diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile.build b/backend/Dockerfile.build
deleted file mode 100644
index 879a0c30720..00000000000
--- a/backend/Dockerfile.build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# Dockerfile
-FROM python:3.12-slim
-
-WORKDIR /app
-
-COPY . .
-
-RUN pip install --upgrade pip && \
-    pip install 'fastapi[standard]'
-
-# bash conditional to verify if requirements.txt exists and install dependencies
-RUN if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then \
-    pip install -r requirements.txt; \
-    else \
-    echo "No requirements.txt file found, there is not extra dependencies to install"; \
-    fi
-
-CMD ["sh", "-c", "fastapi run --host 0.0.0.0 --port ${PORT:-8000}"]
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile.builder b/backend/Dockerfile.builder
index 1adbeaa99d4..69270ba5597 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile.builder
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile.builder
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ COPY ./scripts /app/scripts
 
 COPY ./pyproject.toml ./uv.lock ./alembic.ini /app/
 
-COPY Dockerfile.build /app/Dockerfile
+COPY Dockerfile.standard /app/Dockerfile.standard
+COPY Dockerfile.requirements /app/Dockerfile.requirements
+
 COPY builder_entrypoint.sh /app/builder_entrypoint.sh
 RUN chmod +x /app/builder_entrypoint.sh
 
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile.requirements b/backend/Dockerfile.requirements
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0d759196250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile.requirements
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Dockerfile
+FROM python:3.12-slim
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install uv
+# Ref: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/guides/integration/docker/#installing-uv
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.4.15-alpine /usr/local/bin/uv /bin/uv
+
+# Using uv as pip interface
+# Ref: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/guides/integration/docker/#using-the-pip-interface
+ENV UV_SYSTEM_PYTHON=1
+
+# Compile bytecode
+# Ref: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/guides/integration/docker/#compiling-bytecode
+ENV UV_COMPILE_BYTECODE=1
+
+# uv Cache
+# Ref: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/guides/integration/docker/#caching
+ENV UV_LINK_MODE=copy
+
+COPY requirements.txt .
+
+# Install dependencies
+RUN uv pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+ENV PYTHONPATH=/app
+
+COPY . .
+
+CMD ["sh", "-c", "fastapi run --host 0.0.0.0 --port ${PORT:-8000}"]
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile.standard b/backend/Dockerfile.standard
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e67f6c4e0c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile.standard
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Dockerfile
+FROM python:3.12-slim
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install uv
+# Ref: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/guides/integration/docker/#installing-uv
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.4.15-alpine /usr/local/bin/uv /bin/uv
+
+# Using uv as pip interface
+# Ref: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/guides/integration/docker/#using-the-pip-interface
+ENV UV_SYSTEM_PYTHON=1
+
+# Compile bytecode
+# Ref: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/guides/integration/docker/#compiling-bytecode
+ENV UV_COMPILE_BYTECODE=1
+
+# uv Cache
+# Ref: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/guides/integration/docker/#caching
+ENV UV_LINK_MODE=copy
+
+# Install dependencies
+RUN uv pip install 'fastapi[standard]'
+
+ENV PYTHONPATH=/app
+
+COPY . .
+
+CMD ["sh", "-c", "fastapi run --host 0.0.0.0 --port ${PORT:-8000}"]
diff --git a/backend/app/docker_builder.py b/backend/app/docker_builder.py
index 55fdd35737f..4e354250753 100644
--- a/backend/app/docker_builder.py
+++ b/backend/app/docker_builder.py
@@ -290,7 +290,11 @@ def process_message(message: dict[str, Any], session: SessionDep) -> None:
     create_ecr_repository(image_tag)
 
     # Copy Dockerfile to build context
-    shutil.copy("/app/Dockerfile", build_context)
+    build_files = os.listdir(build_context)
+    if "requirements.txt" in build_files:
+        shutil.copy("/app/Dockerfile.requirements", f"{build_context}/Dockerfile")
+    else:
+        shutil.copy("/app/Dockerfile.standard", f"{build_context}/Dockerfile")
 
     # Build and push Docker image
     sha256 = build_and_push_docker_image(image_tag, build_context, registry_url)