diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 1051b0f2a..a4a6ce8fc 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
     },
     "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/git-lfs:1.1.0": {},
     "ghcr.io/devcontainers-contrib/features/poetry:2": {},
-    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/python:1": {}
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/python:1": {
+      "version": "3.12"
+    }
   },
   "customizations": {
     "vscode": {