diff --git a/taskfiles/deps/main.yaml b/taskfiles/deps/main.yaml
index abec0f6a50..e1b5d762c9 100644
--- a/taskfiles/deps/main.yaml
+++ b/taskfiles/deps/main.yaml
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ tasks:
       - task: "utils:install-remote-cmake-lib"
         vars:
           CMAKE_GEN_ARGS:
+            - "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
             - "-DUSE_SYSTEM_INSTALLED_LIB=ON"
             - "-DINSTALL_LAYOUT=DEB"
           LIB_NAME: "mariadb-connector-cpp"
diff --git a/tools/docker-images/clp-package/Dockerfile b/tools/docker-images/clp-package/Dockerfile
index 35a047b5fe..6728a5f0c9 100644
--- a/tools/docker-images/clp-package/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/docker-images/clp-package/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ COPY --link --from=base / /
 
 ARG UID=1000
 ENV CLP_HOME="/opt/clp"
-ENV PATH="${CLP_HOME}/sbin:${CLP_HOME}/bin:${PATH}" \
+ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${CLP_HOME}/lib" \
+    PATH="${CLP_HOME}/sbin:${CLP_HOME}/bin:${PATH}" \
     PYTHONPATH="${CLP_HOME}/lib/python3/site-packages" \
     USER="clp-user"
 
@@ -27,3 +28,5 @@ USER ${USER}
 WORKDIR ${CLP_HOME}
 
 COPY --link --chown=${UID} ./build/clp-package ${CLP_HOME}
+COPY --link --chown=${UID} ./build/deps/cpp/mariadb-connector-cpp-install/lib/*/libmariadbcpp.so* \
+    ${CLP_HOME}/lib/