diff --git a/backend/docker/Dockerfile b/backend/docker/Dockerfile
index c3512f5b..4c694c6f 100644
--- a/backend/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Pull base image
-FROM python:3.10.12-alpine3.18
+FROM python:3.10.12-alpine
 
 # Set environment variables
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 WORKDIR /app
 
 # Install system dependencies
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y netcat-openbsd
+RUN apk update && apk add --no-cache gcc musl-dev python3-dev libffi-dev openssl-dev cargo netcat-openbsd
 
 # Install python dependencies
 COPY ./requirements/base.txt ./requirements/base.txt
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN pip install "cython<3.0.0" && pip install --no-build-isolation pyyaml==6.0
 RUN pip install -r requirements/base.txt
 
 # Copy project
diff --git a/backend/requirements/base.txt b/backend/requirements/base.txt
index 5ea3ef76..8735fc6e 100644
--- a/backend/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements/base.txt
@@ -15,13 +15,3 @@ PyJWT==2.7.0
 python-dotenv==1.0.0
 python-jose==3.3.0
 PyYAML==6.0
-rsa==4.9
-six==1.16.0
-sniffio==1.3.0
-starlette==0.27.0
-typing_extensions==4.7.1
-uvicorn==0.22.0
-uvloop==0.17.0
-watchfiles==0.19.0
-websockets==11.0.3
-boto3
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