diff --git a/dockerfile b/dockerfile
index b898b09..3094866 100644
--- a/dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get upgrade -y && useradd -m docker
 
 # install the packages and dependencies along with jq so we can parse JSON (add additional packages as necessary)
 RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    curl nodejs wget unzip vim git azure-cli jq build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3 python3-venv python3-dev python3-pip
+    curl nodejs wget unzip vim git jq build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3 python3-venv python3-dev python3-pip
+
+# install azure-cli
+RUN curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | bash
 
 # cd into the user directory, download and unzip the github actions runner
 RUN cd /home/docker && mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner \