diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0d49977..d999fbc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ RUN cd /app/agent && \
 FROM ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.12-bookworm-slim AS runtime
 
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+# Fix SSL cert path for the slim base image (ca-certificates installs to /etc/ssl/certs)
+ENV SSL_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
 
 # Install LiveKit server binary + supervisord + nginx
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \