diff --git a/mcp_server/docker/Dockerfile.custom b/mcp_server/docker/Dockerfile.custom
index 4e0dd2ea..92b25faf 100644
--- a/mcp_server/docker/Dockerfile.custom
+++ b/mcp_server/docker/Dockerfile.custom
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ RUN uv pip install --system "./[neo4j,falkordb]"
 # Now set up MCP server
 WORKDIR /app/mcp_server
 
-# Install MCP server dependencies (graphiti-core already installed from local)
+# Remove the local path override for graphiti-core in Docker builds
+# and remove graphiti-core from dependencies since we already installed it
+RUN sed -i '/\[tool\.uv\.sources\]/,/graphiti-core/d' pyproject.toml && \
+    sed -i '/graphiti-core\[falkordb\]/d' pyproject.toml
+
+# Install remaining MCP server dependencies (graphiti-core already installed from local)
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     uv sync --no-dev