diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,70 +1,127 @@
-FROM ubuntu:22.04
+# Global args
+ARG JAVA_VERSION=17
 
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="https://github.com/riedde"
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="https://github.com/bwbohl"
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="https://github.com/kepper"
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/music-encoding/docker-mei"
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.revision="v0.0.1"
+# Alias for Eclipse Temurin Java image
+FROM eclipse-temurin:${JAVA_VERSION} AS temurin
 
-ARG JAVA_VERSION=17
-ARG PRINCE_VERSION=15.3
-ARG SAXON_VERSION=SaxonHE12-5
+
+#################
+# Stage 1: BASE #
+#################
+FROM ubuntu:24.10 AS base
+
+ARG ANT_VERSION=1.10.14
+ARG NODE_VERSION=22
+ARG PRINCE_VERSION=15.4.1
+ARG SAXON_EDITION_VERSION=SaxonHE12-5
 ARG SCHEMATRON_VERSION=8.0.0
-ARG UBUNTU_VERSION=22.04
+ARG UBUNTU_VERSION=24.04
 ARG XERCES_VERSION=26.1.0.1
 
 ARG TARGETARCH
-ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-ARG DEB_FILE=prince_${PRINCE_VERSION}-1_ubuntu${UBUNTU_VERSION}_${TARGETARCH}.deb
+ARG PRINCE_DEB_FILE=prince_${PRINCE_VERSION}-1_ubuntu${UBUNTU_VERSION}_${TARGETARCH}.deb
 
 ENV TZ=Europe/Berlin
-ENV ANT_VERSION=1.10.14
 
-ENV ANT_HOME=/opt/apache-ant-${ANT_VERSION}
-ENV PATH=${PATH}:${ANT_HOME}/bin
+USER root
+
+RUN echo 'APT::Install-Suggests "0";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00-docker
+RUN echo 'APT::Install-Recommends "0";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00-docker
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    # update and install common dependencies
+    apt-get update && apt-get full-upgrade -y && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends apt-utils ca-certificates curl unzip && \
+    # install prince
+    curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LO https://www.princexml.com/download/${PRINCE_DEB_FILE} && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libc6 libaom-dev fonts-stix ./${PRINCE_DEB_FILE} && \
+    # link ca-certificates
+    ln -sf /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /usr/lib/prince/etc/curl-ca-bundle.crt
+
+
+################
+# Stage 2: GIT #
+################
+FROM base AS git-build
+
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git
+
+
+#################
+# Stage 3: NODE #
+#################
+FROM base AS node-build
+
 ENV NODE_ENV=production
 
-USER root
+COPY ["index.js", "package.json", "package-lock.json*", "/opt/docker-mei/"]
+
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    # install nodejs
+    curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_${NODE_VERSION}.x -o nodesource_setup.sh && \
+    bash nodesource_setup.sh && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends nodejs && \
+    # setup node app for rendering MEI files to SVG using Verovio Toolkit
+    cd /opt/docker-mei && \
+    npm install --omit=dev
+
+
+################
+# Stage 4: ANT #
+################
+FROM base AS ant-build
+
+ENV ANT_HOME=/opt/apache-ant-${ANT_VERSION}
+ENV PATH=${PATH}:${ANT_HOME}/bin
 
 ADD https://downloads.apache.org/ant/binaries/apache-ant-${ANT_VERSION}-bin.tar.gz \
-    https://github.com/Saxonica/Saxon-HE/releases/download/${SAXON_VERSION}/${SAXON_VERSION}J.zip \
+    https://github.com/Saxonica/Saxon-HE/releases/download/${SAXON_EDITION_VERSION}/${SAXON_EDITION_VERSION}J.zip \
     https://www.oxygenxml.com/maven/com/oxygenxml/oxygen-patched-xerces/${XERCES_VERSION}/oxygen-patched-xerces-${XERCES_VERSION}.jar \
     https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/helger/schematron/ph-schematron-ant-task/${SCHEMATRON_VERSION}/ph-schematron-ant-task-${SCHEMATRON_VERSION}-jar-with-dependencies.jar \
     /tmp/
 
-COPY ["index.js", "package.json", "package-lock.json*", "/opt/docker-mei/"]
-
-# Configure the Eclipse Adoptium apt repository
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get full-upgrade -y && \
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends wget apt-transport-https curl ca-certificates && \
-    mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings && \
-    wget -O - https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/api/gpg/key/public | tee /etc/apt/keyrings/adoptium.asc && \
-    echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/adoptium.asc] https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/deb $(awk -F= '/^VERSION_CODENAME/{print$2}' /etc/os-release) main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/adoptium.list && \
-    # install nodejs
-    curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x -o nodesource_setup.sh && \
-    bash nodesource_setup.sh && \
-    # install prince
-    curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LO https://www.princexml.com/download/${DEB_FILE} && \
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends apt-utils python3-pip temurin-${JAVA_VERSION}-jdk nodejs unzip git libc6 aptitude libaom-dev fonts-stix ./${DEB_FILE} && \
-    # link ca-certificates
-    ln -sf /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /usr/lib/prince/etc/curl-ca-bundle.crt && \
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
     # setup ant
     tar -xvf /tmp/apache-ant-${ANT_VERSION}-bin.tar.gz -C /opt && \
     # setup saxon
-    unzip /tmp/${SAXON_VERSION}J.zip -d ${ANT_HOME}/lib && \
+    unzip /tmp/${SAXON_EDITION_VERSION}J.zip -d ${ANT_HOME}/lib && \
     # setup xerces
     cp /tmp/oxygen-patched-xerces-${XERCES_VERSION}.jar ${ANT_HOME}/lib && \
     # setup schematron
-    cp /tmp/ph-schematron-ant-task-${SCHEMATRON_VERSION}-jar-with-dependencies.jar ${ANT_HOME}/lib && \
-    # cleanup
-    apt-get purge -y aptitude apt-utils && \
-    apt-get autoremove -y && apt-get clean && \
-    apt-get clean && \
-    rm ${DEB_FILE} nodesource_setup.sh && \
-  	cd /opt/docker-mei && \
-  	# setup node app for rendering MEI files to SVG using Verovio Toolkit
-    npm install --omit=dev	&& \
-    # clean temporary folders
-    rm -rfv /tmp/* /root/.npm*
+    cp /tmp/ph-schematron-ant-task-${SCHEMATRON_VERSION}-jar-with-dependencies.jar ${ANT_HOME}/lib
+
+
+####################
+# Stage 6: Runtime #
+####################
+FROM base AS runtime
+
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="https://github.com/riedde" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.authors="https://github.com/bwbohl" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.authors="https://github.com/kepper" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.authors="https://github.com/musicEnfanthen" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/music-encoding/docker-mei" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.revision="v0.0.1"
+
+ENV TZ=Europe/Berlin
+ENV ANT_HOME=/opt/apache-ant-1.10.14
+ENV JAVA_HOME=/opt/java/openjdk
+
+# Java & Ant (including Saxon, Schematron and Xerces)
+COPY --from=temurin $JAVA_HOME $JAVA_HOME
+COPY --from=ant-build $ANT_HOME $ANT_HOME
+# Git
+COPY --from=git-build /usr/bin/git /usr/bin/git
+COPY --from=git-build /usr/lib/git-core /usr/lib/git-core
+COPY --from=git-build /usr/share/git-core /usr/share/git-core
+# Node
+COPY --from=node-build /usr/bin/node /usr/bin/node
+COPY --from=node-build /usr/lib/node_modules /usr/lib/node_modules
+
+# Main directory
+COPY --from=node-build /opt/docker-mei /opt/docker-mei
+
+# Set path
+ENV PATH=${PATH}:${ANT_HOME}/bin:${JAVA_HOME}/bin:/usr/local/bin
 
 WORKDIR /opt/docker-mei