diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f3c28571bdf..d4b817a1ae5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -150,3 +150,7 @@ venv/*
 # resource optimization
 scripts/resource/output
 *.pem
+
+# docker tests
+docker/mountFolder/*.bin
+docker/mountFolder/*.bin.mtd
diff --git a/docker/build.sh b/docker/build.sh
index 2898effdc22..eddc29d7108 100755
--- a/docker/build.sh
+++ b/docker/build.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # docker image build -f docker/sysds.Dockerfile -t apache/systemds:latest .
 
 # The second build is for testing systemds. This image installs the R dependencies needed to run the tests.
-docker image build -f docker/testsysds.Dockerfile -t apache/systemds:testing-latest .
+# docker image build -f docker/testsysds.Dockerfile -t apache/systemds:testing-latest .
 
 # The third build is python docker for systemds. 
 # docker image build -f docker/pythonsysds.Dockerfile -t apache/systemds:python-nightly .
diff --git a/docker/mountFolder/main.dml b/docker/mountFolder/main.dml
index 07c4862e622..0efbb6e948a 100644
--- a/docker/mountFolder/main.dml
+++ b/docker/mountFolder/main.dml
@@ -19,4 +19,15 @@
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------
 
-print("Hello, World!");
\ No newline at end of file
+# kmeans_test.dml
+# Simple KMeans clustering test
+
+# Arguments
+X = matrix("1.0 2.0 1.5 1.8 5.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 1.0 0.6 9.0 11.0", rows = 6, cols = 2)
+
+# Run KMeans
+[centroids, assignments] = kmeans(X=X, k=2, max_iter=100, eps=0.01)
+
+print(centroids)
+print(assignments)
+write(centroids, "centroids.bin")
diff --git a/docker/sysds.Dockerfile b/docker/sysds.Dockerfile
index cc6ef605d53..2238aa878a8 100644
--- a/docker/sysds.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/sysds.Dockerfile
@@ -19,18 +19,16 @@
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------
 
-FROM ubuntu:24.04@sha256:6015f66923d7afbc53558d7ccffd325d43b4e249f41a6e93eef074c9505d2233
+FROM alpine:3.20@sha256:de4fe7064d8f98419ea6b49190df1abbf43450c1702eeb864fe9ced453c1cc5f AS compile-image
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/
 
 # Do basic updates on the image
-RUN apt-get update -qq \
-	&& apt-get upgrade -y \
-	&& apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+RUN apk add --no-cache \
 		wget \
 		git \
 		ca-certificates \
-	&& apt-get clean
+		bash
 
 # Set environment variables
 # Maven
@@ -43,11 +41,11 @@ ENV SYSTEMDS_ROOT=/usr/src/systemds
 ENV PATH=$SYSTEMDS_ROOT/bin:$PATH
 ENV SYSDS_QUIET=1
 
-# Download Java and Mvn 
+# Download Mvn and JDK
 RUN mkdir -p /usr/lib/jvm \
 	&& wget -qO- \
-	https://github.com/adoptium/temurin17-binaries/releases/download/jdk-17.0.15%2B6/OpenJDK17U-jdk_x64_linux_hotspot_17.0.15_6.tar.gz | tar xzf - \
-	&& mv jdk-17.0.15+6 /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-17.0.15+6 \
+	https://github.com/adoptium/temurin17-binaries/releases/download/jdk-17.0.15%2B6/OpenJDK17U-jdk_x64_alpine-linux_hotspot_17.0.15_6.tar.gz  | tar xzf - \
+	&& mv jdk-17.0.15+6 $JAVA_HOME \
 	&& wget -qO- \
 	http://archive.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/$MAVEN_VERSION/binaries/apache-maven-$MAVEN_VERSION-bin.tar.gz | tar xzf - \ 
 	&& mv apache-maven-$MAVEN_VERSION /usr/lib/mvn
@@ -57,8 +55,11 @@ RUN git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/apache/systemds.git systemds && \
 	cd /usr/src/systemds/ && \
 	mvn --no-transfer-progress clean package -P distribution
 
+COPY docker/mountFolder/main.dml /input/main.dml
+
 # Remove all unnecessary files from the Image
-RUN	rm -rf .git && \
+RUN	cd /usr/src/systemds/ && \
+	rm -rf .git && \
 	rm -rf .github && \
 	rm -rf target/javadoc** && \
 	rm -rf target/apidocs** && \
@@ -71,9 +72,55 @@ RUN	rm -rf .git && \
 	rm -rf /usr/lib/mvn && \
 	rm -rf CONTRIBUTING.md && \
 	rm -rf pom.xml && \ 
-	rm -rf ~/.m2
+	rm -rf ~/.m2 && \
+	rm -rf docker && \
+	rm -rf .mvn
 
+FROM alpine:3.20@sha256:de4fe7064d8f98419ea6b49190df1abbf43450c1702eeb864fe9ced453c1cc5f
 
-COPY docker/mountFolder/main.dml /input/main.dml
+RUN apk add --no-cache bash \
+    snappy \
+    lz4 \
+    zlib
+
+ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-17.0.15+6
+ENV PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+ENV SYSTEMDS_ROOT=/systemds
+ENV PATH=$SYSTEMDS_ROOT/bin:$PATH
+ENV SYSDS_QUIET=1
+
+ENV HADOOP_VERSION=3.3.6
+ENV HADOOP_HOME=/opt/hadoop
+ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/hadoop/lib/native
+ENV HADOOP_OPTS="-Djava.library.path=$HADOOP_HOME/lib/native"
+ENV GLIBC_VERSION=2.35-r1
+
+RUN wget -q -O /etc/apk/keys/sgerrand.rsa.pub https://alpine-pkgs.sgerrand.com/sgerrand.rsa.pub \
+	&& wget https://github.com/sgerrand/alpine-pkg-glibc/releases/download/${GLIBC_VERSION}/glibc-${GLIBC_VERSION}.apk \
+	&& apk add glibc-${GLIBC_VERSION}.apk \
+	&& rm glibc-${GLIBC_VERSION}.apk
+
+RUN mkdir -p /usr/lib/jvm \
+	&& wget -qO- \
+	https://github.com/adoptium/temurin17-binaries/releases/download/jdk-17.0.15%2B6/OpenJDK17U-jre_x64_alpine-linux_hotspot_17.0.15_6.tar.gz  | tar xzf - \
+	&& mv jdk-17.0.15+6-jre $JAVA_HOME
+
+RUN mkdir -p $HADOOP_HOME/lib/native \
+	&& wget -q https://downloads.apache.org/hadoop/common/hadoop-${HADOOP_VERSION}/hadoop-${HADOOP_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
+    tar --strip-components=2 -xzf hadoop-${HADOOP_VERSION}.tar.gz \
+        hadoop-${HADOOP_VERSION}/lib/native && \
+    mv native/libhadoop.so.1.0.0 /opt/hadoop/lib/native && \
+	mv native/libhadoop.so /opt/hadoop/lib/native && \
+    rm hadoop-${HADOOP_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
+	rm -rf native
+
+COPY --from=compile-image /usr/src/systemds /systemds
+COPY --from=compile-image /input/main.dml /input/main.dml
+
+WORKDIR /input
+
+RUN addgroup -S default && adduser -S systemds -G default
+USER systemds
 
-CMD ["systemds", "/input/main.dml"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["systemds"]
+CMD ["main.dml"]
diff --git a/docker/testsysds.Dockerfile b/docker/testsysds.Dockerfile
index 2f63dace7fa..fc6eb1491e1 100644
--- a/docker/testsysds.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/testsysds.Dockerfile
@@ -18,8 +18,29 @@
 # under the License.
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------
+# Stage 1: Build SEAL
+FROM debian:bullseye-slim@sha256:b5f9bc44bdfbd9d551dfdd432607cbc6bb5d9d6dea726a1191797d7749166973 AS seal-build
 
-FROM ubuntu:24.04@sha256:6015f66923d7afbc53558d7ccffd325d43b4e249f41a6e93eef074c9505d2233
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    build-essential \
+    cmake \
+    wget \
+    tar \
+    git \
+    ca-certificates \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+WORKDIR /seal
+
+# Install SEAL
+RUN wget -qO- https://github.com/microsoft/SEAL/archive/refs/tags/v3.7.0.tar.gz | tar xzf - \
+    && cd SEAL-3.7.0 \
+    && cmake -S . -B build -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
+    && cmake --build build \
+    && cmake --install build --prefix /seal-install
+
+# Stage 2: Final image with R, JDK, Maven, SEAL
+FROM debian:bullseye-slim@sha256:b5f9bc44bdfbd9d551dfdd432607cbc6bb5d9d6dea726a1191797d7749166973
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/
 ENV MAVEN_VERSION=3.9.9
@@ -28,61 +49,37 @@ ENV MAVEN_HOME=/usr/lib/mvn
 ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-17.0.15+6
 ENV PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$MAVEN_HOME/bin:$PATH
 
-ENV LANGUAGE=en_US:en
-ENV LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
-ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/
-
-RUN apt-get update -qq \
-	&& apt-get upgrade -y \
-	&& apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-		libcurl4-openssl-dev \
-		libxml2-dev \
-		locales \
-		software-properties-common \
-		dirmngr \
-		gnupg \
-		apt-transport-https \
-		wget \
-		ca-certificates \
-		git \
-		cmake \
-		patchelf \
-	&& apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E298A3A825C0D65DFD57CBB651716619E084DAB9 \
-	&& add-apt-repository "deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs)-cran40/" \
-	&& apt-get update -qq \
-	&& apt-get upgrade -y \
-	&& echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen \
-	&& locale-gen en_US.utf8 \
-	&& /usr/sbin/update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    r-base \
+	wget \
+    cmake \
+    r-base-dev \
+    libcurl4-openssl-dev \
+    libssl-dev \
+    libxml2-dev \
+    ca-certificates \
+    patchelf \
+    git \
+    libssl-dev \
+	r-base-dev \
+	r-base-core \
+    && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
 	&& mkdir -p /usr/lib/jvm \
 	&& wget -qO- \
 	https://github.com/adoptium/temurin17-binaries/releases/download/jdk-17.0.15%2B6/OpenJDK17U-jdk_x64_linux_hotspot_17.0.15_6.tar.gz  | tar xzf - \
-	&& mv jdk-17.0.15+6 /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-17.0.15+6 \
+	&& mv jdk-17.0.15+6 $JAVA_HOME \
 	&& wget -qO- \
-	http://archive.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/$MAVEN_VERSION/binaries/apache-maven-$MAVEN_VERSION-bin.tar.gz | tar xzf - \
+	http://archive.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/$MAVEN_VERSION/binaries/apache-maven-$MAVEN_VERSION-bin.tar.gz | tar xzf - \ 
 	&& mv apache-maven-$MAVEN_VERSION /usr/lib/mvn
 
-# Install R Base
-RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-		libssl-dev \
-		r-base \
-		r-base-dev \
-		r-base-core
-
 
 # Install R packages
-COPY ./src/test/scripts/installDependencies.R installDependencies.R		
+COPY ./src/test/scripts/installDependencies.R installDependencies.R
 RUN Rscript installDependencies.R \
-	&& rm -rf installDependencies.R \
-	&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+    && rm -f installDependencies.R
 
-# Install SEAL
-RUN wget -qO- https://github.com/microsoft/SEAL/archive/refs/tags/v3.7.0.tar.gz | tar xzf - \
-    && cd SEAL-3.7.0 \
-    && cmake -S . -B build -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
-    && cmake --build build \
-    && cmake --install build
+# Copy SEAL
+COPY --from=seal-build /seal-install /usr/local
 
 # Finally copy the entrypoint script
 # This is last to enable quick updates to the script after initial local build.