diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 11d652bf..99137694 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ RUN pip install -r /tmp/docker-requirements.txt
 
 RUN pip install --upgrade setuptools
 COPY requirements.txt /tmp/requirements.txt
+COPY api-requirements.txt /tmp/api-requirements.txt
+
 RUN pip install -r /tmp/requirements.txt
 
 
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile_CPU b/backend/Dockerfile_CPU
index 159cae07..b6921403 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile_CPU
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile_CPU
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ RUN pip install -r /tmp/docker-requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --upgrade setuptools
 
 COPY requirements.txt /tmp/requirements.txt
+COPY api-requirements.txt /tmp/api-requirements.txt
 RUN pip install -r /tmp/requirements.txt
 
 COPY docker/ramp/solaris /tmp/solaris