diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a9d44bfa27..83838df286 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ ARG KEEP_FOUNDRY=false
 
 ENV TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST="8.0 8.6 8.7 8.9 9.0"
 
+# Install TransformerEngine
+RUN NVTE_FRAMEWORK=pytorch CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=4 MAX_JOBS=4 pip install git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/TransformerEngine.git@$TE_COMMIT
+
 # Check for changes in setup.py.
 # If there are changes, the docker cache is invalidated and a fresh pip installation is triggered.
 ADD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mosaicml/llm-foundry/$BRANCH_NAME/setup.py setup.py
 RUN rm setup.py
 
-# Install TransformerEngine
-RUN NVTE_FRAMEWORK=pytorch CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=4 MAX_JOBS=4 pip install git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/TransformerEngine.git@$TE_COMMIT
-
 # Install and uninstall foundry to cache foundry requirements
 RUN git clone -b $BRANCH_NAME https://github.com/mosaicml/llm-foundry.git
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir "./llm-foundry${DEP_GROUPS}"