diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index d613795e8e..2513f353b5 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 # [Choice] Python version (use -bookworm or -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon): 3, 3.13, 3.12, 3.11, 3.10, 3.9, 3.8, 3-bookworm, 3.13-bookworm, 3.12-bookworm, 3.11-bookworm, 3.10-bookworm, 3.9-bookworm, 3.8-bookworm, 3-bullseye, 3.11-bullseye, 3.10-bullseye, 3.9-bullseye, 3.8-bullseye, 3-buster, 3.11-buster, 3.10-buster, 3.9-buster, 3.8-buster
-ARG VARIANT=3.12-bookworm
-FROM python:${VARIANT}
+ARG VERSION=3.12
+ARG VARIANT=-bookworm
+FROM python:${VERSION}${VARIANT}
+
+ARG VERSION
+ENV UV_LOCKED=1 UV_PYTHON=${VERSION}
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /uvx /bin/
 
 RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
     && apt-get purge -y fish
 
-RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade setuptools cython pip pdm
+RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade setuptools cython pip
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 7164363c93..cc7e84c193 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
   },
   "forwardPorts": [8000],
   "postCreateCommand": [
-    "pdm",
-    "install"
+    "uv",
+    "sync"
   ],
   "remoteUser": "vscode"
 }