diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 678cb2b36f..e49eeee832 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -95,6 +95,18 @@ RUN uv sync --locked --compile-bytecode && \
 # Install PowerShell modules
 RUN .venv/bin/python prowler/providers/m365/lib/powershell/m365_powershell.py
 
+USER root
+
+# Remove build-only packages from the final image after Python dependencies are installed.
+RUN apt-get purge -y --auto-remove \
+    build-essential \
+    pkg-config \
+    libzstd-dev \
+    zlib1g-dev \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+USER prowler
+
 # Remove deprecated dash dependencies
 RUN pip uninstall dash-html-components -y && \
     pip uninstall dash-core-components -y
diff --git a/api/Dockerfile b/api/Dockerfile
index bb9da0b280..0433258721 100644
--- a/api/Dockerfile
+++ b/api/Dockerfile
@@ -102,6 +102,23 @@ RUN uv sync --locked --no-install-project && \
 
 RUN .venv/bin/python .venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/prowler/providers/m365/lib/powershell/m365_powershell.py
 
+USER root
+
+# Remove build-only packages from the final image after Python dependencies are installed.
+RUN apt-get purge -y --auto-remove \
+    gcc \
+    g++ \
+    make \
+    libxml2-dev \
+    libxmlsec1-dev \
+    pkg-config \
+    libtool \
+    libxslt1-dev \
+    python3-dev \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+USER prowler
+
 COPY --chown=prowler:prowler src/backend/ ./backend/
 COPY --chown=prowler:prowler docker-entrypoint.sh ./docker-entrypoint.sh