diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 04e8074b9..3303e9afb 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Licensed under the MIT License. See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2090316 for license information.
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-FROM node:20
+FROM node:22
 
 # Avoid warnings by switching to noninteractive
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
     && echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/$(lsb_release -is | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')/ stable main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list \
     && apt-get update \
     && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends yarn tmux locales postgresql \
-    && apt-get install libpq-dev g++ make \
+    && apt-get install libpq-dev python3 g++ make \
     #
     # Install eslint globally
     && npm install -g eslint \
diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
index 11e652008..d0ab0e8dd 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ services:
       - db:db
 
   db:
-    image: postgres:14-alpine
+    image: postgres:14
     restart: unless-stopped
     ports: 
       - 5432:5432
diff --git a/packages/pg-native/test/index.js b/packages/pg-native/test/index.js
index 6770fe143..905225b1b 100644
--- a/packages/pg-native/test/index.js
+++ b/packages/pg-native/test/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe('connection', function () {
   })
 
   it('connects with args', function (done) {
-    Client().connect('host=localhost', done)
+    Client().connect(`host=${process.env.PGHOST || 'localhost'}`, done)
   })
 
   it('errors out with bad connection args', function (done) {