diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0de52b8e7..0c3a2a33c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ RUN pip install dist/*.whl
 # install dependencies as wheels
 RUN pip wheel --no-cache-dir --wheel-dir=/wheels/ -r requirements.txt
 
+# install semantic-cache [Experimental]- we need this here and not in requirements.txt because redisvl pins to pydantic 1.0 
+RUN pip install redisvl==0.0.7 --no-deps
+
 # Runtime stage
 FROM $LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE as runtime
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.database b/Dockerfile.database
index 9e9fb7fc4..8ceafc718 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.database
+++ b/Dockerfile.database
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ COPY --from=builder /wheels/ /wheels/
 # Install the built wheel using pip; again using a wildcard if it's the only file
 RUN pip install *.whl /wheels/* --no-index --find-links=/wheels/ && rm -f *.whl && rm -rf /wheels
 
+# install semantic-cache [Experimental]- we need this here and not in requirements.txt because redisvl pins to pydantic 1.0 
+RUN pip install redisvl==0.0.7 --no-deps
+
 # Generate prisma client
 RUN prisma generate
 RUN chmod +x entrypoint.sh