diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5086e5e..61094e4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ FROM python:3.12-slim-bookworm AS builder
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     gcc \
     libpq-dev \
+    libjpeg-dev \
+    zlib1g-dev \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Install Python dependencies
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 184777d..6b17664 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ djangorestframework-simplejwt>=5.3.0
 
 # Database
 psycopg2-binary>=2.9.9  # PostgreSQL driver
-mysqlclient>=2.2.0      # MariaDB/MySQL driver
 dj-database-url>=2.1.0  # Universal database URL parser
 
 # Task queue