diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d2f4ba7..5dbf0fe 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -20,12 +20,19 @@ COPY --from=python-base /usr/local /usr/local
 COPY --from=node-base /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/node
 COPY --from=node-base /usr/local/lib/node_modules /usr/local/lib/node_modules
 
-# Install netcat for wait loop in start.sh and system build tools
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    netcat-openbsd \
-    git \
-    build-essential \
-    ca-certificates \
+# Install netcat for wait loop in start.sh and system build tools.
+# The falkordb/falkordb:latest base image can ship with broken/held package
+# state (e.g. util-linux missing libtinfo6 PreDepends), so we explicitly
+# repair the dpkg state with --fix-broken before installing what we need.
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends --fix-broken \
+        libtinfo6 \
+        sensible-utils \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        netcat-openbsd \
+        git \
+        build-essential \
+        ca-certificates \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
     && ln -sf /usr/local/bin/python3.12 /usr/bin/python3 \
     && ln -sf /usr/local/bin/python3.12 /usr/bin/python \
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 42d272f..249430f 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pytest"
-version = "9.0.2"
+version = "9.0.3"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "colorama", marker = "sys_platform == 'win32'" },
@@ -1218,9 +1218,9 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "pluggy" },
     { name = "pygments" },
 ]
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d1/db/7ef3487e0fb0049ddb5ce41d3a49c235bf9ad299b6a25d5780a89f19230f/pytest-9.0.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:75186651a92bd89611d1d9fc20f0b4345fd827c41ccd5c299a868a05d70edf11", size = 1568901, upload-time = "2025-12-06T21:30:51.014Z" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/7d/0d/549bd94f1a0a402dc8cf64563a117c0f3765662e2e668477624baeec44d5/pytest-9.0.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b86ada508af81d19edeb213c681b1d48246c1a91d304c6c81a427674c17eb91c", size = 1572165, upload-time = "2026-04-07T17:16:18.027Z" }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/3b/ab/b3226f0bd7cdcf710fbede2b3548584366da3b19b5021e74f5bde2a8fa3f/pytest-9.0.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:711ffd45bf766d5264d487b917733b453d917afd2b0ad65223959f59089f875b", size = 374801, upload-time = "2025-12-06T21:30:49.154Z" },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d4/24/a372aaf5c9b7208e7112038812994107bc65a84cd00e0354a88c2c77a617/pytest-9.0.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2c5efc453d45394fdd706ade797c0a81091eccd1d6e4bccfcd476e2b8e0ab5d9", size = 375249, upload-time = "2026-04-07T17:16:16.13Z" },
 ]
 
 [[package]]