diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 217daccec..1a59db16a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -15,9 +15,18 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y gcc python3-dev && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip && \
+    pip install build
+
 # Copy the current directory contents into the container at /app
 COPY requirements.txt .
 
+# Build the package
+RUN rm -rf dist/* && python -m build
+
+# Install the package
+RUN pip install dist/*.whl
+
 # Install any needed packages specified in requirements.txt
 RUN pip install wheel && \
     pip wheel --no-cache-dir --wheel-dir=/app/wheels -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bc849a325..986580d7a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # LITELLM PROXY DEPENDENCIES #
-litellm
 openai>=1.0.0
 fastapi
 tomli