diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 6d26005559c42..15fd7b83b20cd 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/typescript-node:1-16-bookworm
+ARG VARIANT=18-bookworm
+# https://github.com/devcontainers/images/tree/main/src/typescript-node
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/typescript-node:1-${VARIANT}
 
 # Cypress linux pre-requisites https://docs.cypress.io/guides/getting-started/installing-cypress#Linux-Prerequisites
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install libgtk2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libgbm-dev libnotify-dev libgconf-2-4 libnss3 libxss1 libasound2 libxtst6 xauth xvfb
diff --git a/.devcontainer/README.md b/.devcontainer/README.md
index 6e7fb0b5f6ce3..270534163d38c 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/README.md
+++ b/.devcontainer/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This configuration is based on the base Node container provided by VSCode, it sh
 
 > For more information on how to use/create `development containers` follow the [VSCode Documentation](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/create-dev-container)
 
-> See here for more information on the base container https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/v0.222.0/containers/javascript-node/.devcontainer/base.Dockerfile
+> See here for more information on the base container https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/blob/main/containers/javascript-node/.devcontainer/base.Dockerfile
 
 ## Cypress tests
 
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 568c30791a8ab..c4432253ef93a 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 {
   "name": "Node.js",
   "build": {
-    "dockerfile": "Dockerfile"
+    "dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
+    "args": {
+      "VARIANT": "18-bookworm"
+    }
   },
   "features": {
     "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/github-cli:1": {}
diff --git a/lage.config.js b/lage.config.js
index 8ddb1dc7fdd27..bbcc8737d89c2 100644
--- a/lage.config.js
+++ b/lage.config.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ module.exports = {
     'change/**',
     'rfcs/**',
     'README.md',
+    '*.md',
     '.vscode/**',
     '.github/*.yml',
     '.github/*.json',
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ module.exports = {
     '.github/MAINTAINERS',
     '.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/**',
     '.github/policies/**',
+    '.devcontainer/**',
   ],
 
   // All of these options are sent to `backfill`: https://github.com/microsoft/backfill/blob/master/README.md