diff --git a/backend/docker/Dockerfile b/backend/docker/Dockerfile
index 0c05c635..7f8b8317 100644
--- a/backend/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Pull base image
-FROM python:3.10.12-alpine
+FROM python:3.10-slim-bullseye
 
 # Set environment variables
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
@@ -9,16 +9,11 @@ ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 WORKDIR /app
 
 # Install system dependencies
-RUN apk update && apk add --no-cache gcc musl-dev python3-dev libffi-dev openssl-dev cargo netcat-openbsd
-
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y netcat-openbsd && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Install python dependencies
-# This is required to install pyyaml==6.0 with the alpine image, it's still in the requirements file
-# but will be skipped over since we've already installed it here
 COPY ./requirements/base.txt ./requirements/base.txt
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN pip install "cython<3.0.0"
-RUN pip install --no-build-isolation pyyaml==6.0
 RUN pip install -r requirements/base.txt
 
 # Copy project