diff --git a/.gitpod.Dockerfile b/.gitpod.Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 7abfe89495..0000000000
--- a/.gitpod.Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-FROM gitpod/workspace-full:2023-05-08-21-16-55
-
-# Some datasets work on 3.8 only
-RUN pyenv install 3.8.15\
-    && pyenv global 3.8.15
-
-# VideoDataset
-RUN sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libgl1
-RUN sudo apt-get install make
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69564238/puppeteer-error-failed-to-launch-the-browser-process
-# https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/blob/main/docs/troubleshooting.md#chrome-doesnt-launch-on-linux
-RUN sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libatk-bridge2.0-0 libcups2 ca-certificates fonts-liberation libasound2 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libatk1.0-0 libc6 libcairo2 libcups2 libdbus-1-3 libexpat1 libfontconfig1 libgbm1 libgcc1 libglib2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libnspr4 libnss3 libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libstdc++6 libx11-6 libx11-xcb1 libxcb1 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxi6 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxss1 libxtst6 lsb-release wget xdg-utils
diff --git a/.gitpod.yml b/.gitpod.yml
index 89a383da40..9b5891aac7 100644
--- a/.gitpod.yml
+++ b/.gitpod.yml
@@ -1,21 +1,26 @@
-image:
-  file: .gitpod.Dockerfile
+image: gitpod/workspace-python-3.11
+
 tasks:
   - name: kedro
 
     init: |
       make sign-off
-      pip install -e /workspace/kedro[test]
+      pip install uv
+      uv venv
+      source .venv/bin/activate
+      uv pip install -e /workspace/kedro[test]
       cd /workspace
       kedro new --name project -s spaceflights-pandas --checkout main
-      pip install -e project
+      uv pip install -e project
       cd /workspace/kedro
       pre-commit install --install-hooks
 
     command: |
       clear
+      source .venv/bin/activate
       kedro info
 
+
 github:
   prebuilds:
     # enable for the master/default branch (defaults to true)