diff --git a/.devcontainer/jupyterhub.Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/jupyterhub.Dockerfile
index 2355359..ea564e2 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/jupyterhub.Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/jupyterhub.Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ FROM ghcr.io/rocker-org/devcontainer/tidyverse:4.3
 
 ## latest version of geospatial libs
 RUN /rocker_scripts/experimental/install_dev_osgeo.sh
-RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get -y install vim gh git-lfs
+RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get -y install vim gh git-lfs awscli
 
 # standard python/jupyter setup
 ENV NB_USER=rstudio