diff --git a/compute/compute-node.Dockerfile b/compute/compute-node.Dockerfile
index 33d2a1028521..1e11efeaf88e 100644
--- a/compute/compute-node.Dockerfile
+++ b/compute/compute-node.Dockerfile
@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@ RUN case $DEBIAN_VERSION in \
       ;; \
     esac && \
     apt update &&  \
-    apt install --no-install-recommends -y git autoconf automake libtool build-essential bison flex libreadline-dev \
+    apt install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests -y \
+    ninja-build git autoconf automake libtool build-essential bison flex libreadline-dev \
     zlib1g-dev libxml2-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libossp-uuid-dev wget ca-certificates pkg-config libssl-dev \
     libicu-dev libxslt1-dev liblz4-dev libzstd-dev zstd \
-    $VERSION_INSTALLS
+    $VERSION_INSTALLS \
+    && apt clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 #########################################################################################
 #
@@ -113,10 +115,12 @@ ARG DEBIAN_VERSION
 ARG PG_VERSION
 COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/
 RUN apt update && \
-    apt install --no-install-recommends -y gdal-bin libboost-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-filesystem-dev \
+    apt install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests -y \
+    gdal-bin libboost-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-filesystem-dev \
     libboost-system-dev libboost-iostreams-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-timer-dev \
     libcgal-dev libgdal-dev libgmp-dev libmpfr-dev libopenscenegraph-dev libprotobuf-c-dev \
-    protobuf-c-compiler xsltproc
+    protobuf-c-compiler xsltproc \
+    && apt clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 
 # Postgis 3.5.0 requires SFCGAL 1.4+
@@ -143,9 +147,9 @@ RUN case "${DEBIAN_VERSION}" in \
     wget https://gitlab.com/sfcgal/SFCGAL/-/archive/v${SFCGAL_VERSION}/SFCGAL-v${SFCGAL_VERSION}.tar.gz -O SFCGAL.tar.gz && \
     echo "${SFCGAL_CHECKSUM} SFCGAL.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
     mkdir sfcgal-src && cd sfcgal-src && tar xzf ../SFCGAL.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
-    cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release . && make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
-    DESTDIR=/sfcgal make install -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
-    make clean && cp -R /sfcgal/* /
+    cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -GNinja . && ninja -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
+    DESTDIR=/sfcgal ninja install -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
+    ninja clean && cp -R /sfcgal/* /
 
 ENV PATH="/usr/local/pgsql/bin:$PATH"
 
@@ -213,9 +217,9 @@ RUN case "${PG_VERSION}" in \
     echo "${PGROUTING_CHECKSUM} pgrouting.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
     mkdir pgrouting-src && cd pgrouting-src && tar xzf ../pgrouting.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
     mkdir build && cd build && \
-    cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .. && \
-    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
-    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install && \
+    cmake -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .. && \
+    ninja -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
+    ninja -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install && \
     echo 'trusted = true' >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/pgrouting.control && \
     find /usr/local/pgsql -type f | sed 's|^/usr/local/pgsql/||' > /after.txt &&\
     cp /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/pgrouting.control /extensions/postgis && \
@@ -235,7 +239,9 @@ COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/
 COPY compute/patches/plv8-3.1.10.patch /plv8-3.1.10.patch
 
 RUN apt update && \
-    apt install --no-install-recommends -y ninja-build python3-dev libncurses5 binutils clang
+    apt install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests -y \
+    ninja-build python3-dev libncurses5 binutils clang \
+    && apt clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # plv8 3.2.3 supports v17
 # last release v3.2.3 - Sep 7, 2024
@@ -301,9 +307,10 @@ RUN mkdir -p /h3/usr/ && \
     echo "ec99f1f5974846bde64f4513cf8d2ea1b8d172d2218ab41803bf6a63532272bc h3.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
     mkdir h3-src && cd h3-src && tar xzf ../h3.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
     mkdir build && cd build && \
-    cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && \
-    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
-    DESTDIR=/h3 make install && \
+    cmake .. -GNinja -DBUILD_BENCHMARKS=0 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+        -DBUILD_FUZZERS=0 -DBUILD_FILTERS=0 -DBUILD_GENERATORS=0 -DBUILD_TESTING=0 \
+    && ninja -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
+    DESTDIR=/h3 ninja install && \
     cp -R /h3/usr / && \
     rm -rf build
 
@@ -650,14 +657,15 @@ FROM build-deps AS rdkit-pg-build
 ARG PG_VERSION
 COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/
 
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
+RUN apt update && \
+    apt install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests -y \
         libboost-iostreams1.74-dev \
         libboost-regex1.74-dev \
         libboost-serialization1.74-dev \
         libboost-system1.74-dev \
         libeigen3-dev \
-        libboost-all-dev
+        libboost-all-dev \
+    && apt clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # rdkit Release_2024_09_1 supports v17
 # last release Release_2024_09_1 - Sep 27, 2024
@@ -693,6 +701,8 @@ RUN case "${PG_VERSION}" in \
         -D RDK_BUILD_MOLINTERCHANGE_SUPPORT=OFF \
         -D RDK_BUILD_YAEHMOP_SUPPORT=OFF \
         -D RDK_BUILD_STRUCTCHECKER_SUPPORT=OFF \
+        -D RDK_TEST_MULTITHREADED=OFF \
+        -D RDK_BUILD_CPP_TESTS=OFF \
         -D RDK_USE_URF=OFF \
         -D RDK_BUILD_PGSQL=ON \
         -D RDK_PGSQL_STATIC=ON \
@@ -704,9 +714,10 @@ RUN case "${PG_VERSION}" in \
         -D RDK_INSTALL_COMIC_FONTS=OFF \
         -D RDK_BUILD_FREETYPE_SUPPORT=OFF \
         -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+        -GNinja \
         . && \
-    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
-    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install && \
+    ninja -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
+    ninja -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install && \
     echo 'trusted = true' >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/rdkit.control
 
 #########################################################################################
@@ -849,8 +860,9 @@ FROM build-deps AS rust-extensions-build
 ARG PG_VERSION
 COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/
 
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y curl libclang-dev && \
+RUN apt update && \
+    apt install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests -y curl libclang-dev && \
+    apt clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
     useradd -ms /bin/bash nonroot -b /home
 
 ENV HOME=/home/nonroot
@@ -885,8 +897,9 @@ FROM build-deps AS rust-extensions-build-pgrx12
 ARG PG_VERSION
 COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/
 
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y curl libclang-dev && \
+RUN apt update && \
+    apt install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests -y curl libclang-dev && \
+    apt clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
     useradd -ms /bin/bash nonroot -b /home
 
 ENV HOME=/home/nonroot
@@ -914,18 +927,22 @@ FROM rust-extensions-build-pgrx12 AS pg-onnx-build
 
 # cmake 3.26 or higher is required, so installing it using pip (bullseye-backports has cmake 3.25).
 # Install it using virtual environment, because Python 3.11 (the default version on Debian 12 (Bookworm)) complains otherwise
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip python3-venv && \
+RUN apt update && apt install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests -y \
+    python3 python3-pip python3-venv && \
+    apt clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
     python3 -m venv venv && \
     . venv/bin/activate && \
     python3 -m pip install cmake==3.30.5 && \
     wget https://github.com/microsoft/onnxruntime/archive/refs/tags/v1.18.1.tar.gz -O onnxruntime.tar.gz && \
     mkdir onnxruntime-src && cd onnxruntime-src && tar xzf ../onnxruntime.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
-    ./build.sh --config Release --parallel --skip_submodule_sync --skip_tests --allow_running_as_root
+    ./build.sh --config Release --parallel --cmake_generator Ninja \
+    --skip_submodule_sync --skip_tests --allow_running_as_root
 
 
 FROM pg-onnx-build AS pgrag-pg-build
 
-RUN apt-get install -y protobuf-compiler && \
+RUN apt update && apt install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests -y protobuf-compiler \
+    && apt clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
     wget https://github.com/neondatabase-labs/pgrag/archive/refs/tags/v0.0.0.tar.gz -O pgrag.tar.gz &&  \
     echo "2cbe394c1e74fc8bcad9b52d5fbbfb783aef834ca3ce44626cfd770573700bb4 pgrag.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
     mkdir pgrag-src && cd pgrag-src && tar xzf ../pgrag.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
@@ -1279,8 +1296,8 @@ COPY --from=compute-tools /home/nonroot/target/release-line-debug-size-lto/fast_
 
 FROM debian:$DEBIAN_FLAVOR AS pgbouncer
 RUN set -e \
-    && apt-get update \
-    && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
+    && apt update \
+    && apt install --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends -y \
         build-essential \
         git \
         ca-certificates \
@@ -1288,7 +1305,8 @@ RUN set -e \
         automake \
         libevent-dev \
         libtool \
-        pkg-config
+        pkg-config \
+    && apt clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Use `dist_man_MANS=` to skip manpage generation (which requires python3/pandoc)
 ENV PGBOUNCER_TAG=pgbouncer_1_22_1
@@ -1519,7 +1537,7 @@ RUN apt update && \
         procps \
         ca-certificates \
         $VERSION_INSTALLS && \
-    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/* && \
+    apt clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/* && \
     localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 -A /usr/share/locale/locale.alias en_US.UTF-8
 
 # s5cmd 2.2.2 from https://github.com/peak/s5cmd/releases/tag/v2.2.2