diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f9390b97e..a98201632 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -44,14 +44,11 @@ COPY . .
 
 # install panda-common first to prevent panda-client from installing redundant files
 RUN /opt/panda/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir panda-common
-RUN /opt/panda/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir .[postgres]
+RUN /opt/panda/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir .[postgres,oracle]
 RUN /opt/panda/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir rucio-clients
 RUN /opt/panda/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir "git+https://github.com/PanDAWMS/panda-cacheschedconfig.git"
 RUN ln -s /opt/panda/lib/python*/site-packages/mod_wsgi/server/mod_wsgi*.so /etc/httpd/modules/mod_wsgi.so
 
-# install the oracle client to be able to support Oracle
-RUN /opt/panda/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir oracledb
-
 # install Oracle Instant Client and tnsnames.ora
 RUN wget https://download.oracle.com/otn_software/linux/instantclient/oracle-instantclient-basic-linuxx64.rpm -P /tmp/ && \
     yum install /tmp/oracle-instantclient-basic-linuxx64.rpm -y && \