diff --git a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/commands/release_management_commands.py b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/commands/release_management_commands.py
index 8010cfa69bad1..d74540d941540 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/commands/release_management_commands.py
+++ b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/commands/release_management_commands.py
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ class VersionedFile(NamedTuple):
 AIRFLOW_BUILD_DOCKERFILE = f"""
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.4
 FROM python:{DEFAULT_PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION}-slim-{ALLOWED_DEBIAN_VERSIONS[0]}
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git curl
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git curl build-essential
 RUN pip install uv=={UV_VERSION}
 RUN --mount=type=cache,id=cache-airflow-build-dockerfile-installation,target=/root/.cache/ \
   uv pip install --system ignore pip=={AIRFLOW_PIP_VERSION} hatch=={HATCH_VERSION} \