diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 55437cc..1c4e24f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -31,8 +31,14 @@ RUN if [ -n "$VERSION" ]; then \
       echo "📝 Generated version.js with VERSION=$VERSION, IS_RELEASE=$IS_RELEASE"; \
     fi
 
-# Build the application
-RUN npm run build
+# Build the application (skip prebuild if we already generated version.js)
+RUN if [ -n "$VERSION" ]; then \
+      echo "🚀 Building with pre-generated version.js" && \
+      npx react-scripts build; \
+    else \
+      echo "🚀 Building with version-check.js" && \
+      npm run build; \
+    fi
 
 # Production stage
 FROM node:24-alpine AS production
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c77260a..f9e07e4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "jmespath-playground",
-  "version": "1.1.5",
+  "version": "1.1.6",
   "description": "A React-based web application for testing JMESPath expressions against JSON data",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {