diff --git a/Dockerfile.database b/Dockerfile.database
index 9e2d1637b02..92859a61d8e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.database
+++ b/Dockerfile.database
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ RUN pip install *.whl /wheels/* --no-index --find-links=/wheels/ && rm -f *.whl
 # install semantic-cache [Experimental]- we need this here and not in requirements.txt because redisvl pins to pydantic 1.0 
 RUN pip install redisvl==0.0.7 --no-deps
 
+# ensure pyjwt is used, not jwt
+RUN pip uninstall jwt -y
+RUN pip uninstall PyJWT -y
+RUN pip install PyJWT --no-cache-dir
+
 # Build Admin UI
 RUN chmod +x build_admin_ui.sh && ./build_admin_ui.sh