diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index dd240449..5cb6b2ff 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ alpine="3.16"
 graalvmPlugin = "0.9.28"
 micronaut-platform = "4.2.0" # This is the platform version, used in our tests
 micronaut-aot = "2.1.1"
-micronaut-testresources = "2.2.0"
+micronaut-testresources = "2.3.0"
 micronaut-openapi = "6.2.2"
 log4j2 = { require = "2.17.1", reject = ["]0, 2.17["] }
 jetbrains-annotations = "24.1.0"
diff --git a/test-resources-plugin/src/main/java/io/micronaut/gradle/testresources/StartTestResourcesService.java b/test-resources-plugin/src/main/java/io/micronaut/gradle/testresources/StartTestResourcesService.java
index e9f0bad9..8c2eafc0 100644
--- a/test-resources-plugin/src/main/java/io/micronaut/gradle/testresources/StartTestResourcesService.java
+++ b/test-resources-plugin/src/main/java/io/micronaut/gradle/testresources/StartTestResourcesService.java
@@ -117,6 +117,17 @@ public abstract class StartTestResourcesService extends DefaultTask {
     @Optional
     public abstract Property<Integer> getClientTimeout();
 
+    /**
+     * Server idle timeout, in minutes. If the server
+     * doesn't receive any request for this amount of
+     * time, it will stop itself.
+     *
+     * @return the server idle timeout
+     */
+    @Input
+    @Optional
+    public abstract Property<Integer> getServerIdleTimeoutMinutes();
+
     /**
      * Allows starting the test server in foreground
      * instead of background, in which case the build
@@ -228,6 +239,7 @@ public void waitFor(Duration duration) throws InterruptedException {
                 cdsDir,
                 getClasspath().getFiles(),
                 getClientTimeout().getOrNull(),
+                getServerIdleTimeoutMinutes().getOrNull(),
                 serverFactory);
     }