diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index c5b18ef10b5..e9f9e5e9bab 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:debian
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends \
-  build-essential cmake cmake-curses-gui doxygen gfortran git graphviz \
+  build-essential cmake cmake-curses-gui default-jre doxygen gfortran git graphviz \
   less libtool-bin libyajl-dev mpi-default-dev ninja-build valgrind wget