diff --git a/.devcontainer/build-devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/build-devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 75d83b432b..44272c8928 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/build-devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/build-devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # devcontainers/miniconda image based on debian (bookworm)
 # see tags and images: https://mcr.microsoft.com/en-us/artifact/mar/devcontainers/miniconda/tags
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/miniconda@sha256:19516babd35bccd1429591a255dd867b2c8c01606cc594a8a6fe5db03309ecf8 AS build
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/miniconda@sha256:8e262a2664fab1d53054738d3633338558a2078ce66d3abde55c130f0d5da94f AS build
 
 # copy this repo at current revision
 COPY . /root/nfcore-tools/
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RUN apt-get update --quiet && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Final stage to copy only the required files after installation
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:debian@sha256:2e826a6ae92e5744cc0a471a03b4411e64f6b7cc6af3adaecddad697f0018f10 AS final
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:2.0.2-debian12@sha256:23fa69fed758b7927c60061317d73baf7d66b9fca5c344e80bce3a940b229af0 AS final
 
 # Copy only the conda environment and site-packages from build stage
 COPY --from=build /opt/conda /opt/conda
diff --git a/.devcontainer/build-devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/build-devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index cb3882f84f..b367a1b786 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/build-devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/build-devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
     },
 
     "features": {
-        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-outside-of-docker:1.6.3": {
-            "moby": false
-        }
+        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-outside-of-docker:1.6.3": {}
     },
 
     "remoteEnv": {
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8ae773aa70..d902443d8e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 - Update pre-commit hook astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit to v0.14.5 ([#3900](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3900))
 - devcontainer: Set `moby: false` to fix trixie builds ([#3904](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3904))
 - Update actions/checkout digest to 93cb6ef ([#3906](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3906))
+- devcontainer: downgrade to debian 12 and revert `moby:false` ([#3907](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3907))
 
 ### Template