diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f2a54185bf..c13d49c6d0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,6 +2,22 @@
 # See LICENSE in the project root for license information.
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION="3.11"
+FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION} as builder
+
+WORKDIR /wheels
+
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip \
+    && pip install wheel
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN mkdir /wheels
+
+COPY ./recommended-plugins.txt ./recommended-plugins.txt
+
+RUN pip wheel .[recommended-plugins] --wheel-dir=/wheels
+
 FROM ape:latest-slim
 
 USER root
diff --git a/Dockerfile.slim b/Dockerfile.slim
index 71451dcf3d..02f3627132 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.slim
+++ b/Dockerfile.slim
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@ 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
@@ -40,7 +34,6 @@ 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