diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 13c668cf..b38d0224 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ COPY packages packages
 # Copy requirements.txt and install the Python packages
 # Install keyring-related and IPython packages in the same layer to reduce the image size and build time
 COPY requirements.txt .
+COPY ./packages/whl-packages/azure_ai_inference-1.0.0b6-py3-none-any.whl ./packages/whl-packages/azure_ai_inference-1.0.0b6-py3-none-any.whl
+COPY ./packages/whl-packages/azure_ai_projects-1.0.0b1-py3-none-any.whl ./packages/whl-packages/azure_ai_projects-1.0.0b1-py3-none-any.whl
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt \
     && pip install keyrings.alt dbus-python ipython ipykernel
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fa9cca66..f99c87b3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ pandas
 azure-identity==1.17.1
 jupyter
 Jinja2==3.1.4
-#azure-ai-inference[opentelemetry]
 opentelemetry-sdk 
 azure-monitor-opentelemetry
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
@@ -24,7 +23,9 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
 azure-ai-evaluation
 azure-monitor-query
+uvicorn
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2
-#azure-ai-projects
-./packages/whl-packages/azure_ai_projects-1.0.0b1-py3-none-any.whl
-./packages/whl-packages/azure_ai_inference-1.0.0b6-py3-none-any.whl
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+# azure-ai-inference[opentelemetry]  ./packages/whl packages
+# azure-ai-projects is not available in PyPI install it from the ./packages/whl packages
+./packages/whl-packages/azure_ai_inference-1.0.0b6-py3-none-any.whl
+./packages/whl-packages/azure_ai_projects-1.0.0b1-py3-none-any.wh
diff --git a/src/api/Dockerfile b/src/api/Dockerfile
index bcd39bd7..99c38b5f 100644
--- a/src/api/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/api/Dockerfile
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ WORKDIR /app
 COPY packages /app/packages
 
 COPY requirements.txt .
+COPY ../../packages/whl-packages/azure_ai_inference-1.0.0b6-py3-none-any.whl ./packages/whl-packages/azure_ai_inference-1.0.0b6-py3-none-any.whl
+COPY ../../packages/whl-packages/azure_ai_projects-1.0.0b1-py3-none-any.whl ./packages/whl-packages/azure_ai_projects-1.0.0b1-py3-none-any.whl
 
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
diff --git a/src/api/requirements.txt b/src/api/requirements.txt
index fa9cca66..855d0f87 100644
--- a/src/api/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/api/requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ pandas
 azure-identity==1.17.1
 jupyter
 Jinja2==3.1.4
-#azure-ai-inference[opentelemetry]
 opentelemetry-sdk 
 azure-monitor-opentelemetry
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
 azure-ai-evaluation
 azure-monitor-query
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2
-#azure-ai-projects
+# azure-ai-inference[opentelemetry]  ./packages/whl packages
+# azure-ai-projects is not available in PyPI install it from the ./packages/whl packages
+./packages/whl-packages/azure_ai_inference-1.0.0b6-py3-none-any.whl
 ./packages/whl-packages/azure_ai_projects-1.0.0b1-py3-none-any.whl
-./packages/whl-packages/azure_ai_inference-1.0.0b6-py3-none-any.whl
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