diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f099bc27..4109eaa5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -444,9 +444,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.4.14"
+version = "4.4.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "33e92c5c1a78c62968ec57dbc2440366a2d6e5a23faf829970ff1585dc6b18e2"
+checksum = "1e578d6ec4194633722ccf9544794b71b1385c3c027efe0c55db226fc880865c"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -454,9 +454,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.4.14"
+version = "4.4.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f4323769dc8a61e2c39ad7dc26f6f2800524691a44d74fe3d1071a5c24db6370"
+checksum = "4df4df40ec50c46000231c914968278b1eb05098cf8f1b3a518a95030e71d1c7"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
@@ -466,9 +466,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_complete"
-version = "4.4.6"
+version = "4.4.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "97aeaa95557bd02f23fbb662f981670c3d20c5a26e69f7354b28f57092437fcd"
+checksum = "eaf7dcb7c21d8ca1a2482ee0f1d341f437c9a7af6ca6da359dc5e1b164e98215"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
 ]
@@ -2339,9 +2339,9 @@ checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl"
-version = "0.10.62"
+version = "0.10.63"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8cde4d2d9200ad5909f8dac647e29482e07c3a35de8a13fce7c9c7747ad9f671"
+checksum = "15c9d69dd87a29568d4d017cfe8ec518706046a05184e5aea92d0af890b803c8"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.2",
  "cfg-if",
@@ -2371,9 +2371,9 @@ checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-sys"
-version = "0.9.98"
+version = "0.9.99"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c1665caf8ab2dc9aef43d1c0023bd904633a6a05cb30b0ad59bec2ae986e57a7"
+checksum = "22e1bf214306098e4832460f797824c05d25aacdf896f64a985fb0fd992454ae"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
@@ -2656,9 +2656,9 @@ checksum = "dc375e1527247fe1a97d8b7156678dfe7c1af2fc075c9a4db3690ecd2a148068"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.76"
+version = "1.0.78"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "95fc56cda0b5c3325f5fbbd7ff9fda9e02bb00bb3dac51252d2f1bfa1cb8cc8c"
+checksum = "e2422ad645d89c99f8f3e6b88a9fdeca7fabeac836b1002371c4367c8f984aae"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -3076,6 +3076,7 @@ name = "runtimetest"
 version = "0.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "libc",
  "nc",
  "nix 0.27.1",
  "oci-spec",
@@ -3526,9 +3527,9 @@ checksum = "826167069c09b99d56f31e9ae5c99049e932a98c9dc2dac47645b08dbbf76ba7"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
-version = "1.12.0"
+version = "1.13.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2593d31f82ead8df961d8bd23a64c2ccf2eb5dd34b0a34bfb4dd54011c72009e"
+checksum = "e6ecd384b10a64542d77071bd64bd7b231f4ed5940fba55e98c3de13824cf3d7"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
@@ -4206,9 +4207,9 @@ checksum = "711b9620af191e0cdc7468a8d14e709c3dcdb115b36f838e601583af800a370a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.6.1"
+version = "1.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5e395fcf16a7a3d8127ec99782007af141946b4795001f876d54fb0d55978560"
+checksum = "f00cc9702ca12d3c81455259621e676d0f7251cec66a21e98fe2e9a37db93b2a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "valuable"
@@ -5690,9 +5691,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "xattr"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "914566e6413e7fa959cc394fb30e563ba80f3541fbd40816d4c05a0fc3f2a0f1"
+checksum = "8da84f1a25939b27f6820d92aed108f83ff920fdf11a7b19366c27c4cda81d4f"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
diff --git a/tests/contest/contest/src/main.rs b/tests/contest/contest/src/main.rs
index 9b737384..a24e1740 100644
--- a/tests/contest/contest/src/main.rs
+++ b/tests/contest/contest/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 mod tests;
 mod utils;
 
+use crate::tests::domainname::get_domainname_tests;
 use crate::tests::example::get_example_test;
 use crate::tests::hooks::get_hooks_tests;
 use crate::tests::hostname::get_hostname_test;
@@ -102,6 +103,8 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let ro_paths = get_ro_paths_test();
     let hostname = get_hostname_test();
     let mounts_recursive = get_mounts_recursive_test();
+    #[allow(unused_variables)]
+    let domainname = get_domainname_tests();
     let intel_rdt = get_intel_rdt_test();
     let sysctl = get_sysctl_test();
     #[allow(unused_variables)]
@@ -124,6 +127,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     tm.add_test_group(Box::new(ro_paths));
     tm.add_test_group(Box::new(hostname));
     tm.add_test_group(Box::new(mounts_recursive));
+    // tm.add_test_group(Box::new(domainname)); // TODO (YJDoc2) fix in #2616
     tm.add_test_group(Box::new(intel_rdt));
     tm.add_test_group(Box::new(sysctl));
     // tm.add_test_group(Box::new(scheduler));
diff --git a/tests/contest/contest/src/tests/domainname/mod.rs b/tests/contest/contest/src/tests/domainname/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c0ff2d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/contest/contest/src/tests/domainname/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+use crate::utils::test_inside_container;
+use oci_spec::runtime::{ProcessBuilder, Spec, SpecBuilder};
+use test_framework::{Test, TestGroup, TestResult};
+
+fn get_spec(domainname: &str) -> Spec {
+    SpecBuilder::default()
+        .domainname(domainname)
+        .process(
+            ProcessBuilder::default()
+                .args(vec![
+                    "runtimetest".to_string(),
+                    "domainname_test".to_string(),
+                ])
+                .build()
+                .expect("error in creating process config"),
+        )
+        .build()
+        .unwrap()
+}
+
+fn set_domainname_test() -> TestResult {
+    let spec = get_spec("domainname");
+    test_inside_container(spec, &|_| Ok(()))
+}
+
+pub fn get_domainname_tests() -> TestGroup {
+    let mut tg = TestGroup::new("domainname_test");
+    let set_domainname_test = Test::new("set_domainname_test", Box::new(set_domainname_test));
+    tg.add(vec![Box::new(set_domainname_test)]);
+
+    tg
+}
diff --git a/tests/contest/contest/src/tests/mod.rs b/tests/contest/contest/src/tests/mod.rs
index 099cf7ff..927fe07c 100644
--- a/tests/contest/contest/src/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/contest/contest/src/tests/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub mod cgroups;
+pub mod domainname;
 pub mod example;
 pub mod hooks;
 pub mod hostname;
diff --git a/tests/contest/runtimetest/Cargo.toml b/tests/contest/runtimetest/Cargo.toml
index 63dab30b..79e16fd3 100644
--- a/tests/contest/runtimetest/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/contest/runtimetest/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 oci-spec = { version = "0.6.4", features = ["runtime"] }
 nix = "0.27.1"
 anyhow = "1.0"
+libc = "0.2.139" # TODO (YJDoc2) upgrade to latest
 nc = "0.8.18"
 
diff --git a/tests/contest/runtimetest/src/main.rs b/tests/contest/runtimetest/src/main.rs
index 65e0ed5e..ff685141 100644
--- a/tests/contest/runtimetest/src/main.rs
+++ b/tests/contest/runtimetest/src/main.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ fn main() {
         "readonly_paths" => tests::validate_readonly_paths(&spec),
         "set_host_name" => tests::validate_hostname(&spec),
         "mounts_recursive" => tests::validate_mounts_recursive(&spec),
+        "domainname_test" => tests::validate_domainname(&spec),
         "seccomp" => tests::validate_seccomp(&spec),
         "sysctl" => tests::validate_sysctl(&spec),
         "scheduler_policy_other" => tests::validate_scheduler_policy(&spec),
diff --git a/tests/contest/runtimetest/src/tests.rs b/tests/contest/runtimetest/src/tests.rs
index 20c501c2..ceda0ad8 100644
--- a/tests/contest/runtimetest/src/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/contest/runtimetest/src/tests.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 use crate::utils::{self, test_read_access, test_write_access};
 use anyhow::{bail, Result};
+use libc::getdomainname;
 use nix::errno::Errno;
 use nix::unistd::getcwd;
 use oci_spec::runtime::{LinuxSchedulerPolicy, Spec};
+use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::fs::{self, read_dir};
 use std::mem;
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -82,6 +84,34 @@ pub fn validate_hostname(spec: &Spec) {
     }
 }
 
+pub fn validate_domainname(spec: &Spec) {
+    if let Some(expected_domainname) = spec.domainname() {
+        if expected_domainname.is_empty() {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const MAX_DOMAINNAME_SIZE: usize = 254;
+        let actual_domainname: [i8; MAX_DOMAINNAME_SIZE] = [0; MAX_DOMAINNAME_SIZE];
+
+        // TODO (YJDoc2) : libc now has support for getdomainname, update this to use that
+        let ret =
+            unsafe { getdomainname(actual_domainname.as_ptr() as *mut i8, MAX_DOMAINNAME_SIZE) };
+        if ret == -1 {
+            eprintln!("Failed to get domainname");
+        }
+
+        let actual_domainname_cstr =
+            unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(actual_domainname.as_ptr() as *mut i8) };
+        if actual_domainname_cstr.to_str().unwrap() != expected_domainname {
+            eprintln!(
+                "Unexpected domainname, expected: {:?} found: {:?}",
+                expected_domainname,
+                actual_domainname_cstr.to_str().unwrap()
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // Run argument test recursively for files after base_dir
 fn do_test_mounts_recursive(base_dir: &Path, test_fn: &dyn Fn(&Path) -> Result<()>) -> Result<()> {
     let dirs = read_dir(base_dir).unwrap();