diff --git a/features/src/utils/.bashrc b/features/src/utils/.bashrc
index 5096c8ba..c79c76fd 100644
--- a/features/src/utils/.bashrc
+++ b/features/src/utils/.bashrc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 export PYTHONSAFEPATH="${PYTHONSAFEPATH:-1}";
 
 # Append history lines as soon as they're entered
-export PROMPT_COMMAND="${PROMPT_COMMAND:-}";
+export PROMPT_COMMAND="${PROMPT_COMMAND:-history -a}";
 
 if test -n "${PROMPT_COMMAND##*"history -a"*}"; then
     export PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a; $PROMPT_COMMAND";
diff --git a/features/src/utils/devcontainer-feature.json b/features/src/utils/devcontainer-feature.json
index 97d0f155..8dcfe7ff 100644
--- a/features/src/utils/devcontainer-feature.json
+++ b/features/src/utils/devcontainer-feature.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "devcontainer-utils",
   "id": "utils",
-  "version": "24.10.1",
+  "version": "24.10.2",
   "description": "A feature to install RAPIDS devcontainer utility scripts",
   "containerEnv": {
     "BASH_ENV": "/etc/bash.bash_env"