diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7c710e1..aef81e0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ RUN pip install git+https://github.com/SheffieldSolar/PV_Live-API#pvlive_api
 
 # install requirements
 RUN pip install torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
+RUN conda install -c conda-forge esmpy xarray numpy shapely cf_xarray sparse numba
 RUN pip install -r app/requirements.txt
 
 # copy library files
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index dc3f889..f0bec76 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-esmpy
 xesmf
 torch[cpu]>=2.0
 PVNet-summation>=0.0.8