diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 021a348..c0057b3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 FROM node:22 AS build
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY package.json package-lock.json ./
-RUN npm ci
+# Fail fast and retry on a stalled registry fetch (npm defaults can hang ~10 min).
+RUN npm ci --fetch-timeout=60000 --fetch-retries=5 --fetch-retry-mintimeout=2000 --no-audit --no-fund
 COPY tsconfig.json ./
 COPY src ./src
 RUN npm run build
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ ENV NODE_ENV=production
 ARG GIT_SHA=dev
 ENV GIT_SHA=${GIT_SHA}
 COPY package.json package-lock.json ./
-RUN npm ci --omit=dev
+RUN npm ci --omit=dev --fetch-timeout=60000 --fetch-retries=5 --fetch-retry-mintimeout=2000 --no-audit --no-fund
 COPY --from=build /app/dist ./dist
 COPY migrations ./migrations
 USER node