diff --git a/infra/ansible/Dockerfile b/infra/ansible/Dockerfile
index 369548413725..9762406f9e72 100644
--- a/infra/ansible/Dockerfile
+++ b/infra/ansible/Dockerfile
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ RUN pip install ansible
 COPY . /ansible
 
 ARG ansible_vars
-RUN ansible-playbook -vvv playbook.yaml -e "stage=build" -e "${ansible_vars}"
-RUN ansible-playbook -vvv playbook.yaml -e "stage=build_plugin" -e "${ansible_vars}" --skip-tags=fetch_srcs,install_deps
+# HACK: install build dependencies only, but skip build step
+RUN ansible-playbook -vvv playbook.yaml -e "stage=build" -e "${ansible_vars}" --tags "bazel,configure_env,install_deps"
+RUN ansible-playbook -vvv playbook.yaml -e "stage=build_plugin" -e "${ansible_vars}" 
+RUN ansible-playbook -vvv playbook.yaml -e "stage=build" -e "${ansible_vars}" --skip-tags=fetch_srcs,install_deps
 
 FROM python:${python_version}-${debian_version} AS release