diff --git a/JobTrackerApi/Dockerfile b/JobTrackerApi/Dockerfile
index 0c44489..8597334 100644
--- a/JobTrackerApi/Dockerfile
+++ b/JobTrackerApi/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,14 @@ COPY Models/ Models/
 COPY JobTrackerApi/ JobTrackerApi/
 COPY JobTrackerBackend/ JobTrackerBackend/
 
-RUN dotnet publish JobTrackerApi/JobTrackerApi.csproj -c Release -o /app/publish /p:UseAppHost=false
+# Retry once after clearing NuGet caches. Transient download corruption on the
+# build host can trip NU3008 ("package integrity check failed / has changed since
+# it was signed") while restoring a transitive package; clearing the caches and
+# re-downloading resolves it.
+RUN dotnet publish JobTrackerApi/JobTrackerApi.csproj -c Release -o /app/publish /p:UseAppHost=false \
+    || ( echo "Publish failed — clearing NuGet caches and retrying once..." \
+         && dotnet nuget locals all --clear \
+         && dotnet publish JobTrackerApi/JobTrackerApi.csproj -c Release -o /app/publish /p:UseAppHost=false )
 
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:9.0 AS runtime