diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 367d0e2..52629bf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [[1.0.2]](https://github.com/iExecBlockchainComputing/iexec-commons-containers/releases/tag/v1.0.2) 2023-04-13
+
+### Bug Fixes
+- Remove unused `@Tag` annotations in tests. (#8)
+- Remove `WaitUtils` usage. (#9)
+### Dependency Upgrades
+- Upgrade to `iexec-common` 8.0.0. (#9)
+
 ## [[1.0.1]](https://github.com/iExecBlockchainComputing/iexec-commons-containers/releases/tag/v1.0.1) 2023-03-16
 
 - Add `settings.gradle` file to set correct project name for SonarCloud analyses. (#5)
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 6d75b86..e3dc46d 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-version=1.0.1
-iexecCommonVersion=7.0.0
+version=1.0.2
+iexecCommonVersion=8.0.0
 
 nexusUser
 nexusPassword
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/iexec/commons/containers/client/DockerClientInstance.java b/src/main/java/com/iexec/commons/containers/client/DockerClientInstance.java
index 348bb81..543aa7c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/iexec/commons/containers/client/DockerClientInstance.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/iexec/commons/containers/client/DockerClientInstance.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import com.github.dockerjava.transport.DockerHttpClient;
 import com.github.dockerjava.zerodep.ZerodepDockerHttpClient;
 import com.iexec.common.utils.ArgsUtils;
-import com.iexec.common.utils.WaitUtils;
 import com.iexec.commons.containers.DockerLogs;
 import com.iexec.commons.containers.DockerRunFinalStatus;
 import com.iexec.commons.containers.DockerRunRequest;
@@ -688,7 +687,12 @@ public int waitContainerUntilExitOrTimeout(
             if (seconds % 60 == 0) { // don't display logs too often
                 log.info("Container is running [name:{}]", containerName);
             }
-            WaitUtils.sleep(1);
+            try {
+                TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(1);
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                log.error("Sleep was interrupted [exception:{}]", e.getMessage());
+                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+            }
             isExited = getContainerStatus(containerName).equals(EXITED_STATUS);
             isTimeout = Instant.now().isAfter(timeoutDate);
             seconds++;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/iexec/commons/containers/client/DockerClientFactoryTests.java b/src/test/java/com/iexec/commons/containers/client/DockerClientFactoryTests.java
index 480cd75..1f3d428 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/iexec/commons/containers/client/DockerClientFactoryTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/iexec/commons/containers/client/DockerClientFactoryTests.java
@@ -17,12 +17,10 @@
 package com.iexec.commons.containers.client;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
-@Tag("slow")
 class DockerClientFactoryTests {
 
     private static final String DOCKER_IO_USER = "DOCKER_IO_USER";
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/iexec/commons/containers/client/DockerClientInstanceTests.java b/src/test/java/com/iexec/commons/containers/client/DockerClientInstanceTests.java
index 06fc5b9..51750e9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/iexec/commons/containers/client/DockerClientInstanceTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/iexec/commons/containers/client/DockerClientInstanceTests.java
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@
 import com.iexec.commons.containers.DockerRunResponse;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.*;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.NullSource;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
@@ -55,7 +58,6 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
 @Slf4j
-@Tag("slow")
 class DockerClientInstanceTests extends AbstractDockerTests {
 
     //classic