diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3da9eaf..d84c52f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
 
 # set frozen CRAN repo
 ARG CRAN_REPO="https://packagemanager.posit.co/cran/__linux__/jammy/2023-10-30"
-RUN echo "options(repos = c(CRAN = '$CRAN_REPO'))" >> "${R_HOME}/etc/Rprofile.site" \
+RUN echo "options(repos = c(CRAN = '$CRAN_REPO'), pkg.sysreqs = FALSE)" >> "${R_HOME}/etc/Rprofile.site" \
       # install packages for dependency resolution and installation
       && Rscript -e "install.packages('pak'); pak::pkg_install('renv')"