diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 21413b4fe79e..7ff2824dbc3a 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nixpkgs",
-  "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/universal:2-linux",
+  "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/universal:5-linux",
   "features": {
     "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/nix:1": {
       // fails in the devcontainer sandbox, enable sandbox via config instead