diff --git a/containers/Containerfile.base b/containers/Containerfile.base
index 4d28b26d..067b4c2c 100644
--- a/containers/Containerfile.base
+++ b/containers/Containerfile.base
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ENV PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES=1
 RUN dnf install -y python3.12 && \
   alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.12 1 && \
   python -m ensurepip --upgrade && \
-  pip3 install --no-cache-dir wheel aiohttp && \
+  pip3 install --no-cache-dir build wheel aiohttp && \
   pip3 install --no-cache-dir pulsar-client==3.7.0 && \
   dnf clean all
 
diff --git a/containers/Containerfile.bedrock b/containers/Containerfile.bedrock
index 2885080d..a35d12ad 100644
--- a/containers/Containerfile.bedrock
+++ b/containers/Containerfile.bedrock
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ENV PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES=1
 RUN dnf install -y python3.12 && \
   alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.12 1 && \
   python -m ensurepip --upgrade && \
-  pip3 install --no-cache-dir wheel aiohttp && \
+  pip3 install --no-cache-dir build wheel aiohttp && \
   pip3 install --no-cache-dir pulsar-client==3.7.0 && \
   dnf clean all
 
diff --git a/containers/Containerfile.flow b/containers/Containerfile.flow
index d4015c8c..2ffa17d3 100644
--- a/containers/Containerfile.flow
+++ b/containers/Containerfile.flow
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ENV PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES=1
 RUN dnf install -y python3.12 && \
   alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.12 1 && \
   python -m ensurepip --upgrade && \
-  pip3 install --no-cache-dir wheel aiohttp rdflib && \
+  pip3 install --no-cache-dir build wheel aiohttp rdflib && \
   pip3 install --no-cache-dir pulsar-client==3.7.0 && \
   dnf clean all
 
diff --git a/containers/Containerfile.hf b/containers/Containerfile.hf
index dcc91632..b76179ff 100644
--- a/containers/Containerfile.hf
+++ b/containers/Containerfile.hf
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ENV PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES=1
 RUN dnf install -y python3.12 && \
   alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.12 1 && \
   python -m ensurepip --upgrade && \
-  pip3 install --no-cache-dir wheel aiohttp && \
+  pip3 install --no-cache-dir build wheel aiohttp && \
   pip3 install --no-cache-dir pulsar-client==3.7.0 && \
   dnf clean all
 
diff --git a/containers/Containerfile.mcp b/containers/Containerfile.mcp
index 79f479d5..2377a663 100644
--- a/containers/Containerfile.mcp
+++ b/containers/Containerfile.mcp
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ COPY trustgraph-mcp/ /root/build/trustgraph-mcp/
 
 WORKDIR /root/build/
 
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir build wheel
+
 RUN pip3 wheel -w /root/wheels/ --no-deps ./trustgraph-mcp/
 
 RUN ls /root/wheels
diff --git a/containers/Containerfile.ocr b/containers/Containerfile.ocr
index 43b66463..bb1f3ae2 100644
--- a/containers/Containerfile.ocr
+++ b/containers/Containerfile.ocr
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ RUN dnf install -y python3.12 && \
   dnf install -y tesseract poppler-utils && \
   alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.12 1 && \
   python -m ensurepip --upgrade && \
-  pip3 install --no-cache-dir wheel aiohttp && \
+  pip3 install --no-cache-dir build wheel aiohttp && \
   pip3 install --no-cache-dir pulsar-client==3.7.0 && \
   dnf clean all
 
diff --git a/containers/Containerfile.vertexai b/containers/Containerfile.vertexai
index 9d7028c0..9a4bd15f 100644
--- a/containers/Containerfile.vertexai
+++ b/containers/Containerfile.vertexai
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ENV PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES=1
 RUN dnf install -y python3.12 && \
   alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.12 1 && \
   python -m ensurepip --upgrade && \
-  pip3 install --no-cache-dir wheel aiohttp && \
+  pip3 install --no-cache-dir build wheel aiohttp && \
   pip3 install --no-cache-dir pulsar-client==3.7.0 && \
   pip3 install --no-cache-dir google-cloud-aiplatform && \
   dnf clean all