diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 76547e9ee..80ccf937c 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 bin
-*.wasm
-.git
\ No newline at end of file
+*.wasm
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2487ea5bc..4ee20933a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # base installs required dependencies and runs go mod download to cache dependencies
 #
 FROM --platform=${BUILDPLATFORM} docker.io/golang:1.20-alpine AS base
-RUN apk --update --no-cache add bash build-base curl
+RUN apk --update --no-cache add bash build-base curl git
 
 #
 # build creates all needed binaries