diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 2337363..6812963 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ to abide to the `TypeStream` [code of conduct](/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
 - [Go](https://go.dev)
 - [Protobuf](https://protobuf.dev/)
 - [Make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/)
-- [Redpanda](https://redpanda.com/) (you need `rpk` locally)
+- [Redpanda](https://redpanda.com/) (you need `rpk` locally. Min version: `v24.1.2`)
 
 ## Set up your machine
 
diff --git a/libs/testing/src/main/kotlin/io/typestream/testing/TestKafka.kt b/libs/testing/src/main/kotlin/io/typestream/testing/TestKafka.kt
index 5b2346b..0d4677c 100644
--- a/libs/testing/src/main/kotlin/io/typestream/testing/TestKafka.kt
+++ b/libs/testing/src/main/kotlin/io/typestream/testing/TestKafka.kt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import io.typestream.testing.kafka.KafkaProducerWrapper
 import io.typestream.testing.model.TestRecord
 import org.testcontainers.redpanda.RedpandaContainer
 
-class TestKafka : RedpandaContainer("docker.redpanda.com/vectorized/redpanda:v23.3.2") {
+class TestKafka : RedpandaContainer("docker.redpanda.com/vectorized/redpanda:v24.2.9") {
     fun produceRecords(topic: String, encoding: String, vararg records: TestRecord): List<TestRecord> {
         val adminClient = AdminClientWrapper(bootstrapServers)
         adminClient.createTopics(topic)
diff --git a/scripts/.gitignore b/scripts/.gitignore
index 405ec2c..9a449be 100644
--- a/scripts/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-*.toml
+*.auto.toml
diff --git a/scripts/dev/README.md b/scripts/dev/README.md
index 41ff0c2..98abdf6 100644
--- a/scripts/dev/README.md
+++ b/scripts/dev/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# Scripts
+# Dev scripts
 
 Scripts for local development.
-
-Mostly hacky scripts at the moment because we're waiting for [this
-issue](https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/pull/4966) to be merged and
-released.
diff --git a/scripts/dev/kafkastart.sh b/scripts/dev/kafkastart.sh
index 2754cb3..29bb985 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/kafkastart.sh
+++ b/scripts/dev/kafkastart.sh
@@ -3,20 +3,4 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
-script_dir=$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" &>/dev/null && pwd)
-
-rpk container start
-
-kafka_port=$(docker port "$(docker ps --filter name=rp-node-0 --format '{{.ID}}')" | grep 9093 | cut -d: -f2)
-registry_port=$(docker port "$(docker ps --filter name=rp-node-0 --format '{{.ID}}')" | grep 8081 | cut -d: -f2)
-
-{
-  echo "[grpc]"
-  echo "port=4242"
-  echo "[sources.kafka.local]"
-  echo "bootstrapServers=\"localhost:$kafka_port\""
-  echo "schemaRegistry.url=\"http://localhost:$registry_port\""
-  echo "fsRefreshRate=10"
-} > "$script_dir"/typestream.toml
-
-echo "export BOOTSTRAP_SERVER=localhost:$kafka_port"
+rpk container start --kafka-ports 9092 --schema-registry-ports 8081 --console-port 8080
diff --git a/scripts/dev/typestream.toml b/scripts/dev/typestream.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21f0d43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/dev/typestream.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[grpc]
+port=4242
+[sources.kafka.local]
+bootstrapServers="localhost:9092"
+schemaRegistry.url="http://localhost:8081"
+fsRefreshRate=10