diff --git a/docker/python-sci/Dockerfile b/docker/python-sci/Dockerfile
index d00143d1..11fd3a22 100644
--- a/docker/python-sci/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/python-sci/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ENV LANGUAGE en_US.UTF-8
 
 # Install dependencies (and force Python 3.11 update)
 RUN conda config --add channels conda-forge && \
-    conda install -y python=3.11 && \
+    conda install -y python=3.11.6 && \
     conda install -y \
     pika==1.3.1 \
     python-dateutil==2.8.2 \
diff --git a/docker/python/Dockerfile b/docker/python/Dockerfile
index 6437818c..7e7e7f84 100644
--- a/docker/python/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/python/Dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-# alpine:3.18.2 includes python 3.11
-FROM alpine:3.18.2
+# alpine:3.18.6 includes python 3.11.6
+FROM alpine:3.18.6
 
 # reduce python printing to stdout on build
 ENV PYTHONBUFFERED=1
 
 RUN echo "Installing python" && \
-    apk add --no-cache python3 && \
+    apk add --update --no-cache python3 && \
     if [ ! -e /usr/bin/python ]; then ln -sf python3 /usr/bin/python ; fi && \
     \
     echo "Installing pip" && \
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ RUN apk update && apk upgrade
 # Install idsse common python code
 WORKDIR /python/idsse_common
 
-COPY ./python/idsse_common /python/idsse_common
+# Copy the common code
+COPY ./python/idsse_common/idsse/common /python/idsse_common/idsse/common
+COPY ./docker/python/setup.py /python/idsse_common
 
+# Remove the scientific packages from the base directory
+RUN rm -rf /python/idsse_common/sci
+
+# Run the setup.py
 RUN python3 /python/idsse_common/setup.py install
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/python/setup.py b/docker/python/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e9a9211
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/python/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+"""Setup to support installation as Python library"""
+import glob
+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup(name='idsse',
+      version='1.0',
+      description='IDSSe Common',
+      url='',
+      author='WIDS',
+      author_email='@noaa.gov',
+      license='MIT',
+      python_requires=">=3.11",
+      packages=['idsse.common', 'idsse.common.schema'],
+      data_files=[('idsse/common/schema', glob.glob('idsse/common/schema/*.json'))],
+      include_package_data=True,
+      package_data={'':['schema/*.json']},
+      install_requires=[
+        'pint',
+        'importlib_metadata',
+        'pika',
+        'jsonschema'
+      ],
+      extras_require={
+        'develop': [
+          'pytest',
+          'pytest-cov',
+        ]
+      },
+      zip_safe=False,
+)