diff --git a/.gitpod.dockerfile b/.gitpod.dockerfile
index 0e82dae8b4942..42547c1c9d9ce 100644
--- a/.gitpod.dockerfile
+++ b/.gitpod.dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM gitpod/workspace-full-vnc:latest
+FROM gitpod/workspace-full-vnc:branch-sh-nvm
 
 # Docker build does not rebuild an image when a base image is changed, increase this counter to trigger it.
 ENV TRIGGER_REBUILD 2