diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 83006b5f48..f5fb2e6610 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,43 +2,9 @@
 # See LICENSE in the project root for license information.
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-ARG PYTHON_VERSION="3.11"
-ARG PLUGINS_FILE="./recommended-plugins.txt"
+FROM ape:latest-slim
 
-FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION} as builder
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN pip install /wheels/*.whl
 
-WORKDIR /wheels
-
-COPY ./recommended-plugins.txt ./recommended-plugins.txt
-COPY . .
-
-RUN pip install --upgrade pip \
-    && pip install wheel \
-    && pip wheel .[recommended-plugins] --wheel-dir=/wheels
-
-FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-slim
-
-# See http://label-schema.org for metadata schema
-# TODO: Add `build-date` and `version`
-LABEL maintainer="ApeWorX" \
-      org.label-schema.schema-version="2.0" \
-      org.label-schema.name="ape" \
-      org.label-schema.description="Ape Ethereum Framework." \
-      org.label-schema.url="https://docs.apeworx.io/ape/stable/" \
-      org.label-schema.usage="https://docs.apeworx.io/ape/stable/userguides/quickstart.html#via-docker" \
-      org.label-schema.vcs-url="https://github.com/ApeWorX/ape" \
-      org.label-schema.docker.cmd="docker run --volume $HOME/.ape:/home/harambe/.ape --volume $HOME/.vvm:/home/harambe/.vvm --volume $HOME/.solcx:/home/harambe/.solcx --volume $PWD:/home/harambe/project --workdir /home/harambe/project apeworx/ape compile"
-
-RUN useradd --create-home --shell /bin/bash harambe
-
-COPY --from=builder /wheels /wheels
-COPY ./recommended-plugins.txt ./recommended-plugins.txt
-
-RUN pip install --upgrade pip \
-    pip install --no-cache-dir --find-links=/wheels -r ./recommended-plugins.txt \
-    && ape --version
-
-WORKDIR /home/harambe/project
-RUN chown --recursive harambe:harambe /home/harambe
-USER harambe
-ENTRYPOINT ["ape"]
+RUN ape --version
diff --git a/Dockerfile.slim b/Dockerfile.slim
index b5f37e819f..105b0fa302 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.slim
+++ b/Dockerfile.slim
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ COPY . .
 
 RUN pip wheel .
 
+RUN mkdir /wheels/recommended_plugins
+
+COPY ./recommended-plugins.txt ./recommended-plugins.txt
+
+RUN pip wheel .[recommended-plugins] --wheel-dir=/wheels/recommended_plugins
+
 FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-slim
 
 # See http://label-schema.org for metadata schema
@@ -34,6 +40,7 @@ COPY --from=builder /wheels/*.whl /wheels/
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
 RUN pip install /wheels/*.whl
 
+COPY --from=builder /wheels/recommended_plugins/*.whl /wheels/
 RUN ape --version
 
 WORKDIR /home/harambe/project