diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 4a5e906ac8..c0223f625f 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@
     "tika",
     "celery",
     "nginx",
-    "redis"
+    "redis",
+    "qdrant"
   ],
+  "hostRequirements": { "cpus": 4, "memory": "8gb" },
   "secrets": {
     "EDX_API_CLIENT_ID": {},
     "EDX_API_CLIENT_SECRET": {},
@@ -23,5 +25,5 @@
   },
   "features": {},
   "postStartCommand": "while [ \"$(python manage.py showmigrations | grep \"\\[ \\]\" | wc -l)\" -ne \"0\" ]; do echo \"waiting for migrations\"; sleep 2; done && python manage.py update_offered_by && python manage.py update_platforms && python manage.py update_departments_schools && python manage.py update_course_number_departments && python manage.py backpopulate_mitxonline_data && python manage.py backpopulate_micromasters_data && python manage.py backpopulate_resource_channels --overwrite --all && python manage.py recreate_index --all",
-  "forwardPorts": [8062, 8063]
+  "forwardPorts": [8062, 8063, 6333]
 }