diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f317dbbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:ubuntu-22.04",
+  "features": {
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:1": {
+      "version": "latest",
+      "moby": true
+    },
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/node:1": {},
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/java:1": {
+      "version": "17"
+    },
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/python:1": {
+      "version": "3.10.12"
+    }
+  },
+  "postCreateCommand": ". ${NVM_DIR}/nvm.sh && nvm install",
+  "customizations": {
+    "vscode": {
+      "extensions": [
+        "redhat.java"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index e048c8ca1..5e0828ad1 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v18.15.0
+v18.16.1
diff --git a/.python-version b/.python-version
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56d91d353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.python-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.10.12
diff --git a/src/examples/python/.python-version b/src/examples/python/.python-version
index 1635d0f5a..8d7f852b5 100644
--- a/src/examples/python/.python-version
+++ b/src/examples/python/.python-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.9.6
+3.10.4
diff --git a/src/examples/python/Dockerfile b/src/examples/python/Dockerfile
index bee337559..d003ad8e2 100644
--- a/src/examples/python/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/examples/python/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # repository at /code (eg, via docker-compose.yml).
 #
 
-FROM ubuntu:focal as saxonica-build
+FROM ubuntu:jammy as saxonica-build
 
 # Download and build the Saxon-HE c-library
 # See here for platform-specific packages: https://www.saxonica.com/download/c.xml
diff --git a/src/examples/python/docker-compose.yml b/src/examples/python/docker-compose.yml
index 34fc13461..21fdd43b2 100644
--- a/src/examples/python/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/src/examples/python/docker-compose.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ version: "3.9"
 services:
   example:
     build: .
+    platform: linux/amd64
     volumes:
       - ../../..:/code
     working_dir: /code/src/examples/python
diff --git a/src/examples/python/requirements.txt b/src/examples/python/requirements.txt
index e45eca46a..c0564656e 100644
--- a/src/examples/python/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/examples/python/requirements.txt
@@ -1,56 +1,53 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with python 3.9
-# To update, run:
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.10
+# by the following command:
 #
 #    pip-compile --output-file=requirements.txt requirements.in
 #
-appdirs==1.4.4
-    # via black
-attrs==21.2.0
-    # via pytest
-black==21.7b0
+black==23.3.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-click==8.0.1
+build==0.10.0
+    # via pip-tools
+click==8.1.3
     # via
     #   black
     #   pip-tools
-iniconfig==1.1.1
+exceptiongroup==1.1.1
+    # via pytest
+iniconfig==2.0.0
     # via pytest
-mypy==0.910
+mypy==1.4.1
     # via -r requirements.in
-mypy-extensions==0.4.3
+mypy-extensions==1.0.0
     # via
     #   black
     #   mypy
-packaging==21.0
-    # via pytest
-pathspec==0.9.0
+packaging==23.1
+    # via
+    #   black
+    #   build
+    #   pytest
+pathspec==0.11.1
     # via black
-pep517==0.11.0
-    # via pip-tools
-pip-tools==6.2.0
+pip-tools==6.13.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-pluggy==0.13.1
-    # via pytest
-py==1.10.0
+platformdirs==3.8.0
+    # via black
+pluggy==1.2.0
     # via pytest
-pyparsing==2.4.7
-    # via packaging
-pytest==6.2.4
+pyproject-hooks==1.0.0
+    # via build
+pytest==7.4.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-regex==2021.7.6
-    # via black
-toml==0.10.2
+tomli==2.0.1
     # via
+    #   black
+    #   build
     #   mypy
     #   pytest
-tomli==1.1.0
-    # via
-    #   black
-    #   pep517
-typing-extensions==3.10.0.0
+typing-extensions==4.7.0
     # via mypy
-wheel==0.38.0
+wheel==0.40.0
     # via pip-tools
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file: