diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 851b2017..f48aed70 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ RUN case "${TARGETPLATFORM}" in \
     esac
 RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
     apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -yq build-essential libclang-16-dev \
+    apt-get install -yq --no-install-recommends build-essential libclang-16-dev \
     g++-aarch64-linux-gnu binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu \
     g++-x86-64-linux-gnu binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu
 RUN rustup target add "$(cat /target.txt)"
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ FROM docker.io/debian:bookworm-slim
 WORKDIR /opt/stalwart
 RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
     apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -yq ca-certificates
+    apt-get install -yq --no-install-recommends ca-certificates
 COPY --from=builder /output/stalwart /usr/local/bin
 COPY --from=builder /output/stalwart-cli /usr/local/bin
 COPY ./resources/docker/entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/Dockerfile.build b/Dockerfile.build
index d13f7c18..8e2f5ccb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.build
+++ b/Dockerfile.build
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ FROM --platform=$TARGETPLATFORM docker.io/library/debian:bookworm-slim AS gnu
 WORKDIR /opt/stalwart
 RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
     apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -yq ca-certificates tzdata
+    apt-get install -yq --no-install-recommends ca-certificates tzdata
 COPY --from=builder /app/artifact/stalwart /usr/local/bin
 COPY --from=builder /app/artifact/stalwart-cli /usr/local/bin
 COPY ./resources/docker/entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh