diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4f6f11c..b56db9f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ COPY vllm_patches/hf.py /usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/vllm/renderers/h
 
 # Install LMCache for KV cache offloading / sharing across nodes
 # Build from source to match CUDA 13 (pip wheel is CUDA 12)
-RUN git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/LMCache/LMCache.git /tmp/lmcache && \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git && \
+    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/LMCache/LMCache.git /tmp/lmcache && \
     cd /tmp/lmcache && \
     pip install --no-cache-dir --no-build-isolation -e . && \
-    rm -rf /tmp/lmcache
+    rm -rf /tmp/lmcache && \
+    apt-get remove -y git && \
+    apt-get autoremove -y && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*