diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/Dockerfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/Dockerfile
index e62b524a4..e7997187b 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/Dockerfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
-FROM python:3.5
+FROM python:3.5-alpine
 
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 
+RUN apk update \
+  # psycopg2 dependencies
+  && apk add --virtual build-deps gcc python3-dev musl-dev \
+  && apk add postgresql-dev \
+  # Pillow dependencies
+  && apk add jpeg-dev zlib-dev freetype-dev lcms2-dev openjpeg-dev tiff-dev tk-dev tcl-dev \
+  # CFFI dependencies
+  && apk add libffi-dev openssl-dev py-cffi
+
 # Requirements have to be pulled and installed here, otherwise caching won't work
 COPY ./requirements /requirements
 RUN pip install -r /requirements/local.txt
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/beat/start.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/beat/start.sh
index c26318b44..0ca8bb507 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/beat/start.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/beat/start.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/sh
 
 set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/worker/start.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/worker/start.sh
index 8b50c8cfd..4335340de 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/worker/start.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/worker/start.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/sh
 
 set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/start.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/start.sh
index cf4a41667..50227e19e 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/start.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/start.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/sh
 
 set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/Dockerfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/Dockerfile
index fcbe51844..41dc7763b 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/Dockerfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
-FROM python:3.5
+FROM python:3.5-alpine
 
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 
+RUN apk update \
+  # psycopg2 dependencies
+  && apk add --virtual build-deps gcc python3-dev musl-dev \
+  && apk add postgresql-dev \
+  # Pillow dependencies
+  && apk add jpeg-dev zlib-dev freetype-dev lcms2-dev openjpeg-dev tiff-dev tk-dev tcl-dev \
+  # CFFI dependencies
+  && apk add libffi-dev openssl-dev py-cffi
+
 RUN groupadd -r django \
     && useradd -r -g django django
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/beat/start.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/beat/start.sh
index 845db0a3d..def83076c 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/beat/start.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/beat/start.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/sh
 
 set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/worker/start.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/worker/start.sh
index 4529aad92..10f0d20c5 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/worker/start.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/worker/start.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/sh
 
 set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/entrypoint.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/entrypoint.sh
index 3b83c7bb6..9547734f6 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/sh
 
 set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/gunicorn.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/gunicorn.sh
index 25da06496..8846cafb2 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/gunicorn.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/gunicorn.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/sh
 
 set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail