diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 9c93259adc3..853c74b05ca 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
         --extra semantic-router \
         --python python3
 
-RUN mkdir -p /home/nonroot && \
-    HOME=/home/nonroot prisma generate --schema=./schema.prisma && \
-    chown -R nonroot:nonroot /home/nonroot/.cache
+RUN HOME=/opt/prisma XDG_CACHE_HOME=/opt/prisma/.cache PRISMA_BINARY_CACHE_DIR=/opt/prisma/binaries \
+    npm_config_cache=/root/.npm \
+    prisma generate --schema=./schema.prisma
 
 RUN sed -i 's/\r$//' docker/component_entrypoint.sh && chmod +x docker/component_entrypoint.sh
 
@@ -83,13 +83,16 @@ ENV HOME=/home/nonroot \
     PATH="/app/.venv/bin:${PATH}" \
     PYTHONPATH="/app" \
     PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
-    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
+    PRISMA_BINARY_CACHE_DIR=/opt/prisma/binaries
 
 COPY --from=builder --chown=nonroot:nonroot /app /app
-COPY --from=builder --chown=nonroot:nonroot /home/nonroot/.cache /home/nonroot/.cache
+COPY --from=builder /opt/prisma /opt/prisma
 
 RUN find /app/.venv -type f -path "*/tornado/test/*" -delete && \
-    find /app/.venv -type d -path "*/tornado/test" -delete
+    find /app/.venv -type d -path "*/tornado/test" -delete && \
+    chmod -R a+rX /opt/prisma && \
+    python -c "from prisma.client import BINARY_PATHS; paths = list(BINARY_PATHS.query_engine.values()); assert paths and all(p.startswith('/opt/prisma/') for p in paths), paths"
 
 USER nonroot
 
diff --git a/gateway/Dockerfile b/gateway/Dockerfile
index 3b4f94d5dc9..223df524d7c 100644
--- a/gateway/Dockerfile
+++ b/gateway/Dockerfile
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
         --extra bedrock-realtime \
         --python python3
 
-RUN mkdir -p /home/nonroot && \
-    HOME=/home/nonroot prisma generate --schema=./schema.prisma && \
-    chown -R nonroot:nonroot /home/nonroot/.cache
+RUN HOME=/opt/prisma XDG_CACHE_HOME=/opt/prisma/.cache PRISMA_BINARY_CACHE_DIR=/opt/prisma/binaries \
+    npm_config_cache=/root/.npm \
+    prisma generate --schema=./schema.prisma
 
 RUN sed -i 's/\r$//' docker/component_entrypoint.sh && chmod +x docker/component_entrypoint.sh
 
@@ -85,13 +85,16 @@ ENV HOME=/home/nonroot \
     PATH="/app/.venv/bin:${PATH}" \
     PYTHONPATH="/app" \
     PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
-    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
+    PRISMA_BINARY_CACHE_DIR=/opt/prisma/binaries
 
 COPY --from=builder --chown=nonroot:nonroot /app /app
-COPY --from=builder --chown=nonroot:nonroot /home/nonroot/.cache /home/nonroot/.cache
+COPY --from=builder /opt/prisma /opt/prisma
 
 RUN find /app/.venv -type f -path "*/tornado/test/*" -delete && \
-    find /app/.venv -type d -path "*/tornado/test" -delete
+    find /app/.venv -type d -path "*/tornado/test" -delete && \
+    chmod -R a+rX /opt/prisma && \
+    python -c "from prisma.client import BINARY_PATHS; paths = list(BINARY_PATHS.query_engine.values()); assert paths and all(p.startswith('/opt/prisma/') for p in paths), paths"
 
 USER nonroot