diff --git a/Dockerfile.database b/Dockerfile.database
index ed29b25e69..43db5be7d7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.database
+++ b/Dockerfile.database
@@ -9,10 +9,16 @@ FROM $LITELLM_BUILD_IMAGE as builder
 # Set the working directory to /app
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Install build dependencies
+# Temporarily disable APT's post-invoke clean-up actions
+RUN mv /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/docker-clean /tmp
+
+# Perform APT operations
 RUN apt-get clean && apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y gcc python3-dev
 
+# If needed, re-enable APT's post-invoke actions by moving docker-clean back
+# RUN mv /tmp/docker-clean /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/docker-clean
+
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip && \
     pip install build