diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0e29fc3..4daee50 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # Yellowbox Changelog
+## 0.11.1
+### Added
+* add skipApiVersionCheck param to AzuriteService
 ## 0.11.0
 ### Changed
 * psycopg: upgrade from psycopg2 to psycopg (v3)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a3c0bdd..5807f71 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "yellowbox"
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.11.1"
 description = ""
 authors = ["biocatch ltd"]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/yellowbox/extras/azure_storage.py b/yellowbox/extras/azure_storage.py
index a0c4e93..4cbedf4 100644
--- a/yellowbox/extras/azure_storage.py
+++ b/yellowbox/extras/azure_storage.py
@@ -40,13 +40,18 @@ def __init__(
         docker_client: DockerClient,
         image: str = "mcr.microsoft.com/azure-storage/azurite:latest",
         *,
+        skip_api_version_check: bool = True,
         container_create_kwargs: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
+        command = "azurite-blob --blobHost 0.0.0.0"
+        if skip_api_version_check:
+            command += " --skipApiVersionCheck"
+
         container = create_and_pull_with_defaults(
             docker_client,
             image,
-            "azurite-blob --blobHost 0.0.0.0",
+            command,
             _kwargs=container_create_kwargs,
             publish_all_ports=True,
         )