diff --git a/contrib/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/contrib/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index b312102784..14e7d7f0ae 100644
--- a/contrib/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/contrib/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "features": {
     "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/common-utils:1": {},
     "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-from-docker:1": {},
-    "ghcr.io/devcontainers-contrib/features/mkdocs:1": {}
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers-contrib/features/mkdocs:2": {}
   },
 
   // Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
diff --git a/contrib/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh b/contrib/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
index f0631a4af2..88f403de5e 100755
--- a/contrib/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
+++ b/contrib/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 yarn install
-pip install mkdocs-techdocs-core
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+export VIRTUAL_ENV=$HOME/venv
+python3 -m venv $VIRTUAL_ENV
+export PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
+python3 -m pip install mkdocs-techdocs-core
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