diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c3bc61d82..f8527659d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -145,7 +145,9 @@ USER 1000
 ENV TMPDIR=/dev/shm/ \
     PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
     PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
-    PATH="/venv/bin:$PATH"
+    PATH="/venv/bin:$PATH" \
+    VENV_PATH="/venv" \
+    POETRY_VIRTUALENVS_CREATE=false
 
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=30s --start-period=60s --retries=3 CMD [ "/lifecycle/ak", "healthcheck" ]
 
diff --git a/lifecycle/ak b/lifecycle/ak
index 3b061cd52..2ea6a4f59 100755
--- a/lifecycle/ak
+++ b/lifecycle/ak
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ function cleanup {
 }
 
 function prepare_debug {
-    pip install --no-cache-dir -r /requirements-dev.txt
+    poetry install --no-ansi --no-interaction
     touch /unittest.xml
     chown authentik:authentik /unittest.xml
 }