diff --git a/.devcontainer/setup.sh b/.devcontainer/setup.sh
index e87d26c4c8..f350e4204e 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/setup.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/setup.sh
@@ -9,5 +9,8 @@ export PS1='\[\e[3;36m\]\w ->\[\e[0m\\] '
 # Update Nextflow
 nextflow self-update
 
+# Install specifically the version of tools from the workspace
+pip install --upgrade  -r requirements.txt -r requirements-dev.txt -e .
+
 # Update welcome message
 echo "Welcome to the nf-core devcontainer!" > /usr/local/etc/vscode-dev-containers/first-run-notice.txt
diff --git a/.github/RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md b/.github/RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md
index b9f4f0de76..907a119035 100644
--- a/.github/RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md
+++ b/.github/RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 2. Most importantly, pick an undeniably outstanding [name](http://www.codenamegenerator.com/) for the release where _Prefix_ = _Metal_ and _Dictionary_ = _Animal_.
 3. Check the [pipeline health page](https://nf-co.re/pipeline_health) to make sure that all repos look sane (missing `TEMPLATE` branches etc)
 4. Check that modules/subworkflows in template are up to date with the latest releases
-5. Create a PR to `dev` to bump the version in `CHANGELOG.md` and `setup.py` and change the `.devcontainer/devcontainer.json` container to `nfcore/gitpod:latest`.
+5. Create a PR to `dev` to bump the version in `CHANGELOG.md` and `setup.py`.
 6. Make sure all CI tests are passing!
 7. Create a PR from `dev` to `main`
 8. Run a manual sync on `nf-core/testpipeline` and check that CI is passing on the resulting PR: use the `Sync template` GitHub Action from the tools repository specifying the pipeline name and running from the `dev` branch.
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
 3. Manually trigger the `Sync template` GitHub Action for all pipelines.
 4. Check that the automatic `PyPi` deployment has worked: [pypi.org/project/nf-core](https://pypi.org/project/nf-core/)
 5. Check `BioConda` has an automated PR to bump the version, and merge. eg. [bioconda/bioconda-recipes #20065](https://github.com/bioconda/bioconda-recipes/pull/20065)
-6. Create a tools PR to `dev` to bump back to the next development version in `CHANGELOG.md` and `setup.py` and change the `.devcontainer/devcontainer.json` container to `nfcore/gitpod:dev`.
+6. Create a tools PR to `dev` to bump back to the next development version in `CHANGELOG.md` and `setup.py`.