   }
 
   private static void configStub() {
+
     stubFor(any(urlMatching("/dapr/subscribe"))
         .willReturn(aResponse().withBody("[]").withStatus(200)));
 
@@ -125,12 +129,20 @@ public void testPlacement() throws Exception {
       client.waitForSidecar(5000).block();
     }
 
-    RestAssured.baseURI = "http://" + daprContainer.getHost() + ":" + daprContainer.getMappedPort(3500);
-    JsonPath response = RestAssured.given().get("/v1.0/metadata").jsonPath();
-    String actorRuntimePlacement = response.getString("actorRuntime.placement");
-    boolean isPlacementConnected = actorRuntimePlacement.contentEquals("placement: connected");
+    OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient.Builder().build();
+
+    String url = "http://" + daprContainer.getHost() + ":" + daprContainer.getMappedPort(3500);
+    Request request = new Request.Builder().url(url + "/v1.0/metadata").build();
+
+    try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
+      if (response.isSuccessful()) {
+        assertTrue(response.body().string().contains("placement: connected"));
+
+      } else {
+        throw new IOException("Unexpected response: " + response.code());
+      }
+    }
 
-    assertTrue(isPlacementConnected);
   }
 
   @Test