diff --git a/test/conftest.py b/test/conftest.py
index 56cda49..0fef112 100644
--- a/test/conftest.py
+++ b/test/conftest.py
@@ -310,6 +310,9 @@ def get_nginx_conf_from_container(container: Container) -> bytes:
         return conffile.read()
 
 
+class DockerComposeException(Exception):
+    pass
+
 def __prepare_and_execute_compose_cmd(compose_files: List[str], project_name: str, cmd: str):
     """
     Prepare and execute the Docker Compose command with the provided compose files and project name.
@@ -325,7 +328,7 @@ def __prepare_and_execute_compose_cmd(compose_files: List[str], project_name: st
     try:
         subprocess.check_output(shlex.split(compose_cmd.getvalue()), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-        pytest.fail(f"Error while running '{compose_cmd.getvalue()}':\n{e.output}", pytrace=False)
+        raise DockerComposeException(f"Error while running '{compose_cmd.getvalue()}':\n{e.output}")
 
 
 def docker_compose_up(compose_files: List[str], project_name: str):
@@ -334,7 +337,14 @@ def docker_compose_up(compose_files: List[str], project_name: str):
     """
     if compose_files is None or len(compose_files) == 0:
         pytest.fail(f"No compose file passed to docker_compose_up", pytrace=False)
-    __prepare_and_execute_compose_cmd(compose_files, project_name, cmd="up --detach")
+    try:
+        __prepare_and_execute_compose_cmd(compose_files, project_name, cmd="up --detach")
+    except DockerComposeException as e:
+        try:
+            docker_compose_down(compose_files, project_name)
+        except:
+            pass
+        pytest.fail(str(e), pytrace=False)
 
 
 def docker_compose_down(compose_files: List[str], project_name: str):
@@ -616,5 +626,5 @@ try:
 except docker.errors.ImageNotFound:
     pytest.exit("The docker image 'nginxproxy/nginx-proxy:test' is missing")
 
-if Version(docker.__version__) < Version("7.0.0"):
-    pytest.exit("This test suite is meant to work with the python docker module v7.0.0 or later")
+if Version(docker.__version__) < Version("5.0.0"):
+    pytest.exit("This test suite is meant to work with the python docker module v5.0.0 or later")
diff --git a/test/test_custom/test_location-per-vhost.yml b/test/test_custom/test_location-per-vhost.yml
index dd46a21..676712c 100644
--- a/test/test_custom/test_location-per-vhost.yml
+++ b/test/test_custom/test_location-per-vhost.yml
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ services:
       - "83"
     environment:
       WEB_PORTS: "83"
-      VIRTUAL_HOST: ~^regex.*\.nginx-proxy\.example$
+      VIRTUAL_HOST: ~^regex.*\.nginx-proxy\.example$$
diff --git a/test/test_custom/test_per-vhost.yml b/test/test_custom/test_per-vhost.yml
index 8813d5e..3680358 100644
--- a/test/test_custom/test_per-vhost.yml
+++ b/test/test_custom/test_per-vhost.yml
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ services:
       - "83"
     environment:
       WEB_PORTS: "83"
-      VIRTUAL_HOST: ~^regex.*\.nginx-proxy\.example$
+      VIRTUAL_HOST: ~^regex.*\.nginx-proxy\.example$$
diff --git a/test/test_host-network-mode/test_proxy-host-network-mode.yml b/test/test_host-network-mode/test_proxy-host-network-mode.base.yml
similarity index 76%
rename from test/test_host-network-mode/test_proxy-host-network-mode.yml
rename to test/test_host-network-mode/test_proxy-host-network-mode.base.yml
index 283dcf5..1917d06 100644
--- a/test/test_host-network-mode/test_proxy-host-network-mode.yml
+++ b/test/test_host-network-mode/test_proxy-host-network-mode.base.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 services:
   nginx-proxy:
+    image: nginxproxy/nginx-proxy:test
+    container_name: nginx-proxy
+    volumes:
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock:ro
     environment:
       HTTP_PORT: 8888
     network_mode: host
diff --git a/test/test_htpasswd/test_htpasswd-regex-virtual-host.yml b/test/test_htpasswd/test_htpasswd-regex-virtual-host.yml
index b47236a..ba9d9ef 100644
--- a/test/test_htpasswd/test_htpasswd-regex-virtual-host.yml
+++ b/test/test_htpasswd/test_htpasswd-regex-virtual-host.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ services:
       - "80"
     environment:
       WEB_PORTS: "80"
-      VIRTUAL_HOST: ~^regex.*\.nginx-proxy\.example$
+      VIRTUAL_HOST: ~^regex.*\.nginx-proxy\.example$$
diff --git a/test/test_logs/test_log-disabled.yml b/test/test_logs/test_log-disabled.yml
index 9e116d7..14b8e8b 100644
--- a/test/test_logs/test_log-disabled.yml
+++ b/test/test_logs/test_log-disabled.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 services:
   nginx-proxy:
     environment:
-      DISABLE_ACCESS_LOGS: true
+      DISABLE_ACCESS_LOGS: "true"
 
   web1:
     image: web