diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 39ab786..2def3df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -41,9 +41,35 @@ jobs:
             name: research-template-image
             path: /tmp/research-template.tar.gz
 
-  publish:
+  test-devcontainer-with-research-template:
     needs: [build-and-test]
 
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    - name: Checkout research template default branch
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      repository: opensafely/research-template
+
+    - name: Download Docker image
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: research-template-image
+        path: /tmp/image
+
+    - name: Import Docker image
+      run: docker load --input /tmp/image/research-template.tar.gz
+
+    - name: Tag Docker image for use with dev container
+      run: docker tag $IMAGE_NAME $PUBLIC_IMAGE_NAME:latest
+
+    - name: Build and run dev container task
+      uses: devcontainers/ci@v0.3
+      with:
+        runCmd: opensafely run run_all
+
+  publish:
+    needs: [build-and-test, test-devcontainer]
+
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     permissions: