diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 76edfa61..bb6b8697 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-{"image":"mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/universal:2"}
\ No newline at end of file
+{	
+	"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:jammy",
+	"features": {
+		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/python:1": {}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f33a02cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for more information:
+# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+# https://containers.dev/guide/dependabot
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+ - package-ecosystem: "devcontainers"
+   directory: "/"
+   schedule:
+     interval: weekly