diff --git a/devspaces/Containerfile b/devspaces/Containerfile
index 43fddf9..eb21666 100644
--- a/devspaces/Containerfile
+++ b/devspaces/Containerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM quay.io/devfile/base-developer-image:ubi8-latest
+FROM quay.io/devfile/base-developer-image:ubi9-latest
 
 ARG PYV=3.11
 
diff --git a/devspaces/context/setup.sh b/devspaces/context/setup.sh
index 526e4be..a4d0774 100755
--- a/devspaces/context/setup.sh
+++ b/devspaces/context/setup.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ dnf install -y -q \
     podman \
     "python${PYV}" \
     "python${PYV}-cffi" \
-    "python${PYV}-markupsafe" \
     "python${PYV}-pip" \
     "python${PYV}-pyyaml" \
     "python${PYV}-wheel" \