diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3f87a96..aff0100 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,8 +8,13 @@ ENV PYTHON_VERSION="3.10.4" \
 
 ENV PGDATA /data/${PG_MAJOR}
 
-RUN install-stack python $PYTHON_VERSION \
+RUN install-packages gcc \
+  && install-stack python $PYTHON_VERSION \
   && install-stack postgresql $POSTGRESQL_VERSION && . init-stack \
+  && set -eux; pip3 install --disable-pip-version-check --no-cache-dir psycopg[binary] patroni[kubernetes] 2>/dev/null; set +eux \
+  && apt-get purge -y --auto-remove gcc \
+  && apt-get autoremove -y \
+  && apt-get clean -y \
   && rm -rf \
     /usr/share/doc \
     /usr/share/man \
@@ -26,9 +31,8 @@ RUN install-stack python $PYTHON_VERSION \
   && mkdir -p /usr/share/man/man{1..8} \
   && mkdir -p $PGDATA \
   && groupadd postgres && useradd -g postgres postgres \
-  && chown -R postgres:postgres /data \
-  && set -eux; pip3 install --disable-pip-version-check --no-cache-dir psycopg[binary] patroni[kubernetes] 2>/dev/null
+  && chown -R postgres:postgres /data
 
 USER postgres
 ENTRYPOINT ["init-stack", "/entrypoint.sh"]
-EXPOSE 5432 8008
+EXPOSE 5432 8008
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