diff --git a/.oniro-ci/containers/docs-builder/Dockerfile b/.oniro-ci/containers/docs-builder/Dockerfile
index 58a6a985156a4bced3a8cce82a14a2c3b788309e..be33032eef2dcba18245e6468e2e3938673e9023 100644
--- a/.oniro-ci/containers/docs-builder/Dockerfile
+++ b/.oniro-ci/containers/docs-builder/Dockerfile
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ RUN apt-get update -qq \
  && apt-get install -y eatmydata \
  && eatmydata apt-get install -qq -y \
       git-repo git git-lfs \
-      python3-sphinx python3-sphinx-rtd-theme python3-recommonmark python3-sphinx-tabs \
+      python3-pip python3-sphinx python3-sphinx-rtd-theme python3-recommonmark \
       python3-sphinxcontrib.plantuml \
  && eatmydata apt-get install -qq -y 'ca-certificates=20210119ubuntu1' \
  && eatmydata apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+RUN pip3 install sphinx-tabs