diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 3c21f7a592..b176c5ab41 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -7,31 +7,31 @@ src/ui-build/
 
 # Frontend
 **/node_modules
-.next
+**/.next
 
 
 # Ignore Python-Specific Files
-.mypy_cache/
-.nox/
-.pytest_cache/
-__pycache__/
-.coverage
-**.*.pyc
-**.*.pyo
-**.*.pyd
+**/.mypy_cache/
+**/.nox/
+**/.pytest_cache/
+**/__pycache__/
+**/.coverage
+**/*.pyc
+**/*.pyo
+**/*.pyd
 
 # pyenv
 .python-version
 
 # Environments
-.env
-.venv
-env/
-venv/
+**/.env
+**/.venv
+**/env/
+**/venv/
 
 # Editors
-.vscode/
-.idea/
+**/.vscode/
+**/.idea/
 
 # the docs directory is needed when building the docs container so it can't be in the
 # .dockerignore
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ venv/
 # Ignore cypress artifacts
 **/videos/
 **/screenshots/
-.DS_Store
+**/.DS_Store
 
 # Dev files
 .pre-commit-config.yaml
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e2e35465a5..b2512146d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ The types of changes are:
 
 * Add a check to the catchall path to prevent returning paths outside of the UI directory [#2330](https://github.com/ethyca/fides/pull/2330)
 
+### Developer Experience
+
+* Reduce size of local Docker images by fixing `.dockerignore` patterns [#2360](https://github.com/ethyca/fides/pull/2360)
+
 ## [2.5.0](https://github.com/ethyca/fides/compare/2.4.0...2.5.0)
 
 ### Docs
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3aeade3b53..65d60e2b65 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,18 +2,6 @@
 ARG PYTHON_VERSION="3.10.7"
 
 
-###################
-## Frontend Base ##
-###################
-FROM node:16 as frontend
-
-# Build the admin-ui frontend
-WORKDIR /fides/clients/admin-ui
-COPY clients/admin-ui/package.json clients/admin-ui/package-lock.json ./
-RUN npm install
-COPY clients/admin-ui/ .
-RUN npm run export
-
 #########################
 ## Compile Python Deps ##
 #########################
@@ -99,6 +87,18 @@ FROM backend as dev
 
 RUN pip install -e . --no-deps
 
+###################
+## Frontend Base ##
+###################
+FROM node:16-slim as frontend
+
+# Build the admin-ui frontend
+WORKDIR /fides/clients/admin-ui
+COPY clients/admin-ui/package.json clients/admin-ui/package-lock.json ./
+RUN npm install
+COPY clients/admin-ui/ .
+RUN npm run export
+
 #############################
 ## Production Application ##
 #############################