diff --git a/backend/docker/lambda.Dockerfile b/backend/docker/lambda.Dockerfile
index 3931f0fc..168f94f6 100644
--- a/backend/docker/lambda.Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/docker/lambda.Dockerfile
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ WORKDIR var/task/Model
 
 # Install python dependencies
 COPY ./backend/requirements/base.txt ./backend/requirements/base.txt
-RUN pip install --upgrade pip
 # Install and clean up temp caches
-RUN pip install -r backend/requirements/base.txt && rm -rf /root/.cache
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip \
+    && pip install -r backend/requirements/base.txt && rm -rf /root/.cache
 
 # Since we are not using a base AWS image, there is some additional setup required. We need to set up the runtime
 # interface client