diff --git a/backend/internal/certificate.js b/backend/internal/certificate.js
index 9315f736..9b715606 100644
--- a/backend/internal/certificate.js
+++ b/backend/internal/certificate.js
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ const internalCertificate = {
 		const escapedCredentials = certificate.meta.dns_provider_credentials.replaceAll('\'', '\\\'').replaceAll('\\', '\\\\');
 		const credentialsCmd     = 'mkdir -p /etc/letsencrypt/credentials 2> /dev/null; echo \'' + escapedCredentials + '\' > \'' + credentialsLocation + '\' && chmod 600 \'' + credentialsLocation + '\'';
 		// we call `. /opt/certbot/bin/activate` (`.` is alternative to `source` in dash) to access certbot venv
-		let prepareCmd = '. /opt/certbot/bin/activate && pip install ' + dns_plugin.package_name + (dns_plugin.version_requirement || '') + ' ' + dns_plugin.dependencies + ' && deactivate';
+		const prepareCmd = '. /opt/certbot/bin/activate && pip install --no-cache-dir --user ' + dns_plugin.package_name + (dns_plugin.version_requirement || '') + ' ' + dns_plugin.dependencies + ' && deactivate';
 
 		// Whether the plugin has a --<name>-credentials argument
 		const hasConfigArg = certificate.meta.dns_provider !== 'route53';
diff --git a/backend/setup.js b/backend/setup.js
index b486126d..a805978b 100644
--- a/backend/setup.js
+++ b/backend/setup.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ const setupCertbotPlugins = () => {
 				});
 
 				if (plugins.length) {
-					const install_cmd = '. /opt/certbot/bin/activate && pip install ' + plugins.join(' ') + ' && deactivate';
+					const install_cmd = '. /opt/certbot/bin/activate && pip install --no-cache-dir --user ' + plugins.join(' ') + ' && deactivate';
 					promises.push(utils.exec(install_cmd));
 				}
 
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.ci.yml b/docker/docker-compose.ci.yml
index 3d02ddca..c090e19c 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.ci.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # WARNING: This is a CI docker-compose file used for building and testing of the entire app, it should not be used for production.
-version: "3"
+version: '3.8'
 services:
 
   fullstack-mysql:
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 2d77f879..6d8cf87c 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # WARNING: This is a DEVELOPMENT docker-compose file, it should not be used for production.
-version: "3.5"
+version: '3.8'
 services:
+
   npm:
     image: nginxproxymanager:dev
     container_name: npm_core