diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/fasjson/templates/Dockerfile b/roles/openshift-apps/fasjson/templates/Dockerfile
index 99f1fa25f1..c5f6aa859e 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/fasjson/templates/Dockerfile
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/fasjson/templates/Dockerfile
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@ LABEL \
   name="fasjson" \
   vendor="Fedora Infrastructure" \
   license="GPLv3+"
-ENV HOME=/tmp
+ENV HOME=/opt
 RUN dnf install -y \
         openldap-clients \
         vim \
         git \
-        python3-pip \
-        python3-setuptools \
         ipa-client \
         gcc \
         python-devel \
@@ -20,21 +18,17 @@ RUN dnf install -y \
         mod_session \
         policycoreutils-python-utils \
         python3-mod_wsgi \
-        python3-dns \
-        python3-flask \
-        python3-gssapi \
-        python3-requests-gssapi \
-        python3-ldap \
-        python3-pip \
-        python3-wheel && \
+        python3-pip && \
     dnf autoremove -y && \
     dnf clean all -y
+RUN python3 -m venv /opt/venv
+RUN /opt/venv/bin/pip install poetry
 RUN git clone https://github.com/fedora-infra/fasjson.git && \
     pushd fasjson && \
     git checkout {{ (env == 'production')|ternary('stable', 'staging') }} && \
-    pip-3 install . && \
+    /opt/venv/bin/poetry config virtualenvs.create false && \
+    /opt/venv/bin/poetry install --no-dev && \
     popd && \
-    rm -rf fasjson
 RUN rm -f /etc/krb5.conf && ln -sf /etc/krb5/krb5.conf /etc/krb5.conf && \
     rm -f /etc/openldap/ldap.conf && ln -sf /etc/ipa/ldap.conf /etc/openldap/ldap.conf
 EXPOSE 8080
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/fasjson/templates/httpd.conf b/roles/openshift-apps/fasjson/templates/httpd.conf
index 6792c022bf..4120edc791 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/fasjson/templates/httpd.conf
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/fasjson/templates/httpd.conf
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ ErrorLog /httpdir/error.log
 LogLevel info
 
 WSGISocketPrefix run/wsgi
+WSGIPythonHome /opt/venv
 WSGIDaemonProcess fasjson processes=4 threads=1 maximum-requests=500 \
   display-name=%{GROUP} socket-timeout=2147483647 \
   lang=C.UTF-8 locale=C.UTF-8 home=/httpdir