diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index c2cab0272..dc53ea5b2 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -212,5 +212,7 @@ RUN sudo chown --from=root:root citus:citus -R ~
 # sets default pg version
 RUN pgenv switch 16.1
 
+RUN --mount=type=bind,source=requirements.txt,target=requirements.txt pip install -r requirements.txt
+
 # make connecting to the coordinator easy
 ENV PGPORT=9700
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 58c9e07a8..0c7bc6778 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "image": "ghcr.io/citusdata/citus-devcontainer:main",
+    "image": "ghcr.io/citusdata/citus-devcontainer:devcontainer-format-tools",
     "runArgs": [
         "--cap-add=SYS_PTRACE",
     ],