diff --git a/components/frontend/Dockerfile.dev b/components/frontend/Dockerfile.dev
index 3c90fcb04..400570905 100644
--- a/components/frontend/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/components/frontend/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Development Dockerfile for Next.js with hot-reloading
-FROM node:20-alpine
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/nodejs-20:1
 
-WORKDIR /app
+# Root required for dev: source is volume-mounted and npm ci writes to it
+USER 0
 
-# Install dependencies for building native modules
-RUN apk add --no-cache libc6-compat python3 make g++
+WORKDIR /app
 
 # Set NODE_ENV to development
 ENV NODE_ENV=development