diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index bdd44fca4..9e9214ad4 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 # classpath settings
 ENV CLASSPATH=:/usr/lib/opensourcecobol4j/libcobj.jar
 
-# hadolint ignore=DL3041
+# hadolint ignore=DL3041,DL3003
 RUN dnf update -y \
     && dnf install -y --setopt=install_weak_deps=False \
         epel-release \
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ RUN dnf update -y \
         make \
         bison \
         flex \
-        automake \
         autoconf \
         diffutils \
         gettext \
@@ -24,7 +23,16 @@ RUN dnf update -y \
         libtool \
         gettext-devel \
         unzip \
+        wget \
     && dnf clean all \
-    && rm -rf /var/cache/dnf
+    && rm -rf /var/cache/dnf \
+    && wget -q https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.16.5.tar.gz \
+    && tar xzf automake-1.16.5.tar.gz \
+    && cd automake-1.16.5 \
+    && ./configure \
+    && make -j"$(nproc)" \
+    && make install \
+    && cd .. \
+    && rm -rf automake-1.16.5 automake-1.16.5.tar.gz
 
 RUN echo 'export CLASSPATH=:/usr/lib/opensourcecobol4j/libcobj.jar' >> ~/.bashrc
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-dev-container.yml b/.github/workflows/check-dev-container.yml
index a89d12e91..44911bfa5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-dev-container.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-dev-container.yml
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@ jobs:
             make
             make install
             cobj --version
+            automake --version
           push: never