diff --git a/docker/client.Dockerfile b/docker/client.Dockerfile
index d4e137b..1059519 100644
--- a/docker/client.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/client.Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Tauri Client Build Container
 # Used for CI builds and development - desktop app typically runs natively
 
-FROM rust:1.75-bookworm AS rust-base
+FROM rust:1.81-bookworm AS rust-base
 
 # Install Node.js 20.x
 RUN curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | bash - \
diff --git a/docker/server.Dockerfile b/docker/server.Dockerfile
index 2a49de6..e80456b 100644
--- a/docker/server.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/server.Dockerfile
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ CMD ["sh", "-c", "uv sync --frozen --group dev --all-extras && uv run python scr
 FROM base AS with-ner
 
 # Install NER dependencies and download spaCy model
-RUN python -m pip install -e ".[ner]" \
-    && python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm
+RUN uv pip install -e ".[ner]" \
+    && uv run python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm
 
 # Verify model is available
-RUN python -c "import spacy; nlp = spacy.load('en_core_web_sm'); print('NER model loaded successfully')"
+RUN uv run python -c "import spacy; nlp = spacy.load('en_core_web_sm'); print('NER model loaded successfully')"
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Development target (default)