diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-auto-review.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-auto-review.yml
index 23d9ba2..1f900bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-auto-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-auto-review.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Python Packages
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install google-generativeai PyGithub
+          pip install --no-cache-dir google-generativeai PyGithub
 
       - name: Get Git Diff
         id: git_diff
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
index 3ee7fae..09809c7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build, tag, and push image to Amazon ECR
         run: |
-          docker build -t dearbelly-cv .
+          docker build --no-cache -t dearbelly-cv .
           docker tag dearbelly-cv:latest ${{ secrets.ECR_URI }}/dearbelly-cv
           docker push ${{ secrets.ECR_URI }}/dearbelly-cv:latest
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a8e773f..67a835e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,14 +3,18 @@ FROM nvidia/cuda:12.6.0-runtime-ubuntu24.04
 WORKDIR /app
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip git && \
-    ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python && \
-    pip install --upgrade pip && \
-    apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        python3 python3-pip python3-venv git ca-certificates && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+ENV VENV_PATH=/opt/venv
+RUN python3 -m venv "$VENV_PATH" && \
+    "$VENV_PATH/bin/python" -m pip install --upgrade pip
 
 COPY . .
+RUN "$VENV_PATH/bin/pip" install --no-cache-dir -r app/requirements.txt
 
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r app/requirements.txt
+ENV PATH="$VENV_PATH/bin:$PATH"
 
 EXPOSE 8000