diff --git a/ci/release/update-version.sh b/ci/release/update-version.sh
index 983f78179c..a867a71f68 100755
--- a/ci/release/update-version.sh
+++ b/ci/release/update-version.sh
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ sed_runner "/rapidsai\/raft/ s|branch-[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]|branch-${NEXT_SHORT_
 
 # .devcontainer files
 find .devcontainer/ -type f -name devcontainer.json -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' filename; do
-    sed_runner "s@rapidsai/devcontainers:[0-9.]*@rapidsai/devcontainers:${NEXT_FULL_TAG}@g" "${filename}"
-    sed_runner "s@rapidsai/devcontainers/features/ucx:[0-9.]*@rapidsai/devcontainers/features/ucx:${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}@"
-    sed_runner "s@rapidsai/devcontainers/features/rapids-build-utils:[0-9.]*@rapidsai/devcontainers/features/rapids-build-utils:${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}@"
+    sed_runner "s@rapidsai/devcontainers:[0-9.]*@rapidsai/devcontainers:${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}@g" "${filename}"
+    sed_runner "s@rapidsai/devcontainers/features/ucx:[0-9.]*@rapidsai/devcontainers/features/ucx:${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}@" "${filename}"
+    sed_runner "s@rapidsai/devcontainers/features/rapids-build-utils:[0-9.]*@rapidsai/devcontainers/features/rapids-build-utils:${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}@" "${filename}"
 done