diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 02a770d..8fa84b6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 FROM opensuse/tumbleweed:latest
 
+RUN set -euo pipefail; zypper -n in --no-recommends python311-devel python311 python311-pip curl findutils gawk git-core procps util-linux python311-wheel python311-pipx; zypper -n clean; rm -rf /var/log/{lastlog,tallylog,zypper.log,zypp/history,YaST2}
+
 # Define labels according to https://en.opensuse.org/Building_derived_containers
 # labelprefix=org.opensuse.bci.python
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="openSUSE (https://www.opensuse.org/)"
@@ -39,8 +41,6 @@ LABEL org.opensuse.lifecycle-url="https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime#openSUSE_BCI"
 LABEL org.opensuse.release-stage="released"
 # endlabelprefix
 LABEL io.artifacthub.package.readme-url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SUSE/BCI-dockerfile-generator/Tumbleweed/python-3.11-image/README.md"
-
-RUN set -euo pipefail; zypper -n in --no-recommends python311-devel python311 python311-pip curl findutils gawk git-core procps util-linux python311-wheel python311-pipx; zypper -n clean; rm -rf /var/log/{lastlog,tallylog,zypper.log,zypp/history,YaST2}
 ENV PYTHON_VERSION="%%py311_ver%%"
 ENV PATH="$PATH:/root/.local/bin"
 ENV PIP_VERSION="%%pip_ver%%"
diff --git a/python-3.11-image.changes b/python-3.11-image.changes
index a0f1f33..52447e0 100644
--- a/python-3.11-image.changes
+++ b/python-3.11-image.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug 14 12:30:32 UTC 2024 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- install packages first
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug  8 19:28:10 UTC 2024 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>