diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f3a0714..d6f097a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -283,7 +283,9 @@ RUN pip3 install epiweeks==2.1.2
 # Install pango_aliasor (for forecasts-ncov)
 RUN pip3 install pango_aliasor==0.3.0
 
-RUN pip3 install pathogen-embed==3.0.0
+# Install pathogen-embed and evofr together for proper dependency resolution of numpy.
+# They can be separated when pathogen-embed unpins numba/numpy.
+RUN pip3 install pathogen-embed==3.0.0 evofr
 RUN pip3 install xlrd==2.0.1
 
 # Install openpyxl for pandas in GenoFLU
@@ -329,9 +331,6 @@ WORKDIR /nextstrain/augur
 RUN /builder-scripts/download-repo https://github.com/nextstrain/augur "$(/builder-scripts/latest-augur-release-tag)" . \
  && pip3 install --editable .
 
-# Add evofr for forecasting
-RUN pip3 install evofr
-
 # ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— #
 
 # Now build the final image.