diff --git a/dockers/spark/master/Dockerfile b/dockers/spark/master/Dockerfile
index 8d2b4cbb..6e45e365 100644
--- a/dockers/spark/master/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockers/spark/master/Dockerfile
@@ -17,14 +17,16 @@ RUN python -m poetry config virtualenvs.create false \
     && python -m poetry show -v
 
 # copy source code ONLY after installing dependencies
-COPY tube /tube/
+COPY . /tube/
 COPY README.md setup.py /tube/
 
 RUN python -m poetry config virtualenvs.create false \
     && python -m poetry install -vv --only main --no-interaction \
+    && python -m poetry build \
     && python -m poetry show -v
 
-RUN pip install .
+RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN python -m pip install /tube/dist/tube-1.0.5-py3-none-apy.whl
 
 EXPOSE 8080 7077 6066
 
diff --git a/dockers/spark/worker/Dockerfile b/dockers/spark/worker/Dockerfile
index 73b83220..4d901960 100644
--- a/dockers/spark/worker/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockers/spark/worker/Dockerfile
@@ -16,14 +16,16 @@ RUN python -m poetry config virtualenvs.create false \
     && python -m poetry show -v
 
 # copy source code ONLY after installing dependencies
-COPY tube /tube
+COPY . /tube
 COPY README.md setup.py /tube/
 
 RUN python -m poetry config virtualenvs.create false \
     && python -m poetry install -vv --only main --no-interaction \
+    && python -m poetry build \
     && python -m poetry show -v
 
-RUN pip install .
+RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN python -m pip install /tube/dist/tube-1.0.5-py3-none-apy.whl
 
 EXPOSE 8081
 
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 5899698a..5489a82f 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1552,6 +1552,20 @@ MarkupSafe = ">=2.1.1"
 [package.extras]
 watchdog = ["watchdog (>=2.3)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wheel"
+version = "0.43.0"
+description = "A built-package format for Python"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "wheel-0.43.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:55c570405f142630c6b9f72fe09d9b67cf1477fcf543ae5b8dcb1f5b7377da81"},
+    {file = "wheel-0.43.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:465ef92c69fa5c5da2d1cf8ac40559a8c940886afcef87dcf14b9470862f1d85"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+test = ["pytest (>=6.0.0)", "setuptools (>=65)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wrapt"
 version = "1.16.0"
@@ -1655,4 +1669,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.9"
-content-hash = "255ec4a1132b6922ec639ed053b5931b89d1e44f89c789fd9b86686a87334bf3"
+content-hash = "4819de1eceaaeda8643a7ab495faa10098079a8f3bbdb00d8c225d5a5c6fcfb7"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3e4e83ed..e11e7e7e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/uc-cdis/tube"
 include = [
   "NOTICE",
 ]
+packages = [{include = "tube"}]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.9"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ setuptools = "65.3.0"
 six = "1.16.0"
 Werkzeug = "3.0.3"
 toml="0.10.2"
+wheel="0.43.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 pytest="5.4.3"