diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b290c084..12aa36ad 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ RUN addgroup -g 4200 appgroup \
   && adduser -h /home/appuser -s /sbin/nologin -G appgroup -D -u 4200 appuser
 
 # upgrade all installed packages to fix potential CVEs in advance
+# also remove apk package manager to hopefully remove dependecy on openssl 🤞
 RUN apk upgrade --no-cache --no-progress \
-  && apk add --no-cache --no-progress ca-certificates
+  && apk add --no-cache --no-progress ca-certificates \
+  && apk del --no-cache --no-progress apk-tools alpine-keys
 
 COPY --from=builder /pkg/ /usr/