diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ea84b7c..bf3de5b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ This tool is able to override the following attributes:
 | Service Name | --service-name | `junit2otlp` | Overrides OpenTelemetry's service name. If the `OTEL_SERVICE_NAME` environment variable is set, it will take precedence over any other value. |
 | Service Version | --service-version | Empty | Overrides OpenTelemetry's service version. If the `OTEL_SERVICE_VERSION` environment variable is set, it will take precedence over any other value. |
 | Trace Name | --trace-name | `junit2otlp` | Overrides OpenTelemetry's trace name. |
+| Properties Allowed | --properties-allowed | All | Comma separated list of properties to be allowed in the jUnit report. |
 
 For using this tool in a distributed tracing scenario, where there is a parent trace in which the test reports traces should be attached, it's important to set the `TRACEPARENT` environment variable, so that the traces and spans generated by this tool are located under the right parent trace. Please read more on this [here](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/issues/740).
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4b92754..efbd4d6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.23
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.4.2
-	github.com/joshdk/go-junit v0.0.0-20210226021600-6145f504ca0d
+	github.com/joshdk/go-junit v1.0.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v0.14.0
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.9.4 // indirect
 	github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v0.0.0-20210428141323-04723f9f07d7 // indirect
 	github.com/acomagu/bufpipe v1.0.3 // indirect
+	github.com/avast/retry-go v3.0.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/cgroups v1.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.8 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fa836d6..573aa4e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ github.com/armon/go-radix v0.0.0-20180808171621-7fddfc383310/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj
 github.com/armon/go-socks5 v0.0.0-20160902184237-e75332964ef5 h1:0CwZNZbxp69SHPdPJAN/hZIm0C4OItdklCFmMRWYpio=
 github.com/armon/go-socks5 v0.0.0-20160902184237-e75332964ef5/go.mod h1:wHh0iHkYZB8zMSxRWpUBQtwG5a7fFgvEO+odwuTv2gs=
 github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20190424111038-f61b66f89f4a/go.mod h1:lB+ZfQJz7igIIfQNfa7Ml4HSf2uFQQRzpGGRXenZAgY=
+github.com/avast/retry-go v3.0.0+incompatible h1:4SOWQ7Qs+oroOTQOYnAHqelpCO0biHSxpiH9JdtuBj0=
+github.com/avast/retry-go v3.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:XtSnn+n/sHqQIpZ10K1qAevBhOOCWBLXXy3hyiqqBrY=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.15.11/go.mod h1:mFuSZ37Z9YOHbQEwBWztmVzqXrEkub65tZoCYDt7FT0=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.0.3/go.mod h1:bGMdMPoPVvcYyt1gHDf4J2KE153Yf9BuiUKYMaxlTDM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20160804104726-4c0e84591b9a/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=
@@ -600,6 +602,8 @@ github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.2.2/go.mod h1:Pkfl5aHPm1nk2H9h0bjmnJD/BcgbGXUB
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0/go.mod h1:5DoeVV0s6jJacbCEi61lwdGj/aVlrQvzHFFd8Hwg//Y=
 github.com/joshdk/go-junit v0.0.0-20210226021600-6145f504ca0d h1:lcSbmPJf3b19MTZtGDLI6Y2Jnk3VBDT8UG/8IVCEMxA=
 github.com/joshdk/go-junit v0.0.0-20210226021600-6145f504ca0d/go.mod h1:TiiV0PqkaNfFXjEiyjWM3XXrhVyCa1K4Zfga6W52ung=
+github.com/joshdk/go-junit v1.0.0 h1:S86cUKIdwBHWwA6xCmFlf3RTLfVXYQfvanM5Uh+K6GE=
+github.com/joshdk/go-junit v1.0.0/go.mod h1:TiiV0PqkaNfFXjEiyjWM3XXrhVyCa1K4Zfga6W52ung=
 github.com/jpillora/backoff v1.0.0/go.mod h1:J/6gKK9jxlEcS3zixgDgUAsiuZ7yrSoa/FX5e0EB2j4=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCVDaaPEHmU=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.7/go.mod h1:KdQUCv79m/52Kvf8AW2vK1V8akMuk1QjK/uOdHXbAo4=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8f34197..da8e7b1 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/joshdk/go-junit"
@@ -27,20 +29,33 @@ var repositoryPathFlag string
 var serviceNameFlag string
 var serviceVersionFlag string
 var traceNameFlag string
+var propertiesAllowedString string
+
+const propertiesAllowAll = "all"
 
 var runtimeAttributes []attribute.KeyValue
+var propsAllowed []string
 
 func init() {
 	flag.StringVar(&repositoryPathFlag, "repository-path", getDefaultwd(), "Path to the SCM repository to be read")
 	flag.StringVar(&serviceNameFlag, "service-name", "", "OpenTelemetry Service Name to be used when sending traces and metrics for the jUnit report")
 	flag.StringVar(&serviceVersionFlag, "service-version", "", "OpenTelemetry Service Version to be used when sending traces and metrics for the jUnit report")
 	flag.StringVar(&traceNameFlag, "trace-name", Junit2otlp, "OpenTelemetry Trace Name to be used when sending traces and metrics for the jUnit report")
+	flag.StringVar(&propertiesAllowedString, "properties-allowed", propertiesAllowAll, "Comma separated list of properties to be allowed in the jUnit report")
 
-	// initialise runtime keys
+	// initialize runtime keys
 	runtimeAttributes = []attribute.KeyValue{
 		semconv.HostArchKey.String(runtime.GOARCH),
 		semconv.OSNameKey.String(runtime.GOOS),
 	}
+
+	propsAllowed = []string{}
+	if propertiesAllowedString != "" {
+		allowed := strings.Split(propertiesAllowedString, ",")
+		for _, prop := range allowed {
+			propsAllowed = append(propsAllowed, strings.TrimSpace(prop))
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func createIntCounter(meter metric.Meter, name string, description string) metric.Int64Counter {
@@ -193,6 +208,13 @@ func initTracerProvider(ctx context.Context, res *resource.Resource) (*sdktrace.
 func propsToLabels(props map[string]string) []attribute.KeyValue {
 	attributes := []attribute.KeyValue{}
 	for k, v := range props {
+		// if propertiesAllowedString is not "all" (default) and the key is not in the
+		// allowed list, skip it
+		if propertiesAllowedString != propertiesAllowAll &&
+			len(propsAllowed) > 0 && !slices.Contains(propsAllowed, k) {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		attributes = append(attributes, attribute.Key(k).String(v))
 	}
 
@@ -212,6 +234,10 @@ func (pr *PipeReader) Read() ([]byte, error) {
 		var buf []byte
 		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
 
+		// 64KB initial buffer, 1MB max buffer size
+		// was seeing large failure messages causing parsing to fail
+		scanner.Buffer(make([]byte, 0, 64*1024), 1024*1024)
+
 		for scanner.Scan() {
 			buf = append(buf, scanner.Bytes()...)
 		}
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index f51de8c..4ebfc46 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
+	"github.com/avast/retry-go"
+	"github.com/docker/go-connections/nat"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go"
 )
@@ -212,9 +213,17 @@ func Test_Main_SampleXML(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
 
-	collectorPort, err := otelCollector.MappedPort(ctx, "4317/tcp")
+	var collectorPort nat.Port
+	err = retry.Do(func() error {
+		collectorPort, err = otelCollector.MappedPort(ctx, "4317/tcp")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("could not get mapped port for otel-collector: %v", err)
+		t.Errorf("could not get the collector port: %s", err)
 	}
 
 	os.Setenv(exporterEndpointKey, "http://localhost:"+collectorPort.Port())
@@ -251,25 +260,31 @@ func Test_Main_SampleXML(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error()
 	}
 
-	// TODO: retry until the file is written by the otel-exporter
-	time.Sleep(time.Second * 30)
-
-	// assert using the generated file
-	jsonBytes, err := os.ReadFile(reportFilePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-
 	// merge both JSON files
 	// 1. get the spans and metrics JSONs, they are separated by \n
 	// 2. remote white spaces
 	// 3. unmarshal each resource separately
 	// 4. assign each resource to the test report struct
-	content := string(jsonBytes)
 
-	jsons := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(content), "\n")
-	if len(jsons) != 2 {
-		t.Errorf("expected 2 JSONs, got %d - %s", len(jsons), jsons)
+	var jsons []string
+	err = retry.Do(func() error {
+		// assert using the generated file
+		jsonBytes, err := os.ReadFile(reportFilePath)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		}
+
+		content := string(jsonBytes)
+
+		jsons = strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(content), "\n")
+		if len(jsons) != 2 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("expected 2 JSONs, got %d - %s", len(jsons), jsons)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("error while waiting for collector output: %s", err)
 	}
 
 	jsonSpans := ""