diff --git a/server/Dockerfile b/server/Dockerfile
index 6fdec73..d69d333 100644
--- a/server/Dockerfile
+++ b/server/Dockerfile
@@ -48,16 +48,20 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apk \
 
 WORKDIR /build
 
-COPY server/pyproject.toml server/README.md server/requirements.txt ./
-COPY server/src/ ./src/
-# aerich migration files are a release artifact: the db-migrate compose
-# service runs `aerich upgrade` from this image before the app starts.
-COPY server/migrations/ ./migrations/
 
+COPY server/requirements.txt ./
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/pip \
     python3 -m venv /opt/venv \
  && /opt/venv/bin/pip install --upgrade pip \
- && /opt/venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt .
+ && /opt/venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+COPY server/pyproject.toml server/README.md ./
+COPY server/src/ ./src/
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+    /opt/venv/bin/pip install .
+# aerich migration files are a release artifact: the db-migrate compose
+# service runs `aerich upgrade` from this image before the app starts.
+COPY server/migrations/ ./migrations/
 
 # --- Runtime ---------------------------------------------------------------
 FROM alpine:3.24