diff --git a/modules/jdbc/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/jdbc/ConnectionUrl.java b/modules/jdbc/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/jdbc/ConnectionUrl.java
index ec606f3ed32..52d0b1af6d4 100644
--- a/modules/jdbc/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/jdbc/ConnectionUrl.java
+++ b/modules/jdbc/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/jdbc/ConnectionUrl.java
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ public interface Patterns {
 
         //Matches to part of string - hostname:port/databasename
         Pattern DB_INSTANCE_MATCHING_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(
-            "(?<databaseHost>[^:]+)?" +
+            "(?<databaseHost>[^:/]+)?" +
             "(:(?<databasePort>[0-9]+))?" +
             "(" +
             "(?<sidOrServiceName>[:/])" +
diff --git a/modules/mysql/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/jdbc/mysql/MySQLDatabaseContainerDriverTest.java b/modules/mysql/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/jdbc/mysql/MySQLDatabaseContainerDriverTest.java
index da73f21ae2e..9aa5aafd312 100644
--- a/modules/mysql/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/jdbc/mysql/MySQLDatabaseContainerDriverTest.java
+++ b/modules/mysql/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/jdbc/mysql/MySQLDatabaseContainerDriverTest.java
@@ -41,4 +41,19 @@ void shouldRespectBothUrlPropertiesAndParameterProperties() throws SQLException
             }
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void shouldSupportUrlWithoutHostname() throws SQLException {
+        ContainerDatabaseDriver driver = new ContainerDatabaseDriver();
+        String url = "jdbc:tc:mysql:8.0.36:///databasename";
+
+        try (Connection connection = driver.connect(url, new Properties())) {
+            try (Statement statement = connection.createStatement()) {
+                try (ResultSet resultSet = statement.executeQuery("SELECT DATABASE()")) {
+                    assertThat(resultSet.next()).isTrue();
+                    assertThat(resultSet.getString(1)).isEqualTo("databasename");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }