diff --git a/.devcontainer/rapids.Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/rapids.Dockerfile
index c64c52b8..064296ce 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/rapids.Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/rapids.Dockerfile
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ RUN apt update -y \
     libboost-iostreams-dev \
     libboost-serialization-dev \
     libboost-program-options-dev \
+    libgrpc-dev \
+    libgrpc++-dev \
+    libprotobuf-dev \
+    protobuf-compiler-grpc \
  && rm -rf /tmp/* /var/tmp/* /var/cache/apt/* /var/lib/apt/lists/*;
 
 ENV DEFAULT_VIRTUAL_ENV=rapids
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-all-rapids-repos.yml b/.github/workflows/build-all-rapids-repos.yml
index bc14b89c..8279d063 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-all-rapids-repos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-all-rapids-repos.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       # 3. Enable debug logging to track cache misses
       # 4. Never fallback to locally compiling
       env: |
+        PYTHON_VERSION=3.13
         CONDA_ENV_CREATE_QUIET=1
         INCLUDE_REPOS="${{ matrix.libs }}"
         PARALLEL_LEVEL=0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-rapids-build-times.yml b/.github/workflows/test-rapids-build-times.yml
index 2cb6b6d6..020d4a04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-rapids-build-times.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-rapids-build-times.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       # 3. Enable debug logging to track cache misses
       # 4. Never fallback to locally compiling
       env: |
+        PYTHON_VERSION=3.13
         CONDA_ENV_CREATE_QUIET=1
         PARALLEL_LEVEL=0
         SCCACHE_IDLE_TIMEOUT=0