diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d3c2e8f..12cdbb2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ WORKDIR /app
 COPY tsconfig*.json ./
 
 # Create minimal package.json and install ONLY build dependencies
+# Note: openai and zod are needed for TypeScript compilation of template metadata modules
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.npm \
     echo '{}' > package.json && \
     npm install --no-save typescript@^5.8.3 @types/node@^22.15.30 @types/express@^5.0.3 \
         @modelcontextprotocol/sdk@^1.12.1 dotenv@^16.5.0 express@^5.1.0 axios@^1.10.0 \
-        n8n-workflow@^1.96.0 uuid@^11.0.5 @types/uuid@^10.0.0
+        n8n-workflow@^1.96.0 uuid@^11.0.5 @types/uuid@^10.0.0 \
+        openai@^4.77.0 zod@^3.24.1
 
 # Copy source and build
 COPY src ./src
diff --git a/package.runtime.json b/package.runtime.json
index 81015a3..de88964 100644
--- a/package.runtime.json
+++ b/package.runtime.json
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
     "dotenv": "^16.5.0",
     "sql.js": "^1.13.0",
     "uuid": "^10.0.0",
-    "axios": "^1.7.7",
-    "openai": "^4.77.0",
-    "zod": "^3.24.1"
+    "axios": "^1.7.7"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=16.0.0"