diff --git a/tools/docker/Dockerfile.monorepo b/tools/docker/Dockerfile.monorepo
index 7d9bc62343575..9638c4b32a2ba 100644
--- a/tools/docker/Dockerfile.monorepo
+++ b/tools/docker/Dockerfile.monorepo
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ WORKDIR /app
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt/lists/,sharing=private \
     export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
     && apt-get update \
-    && apt-get install -y curl gpg language-pack-en-base software-properties-common ca-certificates \
+    && apt-get install -y curl gpg language-pack-en-base ca-certificates \
+    # Install software-properties-common without recommended packages to avoid Python issues
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends software-properties-common \
     && add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php \
     && curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg \
     # Add Docker's official GPG key
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt/lists/,sharing=private \
         docker-compose-plugin \
         jq \
         "php${PHP_VERSION}" \
+        "php${PHP_VERSION}-ast" \
         "php${PHP_VERSION}-cli" \
         "php${PHP_VERSION}-curl" \
         "php${PHP_VERSION}-dom" \
@@ -45,7 +48,9 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt/lists/,sharing=private \
         "php${PHP_VERSION}-xml" \
         "php${PHP_VERSION}-zip" \
         rsync \
+    && apt-get remove --purge -y python3-apt \
     && apt-get remove --purge --auto-remove -y gpg software-properties-common \
+    && apt-get clean \
     && find /var/ -name '*-old' -delete && rm -rf /var/log/dpkg.log /var/log/alternatives.log /var/log/apt/ ~/.launchpadlib
 
 # Install Composer
@@ -60,7 +65,9 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt/lists/,sharing=private \
     && echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_$N.x nodistro main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list \
     && apt-get -q update \
     && VER="$(apt-cache show nodejs | sed -n "/^Version: ${NODE_VERSION}-/ { s/^Version: /=/p; q }" )" \
-    && apt-get install -y nodejs$VER
+    && apt-get install -y nodejs$VER \
+    && apt-get clean \
+    && find /var/ -name '*-old' -delete && rm -rf /var/log/dpkg.log /var/log/alternatives.log /var/log/apt/ ~/.launchpadlib
 
 # Install pnpm
 RUN npm install --global pnpm@$PNPM_VERSION \
@@ -75,7 +82,9 @@ RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/monorepo-entrypoint.sh
 # Set up locale properly
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y locales \
     && locale-gen en_US.UTF-8 \
-    && update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+    && update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 \
+    && apt-get clean \
+    && find /var/ -name '*-old' -delete && rm -rf /var/log/dpkg.log /var/log/alternatives.log /var/log/apt/ ~/.launchpadlib
 
 ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 ENV LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8