diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 50fd560ec9afb36defa11d4b16e3d04d4022161e..e74450030930b9b93f122e140fdc953a856d9347 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,21 +1,37 @@
 # For finding latest versions of the base image see
 # https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renkulab-docker
-ARG RENKU_BASE_IMAGE=renku/renkulab-py:3.7-0.7.3
+ARG RENKU_BASE_IMAGE=renku/renkulab-py:3.8-7bd410d
 FROM ${RENKU_BASE_IMAGE}
 
+# add Visual Studio Code editor
+# ENV VSCODE_VERSION=3.8.0
+RUN curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renkulab-docker/master/scripts/install-vscode.sh | bash
+
 # Uncomment and adapt if code is to be included in the image
 # COPY src /code/src
 
 # Uncomment and adapt if your R or python packages require extra linux (ubuntu) software
 # e.g. the following installs apt-utils and vim; each pkg on its own line, all lines
 # except for the last end with backslash '\' to continue the RUN line
-#
-# USER root
-# RUN apt-get update && \
-#    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-#    apt-utils \
-#    vim
-# USER ${NB_USER}
+
+USER root
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    apt-utils \
+    fish \
+    bash-completion \
+    vim \
+    jq \
+    less \
+    wget \
+    curl \
+    unzip \
+    bzip2 && \
+    apt-get -y clean && \
+    apt-get -y autoclean  && \
+    apt-get -y autoremove
+
+USER ${NB_USER}
 
 # install the python dependencies
 COPY requirements.txt environment.yml /tmp/
@@ -27,7 +43,7 @@ RUN conda env update -q -f /tmp/environment.yml && \
 # RENKU_VERSION determines the version of the renku CLI
 # that will be used in this image. To find the latest version,
 # visit https://pypi.org/project/renku/#history.
-ARG RENKU_VERSION=0.13.0
+ARG RENKU_VERSION=0.14.0
 
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