diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e65b7119b87d5bee88163cc947e2d2e57b00f633..eeaebb7e94bb813b6726018a795d8d3bfde344ee 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ RUN apt-get install -y git
 USER jovyan
 RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip
 
-# Install 'nice to have lab extensions'
-# RUN pip install --upgrade jupyterlab
-RUN pip install jupyterlab-git==0.34.0
-RUN pip install jupyterlab-gitlab==3.0.0
+# Install python packages
+COPY requirements.txt .
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt