diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 16cea0f..06a0fdd 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 FROM node:20-alpine AS base
 WORKDIR /app
+ENV NPM_CONFIG_AUDIT=false \
+	NPM_CONFIG_FUND=false \
+	NPM_CONFIG_FETCH_RETRIES=5 \
+	NPM_CONFIG_FETCH_RETRY_MINTIMEOUT=20000 \
+	NPM_CONFIG_FETCH_RETRY_MAXTIMEOUT=120000 \
+	NPM_CONFIG_FETCH_TIMEOUT=600000
 
 # --- Backend ---
 FROM base AS backend
 COPY stellar-payment-platform/package*.json ./
 COPY stellar-payment-platform/prisma ./prisma
-RUN npm ci
+RUN npm ci --no-audit --no-fund
 COPY stellar-payment-platform/ .
 RUN npx prisma generate
 EXPOSE 5000
@@ -15,7 +21,7 @@ CMD ["node", "server.js"]
 FROM base AS frontend-build
 COPY payment-dashboard/package*.json ./
 RUN apk add --no-cache python3 make g++ linux-headers libusb-dev eudev-dev
-RUN npm install --registry=https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ --network-timeout=1000000 --fetch-retries=5 --fetch-retry-mintimeout=20000 --fetch-retry-maxtimeout=120000
+RUN npm install --registry=https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ --no-audit --no-fund --fetch-retries=5 --fetch-retry-mintimeout=20000 --fetch-retry-maxtimeout=120000 --fetch-timeout=600000
 COPY payment-dashboard/ .
 ARG VITE_API_BASE=http://localhost:5000
 ENV VITE_API_BASE=$VITE_API_BASE
diff --git a/Dockerfile-backend b/Dockerfile-backend
index 0fba2e2..0c338de 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-backend
+++ b/Dockerfile-backend
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 # ---- Builder: install all dependencies and generate the Prisma client ----
 FROM node:22-alpine AS builder
 WORKDIR /app
+ENV NPM_CONFIG_AUDIT=false \
+	NPM_CONFIG_FUND=false \
+	NPM_CONFIG_FETCH_RETRIES=5 \
+	NPM_CONFIG_FETCH_RETRY_MINTIMEOUT=20000 \
+	NPM_CONFIG_FETCH_RETRY_MAXTIMEOUT=120000 \
+	NPM_CONFIG_FETCH_TIMEOUT=600000
 
 COPY stellar-payment-platform/package*.json ./
 COPY stellar-payment-platform/prisma ./prisma
-RUN npm ci
+RUN npm ci --no-audit --no-fund
 
 COPY stellar-payment-platform/ .
 RUN npx prisma generate