diff --git a/.devcontainer/cpp/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/cpp/Dockerfile
index c581967f..9528677c 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/cpp/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/cpp/Dockerfile
@@ -112,3 +112,6 @@ RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/c++ c++ /usr/bin/g++-14 20 \
 RUN wget -qP /usr/local/lib/python*/dist-packages/cmake/data/share/cmake-*/Modules/ https://github.com/cpm-cmake/CPM.cmake/releases/download/v${CPM_VERSION}/CPM.cmake \
  && conan profile detect \
  && echo -e "\n[conf]\ntools.cmake.cmaketoolchain:generator=Ninja" >> "$(conan profile path default)"
+
+COPY .devcontainer/cpp/first-run-notice.txt /usr/local/etc/vscode-dev-containers/first-run-notice.txt
+RUN sed -i '/^<!--/d' /usr/local/etc/vscode-dev-containers/first-run-notice.txt
diff --git a/.devcontainer/cpp/first-run-notice.txt b/.devcontainer/cpp/first-run-notice.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85db44bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/cpp/first-run-notice.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<!-- x-release-please-start-version
+
+🚀 Welcome to amp-devcontainer-cpp v5.5.4
+
+Release notes for this version can be found ]8;;https://github.com/philips-software/amp-devcontainer/releases/tag/v5.5.4\here]8;;\
+
+Happy coding!
+
+<!-- x-release-please-end
diff --git a/.devcontainer/rust/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/rust/Dockerfile
index 39ebec7b..08093cd6 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/rust/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/rust/Dockerfile
@@ -50,3 +50,6 @@ RUN wget -qO - "https://github.com/cargo-bins/cargo-binstall/releases/download/v
  && cargo-binstall -y --locked cargo-binutils@0.3.6 cargo-mutants@24.9.0 flip-link@0.1.9 \
  # cargo-binstall can't (yet) install probe-rs-tools for aarch64, fall-back to script installation
  && wget -qO - https://github.com/probe-rs/probe-rs/releases/download/v0.24.0/probe-rs-tools-installer.sh | sh
+
+COPY .devcontainer/rust/first-run-notice.txt /usr/local/etc/vscode-dev-containers/first-run-notice.txt
+RUN sed -i '/^<!--/d' /usr/local/etc/vscode-dev-containers/first-run-notice.txt
diff --git a/.devcontainer/rust/first-run-notice.txt b/.devcontainer/rust/first-run-notice.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23aff005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/rust/first-run-notice.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<!-- x-release-please-start-version
+
+🚀 Welcome to amp-devcontainer-rust v5.5.4
+
+Release notes for this version can be found ]8;;https://github.com/philips-software/amp-devcontainer/releases/tag/v5.5.4\here]8;;\
+
+Happy coding!
+
+<!-- x-release-please-end
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 8e06b464..d5aa4ef2 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@
   "packages": {
     ".": {
       "package-name": "amp-devcontainer",
-      "release-type": "simple"
+      "release-type": "simple",
+      "extra-files": [
+        ".devcontainer/cpp/first-run-notice.txt",
+        ".devcontainer/rust/first-run-notice.txt"
+      ]
     }
   },
   "plugins": ["sentence-case"]