diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index edee3bc4febb..b89803aae16f 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/blob/main/containers/python-3/README.md
-ARG VARIANT=3.13-bookworm
+ARG VARIANT=3.12-bookworm
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/python:${VARIANT}
 COPY requirements.txt /tmp/pip-tmp/
 RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip \
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 4951d5eb268d..735650eb8340 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 			// Update 'VARIANT' to pick a Python version: 3, 3.11, 3.10, 3.9, 3.8
 			// Append -bullseye or -buster to pin to an OS version.
 			// Use -bullseye variants on local on arm64/Apple Silicon.
-			"VARIANT": "3.13-bookworm"
+			"VARIANT": "3.12" //  Changed from 3.13-bookworm to 3.12-bookworm
 		}
 	},