diff --git a/src/summary/Dockerfile b/src/summary/Dockerfile
index ace69734..7cd1235a 100644
--- a/src/summary/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/summary/Dockerfile
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-FROM python:3.13-slim AS base
+FROM python:3.13-alpine3.23 AS base
 
 
 # Install ffmpeg for audio/video processing (format conversion, extraction, compression)
 # See summary/core/file_service.py for usage.
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ffmpeg=7:7.1.3-* && \
-    apt-get clean && \
-    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN apk add --no-cache "ffmpeg=8.0.1-r1"
 
 FROM base AS builder
 
@@ -14,13 +11,13 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY pyproject.toml .
 
-RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir .
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir .
 
 FROM base AS development
 WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY . .
-RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -e ".[dev]" || pip3 install --no-cache-dir -e .
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -e ".[dev]" || pip install --no-cache-dir -e .
 
 CMD ["uvicorn", "summary.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000", "--reload"]
 
@@ -28,6 +25,9 @@ FROM base AS production
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
+# Remove pip to reduce attack surface in production
+RUN pip uninstall -y pip
+
 # Un-privileged user running the application
 ARG DOCKER_USER
 USER ${DOCKER_USER}