diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 015d710956729a4bfc0d0a5e817f0184dd085fd7..488c090d11b76a103cbcc1b70e699b1d657df49f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.6.9 /uv /uvx /bin/
 
 COPY --chown=${NB_UID}:${NB_GID} mattergen /opt/mattergen
-RUN uv pip install -e /opt/mattergen \
+RUN uv pip install --system -e /opt/mattergen \
  && fix-permissions "${CONDA_DIR}" \
  && fix-permissions "/home/${NB_USER}"