diff --git a/images/socketio/Dockerfile b/images/socketio/Dockerfile
index db9c1dd2..fa28b92a 100644
--- a/images/socketio/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/socketio/Dockerfile
@@ -2,10 +2,20 @@ FROM alpine/git as builder
 
 ARG FRAPPE_VERSION
 ARG FRAPPE_REPO=https://github.com/frappe/frappe
+RUN apk add -U jq
 RUN git clone --depth 1 -b ${FRAPPE_VERSION} ${FRAPPE_REPO} /opt/frappe
+RUN jq --argjson dependencies "$(jq '.dependencies | INDEX( "express", "redis", "socket.io", "superagent" ) as $keep | \
+    del( \
+    . | objects | \
+    .[ \
+        keys_unsorted[] | \
+        select( $keep[ . ] | not ) \
+    ] \
+    )' /opt/frappe/package.json)" '.dependencies = $dependencies | del(.scripts.prepare)' /opt/frappe/package.json > /opt/frappe/dependencies.json && \
+    mv /opt/frappe/dependencies.json /opt/frappe/package.json
 
-
-FROM node:17-alpine
+# NodeJS LTS
+FROM node:18-alpine
 
 RUN addgroup -S frappe \
     && adduser -S frappe -G frappe
@@ -14,11 +24,10 @@ USER frappe
 WORKDIR /home/frappe/frappe-bench
 RUN mkdir -p sites apps/frappe
 
-COPY --chown=frappe:frappe --from=builder /opt/frappe/socketio.js /opt/frappe/node_utils.js apps/frappe/
-COPY --chown=frappe:frappe package.json apps/frappe/
+COPY --chown=frappe:frappe --from=builder /opt/frappe/package.json /opt/frappe/socketio.js /opt/frappe/node_utils.js apps/frappe/
 
 RUN cd apps/frappe \
-    && npm install
+    && npm install --omit=dev
 
 WORKDIR /home/frappe/frappe-bench/sites
 
diff --git a/images/socketio/package.json b/images/socketio/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 04539034..00000000
--- a/images/socketio/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "frappe-socketio",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
-  "description": "Frappe SocketIO Server",
-  "author": "Revant Nandgaonkar",
-  "license": "MIT",
-  "dependencies": {
-    "express": "^4.17.1",
-    "redis": "^3.1.1",
-    "socket.io": "^2.4.0",
-    "superagent": "^5.1.0"
-  }
-}