diff --git a/cicd/docker/Dockerfile.backend b/cicd/docker/Dockerfile.backend
index c80f16e..3c6caaa 100644
--- a/cicd/docker/Dockerfile.backend
+++ b/cicd/docker/Dockerfile.backend
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ COPY src/backend/src/Randall.Domain/Randall.Domain.csproj                      s
 COPY src/backend/src/Randall.Application/Randall.Application.csproj            src/backend/src/Randall.Application/
 COPY src/backend/src/Randall.Infrastructure/Randall.Infrastructure.csproj      src/backend/src/Randall.Infrastructure/
 COPY src/backend/src/Randall.Api/Randall.Api.csproj                            src/backend/src/Randall.Api/
-RUN dotnet restore "src/backend/src/Randall.Api/Randall.Api.csproj"
+RUN --mount=type=cache,id=nuget,target=/root/.nuget/packages \
+    dotnet restore "src/backend/src/Randall.Api/Randall.Api.csproj"
 
 # Build — copy source only (no bin/obj/db files)
 COPY src/backend/src/ src/backend/src/
-RUN dotnet publish "src/backend/src/Randall.Api/Randall.Api.csproj" \
-    -c Release -o /app/publish
+RUN --mount=type=cache,id=nuget,target=/root/.nuget/packages \
+    dotnet publish "src/backend/src/Randall.Api/Randall.Api.csproj" \
+    -c Release --no-restore -o /app/publish
 
 # Runtime stage
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:10.0 AS runtime
diff --git a/cicd/docker/Dockerfile.frontend b/cicd/docker/Dockerfile.frontend
index ceaf299..fa9d33e 100644
--- a/cicd/docker/Dockerfile.frontend
+++ b/cicd/docker/Dockerfile.frontend
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 # Install dependencies — copy lockfiles first to cache the npm layer
 COPY src/frontend/package.json src/frontend/package-lock.json ./
-RUN npm ci
+RUN --mount=type=cache,id=npm,target=/root/.npm \
+    npm ci --prefer-offline
 
 # Copy source
 COPY src/frontend/index.html ./
diff --git a/cicd/docker/docker-compose.yml b/cicd/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 7bba1de..b440b2e 100644
--- a/cicd/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/cicd/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 services:
   backend:
+    image: randall/backend:latest
     build:
       context: ../..
       dockerfile: cicd/docker/Dockerfile.backend
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ services:
       start_period: 10s
 
   frontend:
+    image: randall/frontend:latest
     build:
       context: ../..
       dockerfile: cicd/docker/Dockerfile.frontend