diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6c36382..8e4450e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 FROM alpine:3.23
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache python3 py3-pip
-RUN pip3 install --break-system-packages flask flask-httpauth gunicorn requests jmespath
+
+# Copy requirements and install Python packages
+COPY requirements.txt /tmp/requirements.txt
+RUN pip3 install --break-system-packages -r /tmp/requirements.txt
+
 # Clean up apk cache
 RUN rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b5cc14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+flask
+flask-httpauth
+gunicorn
+requests
+jmespath