diff --git a/src/renku/devcontainer-feature.json b/src/renku/devcontainer-feature.json
index 9f57784..e700410 100644
--- a/src/renku/devcontainer-feature.json
+++ b/src/renku/devcontainer-feature.json
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@
         "ghcr.io/rocker-org/devcontainer-features/apt-packages:1": {
             "packages": "build-essential,bzip2,ca-certificates,curl,gpg-agent,gnupg,libglib2.0-0,libsm6,libxext6,libxrender1,rclone,tini,wget,vim,jq"
         },
-        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/python:1": {                                                             │
-            "version": "3.10"                                                                                    │
-        },
         "ghcr.io/rocker-org/devcontainer-features/miniforge:1": {},
         "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/git:1": {},
         "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/git-lfs:1": {
diff --git a/src/renku/install.sh b/src/renku/install.sh
index b2beee2..5ea1466 100644
--- a/src/renku/install.sh
+++ b/src/renku/install.sh
@@ -4,14 +4,6 @@ set -ex
 USER_ID=1000
 USERNAME=${USERNAME:-${_REMOTE_USER}}
 
-echo "Activating feature Renku"
-
-VERSION=${VERSION:-"latest"}
-if [ "${VERSION}" = "latest" ]; then
-    VERSION=$(curl -s https://pypi.org/pypi/renku/json | jq '.releases | keys | sort | .[]'  | grep -oP "\"[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]\"" | tr -d '"' | sort -rV | head -n 1)
-fi
-echo "The requested version is: $VERSION"
-
 # create the user if missing
 if ! id -u "${USERNAME}" >/dev/null 2>&1 && [ "$CREATEUSER" = "true" ]; then
     useradd -l -m -s /bin/bash -N -u 1000 "${USERNAME}"
@@ -23,7 +15,7 @@ if [ "${INSTALLJUPYTER}" = "true" ]; then
     ln -sf /opt/conda/bin/jupyter-server /opt/conda/bin/jupyter-notebook
 fi
 
-pip install pipx
-pipx install renku==${VERSION}
+# install the renku CLI
+curl -sfSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-cli/main/install.sh | bash -s -- -t nightly
 
 chown -R ${USERNAME} /usr/local/py-utils
diff --git a/test/renku/renku-base-notebook.sh b/test/renku/renku-base-notebook.sh
index 026f5ec..a63df06 100644
--- a/test/renku/renku-base-notebook.sh
+++ b/test/renku/renku-base-notebook.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ source dev-container-features-test-lib
 
 # Feature-specific tests
 # The 'check' command comes from the dev-container-features-test-lib.
-check "renku is available" bash -c "renku --help"
+check "renku is available" bash -c "rnk --help"
 check "git-lfs is available" bash -c "git lfs --help"
 check "conda is available" bash -c "conda --version"
 check "/opt/conda/bin is on PATH" bash -c "grep -q '/opt/conda/bin' <<< '$PATH'"
diff --git a/test/renku/renku-ubuntu-jovyan.sh b/test/renku/renku-ubuntu-jovyan.sh
index 026f5ec..a63df06 100644
--- a/test/renku/renku-ubuntu-jovyan.sh
+++ b/test/renku/renku-ubuntu-jovyan.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ source dev-container-features-test-lib
 
 # Feature-specific tests
 # The 'check' command comes from the dev-container-features-test-lib.
-check "renku is available" bash -c "renku --help"
+check "renku is available" bash -c "rnk --help"
 check "git-lfs is available" bash -c "git lfs --help"
 check "conda is available" bash -c "conda --version"
 check "/opt/conda/bin is on PATH" bash -c "grep -q '/opt/conda/bin' <<< '$PATH'"
diff --git a/test/renku/renku-ubuntu-randomUser.sh b/test/renku/renku-ubuntu-randomUser.sh
index 1fb57b5..b456ccb 100644
--- a/test/renku/renku-ubuntu-randomUser.sh
+++ b/test/renku/renku-ubuntu-randomUser.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ source dev-container-features-test-lib
 
 # Feature-specific tests
 # The 'check' command comes from the dev-container-features-test-lib.
-check "renku is available" bash -c "renku --help"
+check "renku is available" bash -c "rnk --help"
 check "git-lfs is available" bash -c "git lfs --help"
 check "conda is available" bash -c "conda --version"
 check "/opt/conda/bin is on PATH" bash -c "grep -q '/opt/conda/bin' <<< '$PATH'"
diff --git a/test/renku/renku.sh b/test/renku/renku.sh
index 950574e..01a0bd3 100644
--- a/test/renku/renku.sh
+++ b/test/renku/renku.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ source dev-container-features-test-lib
 
 # Feature-specific tests
 # The 'check' command comes from the dev-container-features-test-lib.
-check "renku is installed" bash -c "renku | grep 'Check common Renku commands'"
+check "renku is installed" bash -c "rnk 2> >(grep 'This is the command line interface to the Renku platform')"
 
 # Report results
 # If any of the checks above exited with a non-zero exit code, the test will fail.
diff --git a/test/renku/test.sh b/test/renku/test.sh
index 6ef4225..14b518e 100644
--- a/test/renku/test.sh
+++ b/test/renku/test.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ source dev-container-features-test-lib
 # Feature-specific tests
 # The 'check' command comes from the dev-container-features-test-lib. Syntax is...
 # check <LABEL> <cmd> [args...]
-check "renku is installed" bash -c "renku | grep 'Check common Renku commands'"
+check "renku is installed" bash -c "rnk 2> >(grep 'This is the command line interface to the Renku platform')"
 check "git-lfs is installed" bash -c "git lfs | grep 'git lfs <command>'"
 check "conda is available" bash -c "conda --version"
 check "/opt/conda/bin is on PATH" bash -c "grep -q '/opt/conda/bin' <<< '$PATH'"