diff --git a/python/datascience/Dockerfile.datascience b/python/datascience/Dockerfile.datascience
index 045caec..8deb165 100644
--- a/python/datascience/Dockerfile.datascience
+++ b/python/datascience/Dockerfile.datascience
@@ -15,11 +15,17 @@ ARG FROM_PYTHON_VERSION
 RUN python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools pip
 
 RUN if [ "$(printf '%s\n' "$FROM_PYTHON_VERSION" "3.11" | sort -V | head -n1)" = "3.11" ]; then \
-  pip install -r requirements-3.11+.txt -c constraints.txt\
+  mv "requirements-3.11+.txt" "requirements.txt" \
   ; else \
-  pip install -r requirements-below-3.11.txt  -c constraints.txt\
+  mv "requirements-below-3.11.txt" "requirements.txt" \
   ; fi
 
-
-# Clean up the requirements files from the image
-RUN rm /requirements-3.11+.txt /requirements-below-3.11.txt
+# Install dependencies
+# Combine all RUN commands into one to minimize the number of layers
+RUN apt-get update \
+  && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends gcc \
+  && pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt -c constraints.txt \
+  && apt-get purge -y gcc \
+  && apt-get autoremove -y \
+  && apt-get clean \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /root/.cache
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