diff --git a/workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/deps/implementation/backend_deploy/Dockerfile b/workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/deps/implementation/backend_deploy/Dockerfile
index fa24382..b59c262 100644
--- a/workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/deps/implementation/backend_deploy/Dockerfile
+++ b/workspace/sprint_1_2/CODEBASE/deps/implementation/backend_deploy/Dockerfile
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ COPY requirements.txt .
 # Build wheel files for all dependencies AND their transitive dependencies.
 # --wheel-dir=/wheels: write .whl files to the wheelhouse directory
 # (no --no-deps: we want the full dependency tree pre-compiled)
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip && \
-    pip wheel --no-cache-dir --wheel-dir=/wheels -r requirements.txt
+RUN python -m pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip && \
+    python -m pip wheel --no-cache-dir --wheel-dir=/wheels -r requirements.txt
 
 # =============================================================================
 # Stage 2: Application Builder