diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3909fb91..12315714 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY ./requirements.txt requirements.txt
 
-RUN pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip
 # Install the project dependencies
 RUN python -m ensurepip --upgrade
-RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 # Copy the rest of the application code
 COPY . .
diff --git a/docker/aws.Dockerfile b/docker/aws.Dockerfile
index 13d79b8d..7a529344 100644
--- a/docker/aws.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/aws.Dockerfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 COPY ./requirements.txt requirements.txt
 
 # Install the project dependencies
-RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 # Install curl and unzip for awscli 
 RUN apt-get -y update; apt-get -y install curl; apt-get -y install unzip