diff --git a/contributing b/contributing
index dafe4d5..205f026 100644
--- a/contributing
+++ b/contributing
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ publicly. In the xyz folder, you can specify your container via a Dockerfile
 (or equivalent). To build the container, add a github actions workflow under
 .github/workflows named xyz.yaml. Name the image "containers-xyz", and have
 the workflow act only on the files added (folder xyz and workflow file). Also,
-tag and release the container with xyz-v1.2.3.
+tag and release the container with xyz-1.2.3.
 
 See the example provided by the ghci container.
diff --git a/ghci/Dockerfile b/ghci/Dockerfile
index a8a9491..a7d37c1 100644
--- a/ghci/Dockerfile
+++ b/ghci/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 FROM spack/ubuntu-jammy:0.22.2
 
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/E3SM-Project/containers
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.description="E3SM ghci container is mainly for testing on github actions"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.licenses=BSD-3-Clause
 
 ARG GCC_VERSION=11.4.0
 ARG MPICH_VERSION=3.4.3
@@ -50,6 +52,11 @@ RUN mkdir -p /opt/spack-environment \
 &&   echo "      - yaml-cpp" \
 &&   echo "      - fmt" \
 &&   echo "      - spdlog" \
+&&   echo "      - python" \
+&&   echo "      - py-pyyaml" \
+&&   echo "      - py-psutil" \
+&&   echo "      - py-netcdf4" \
+&&   echo "      - py-nanobind" \
 &&   echo " " \
 &&   echo "  specs:" \
 &&   echo "    - szip" \
diff --git a/ghci/readme b/ghci/readme
index 33a5ca7..e3d3695 100644
--- a/ghci/readme
+++ b/ghci/readme
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 The ghci container is mainly for testing on github actions
 
 Design notes
-- the container is based on spack/ubuntu-jammy:0.22.1
+- the container is based on spack/ubuntu-jammy:0.22.2
 - the container relies on binary cache to accelerate builds
 - the container is based on gcc 11, native to ubuntu 22.04 (jammy)
 - the container has mpich 3.4.3, to ensure compatibility with craympich