diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 69c1a41..b2d4b5e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ To enables/configures ci, create repository variables and secrets as needed:
 - Start services (production):
 
 ```bash
-docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml up --build
+just compose-deploy
 ```
 
 - Start services for development (mounts project and enables hot reload):
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 989d973..d739aa8 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-FROM python:3.12-slim
+FROM ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.12-bookworm-slim
 
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
     PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 
+# use aliyun mirror if you need it
+RUN sed -i 's|deb.debian.org|mirrors.aliyun.com|g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources
+
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends gcc libpq-dev build-essential postgresql-client \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
@@ -12,8 +15,7 @@ WORKDIR /app
 # copy repository into image. .dockerignore will exclude tests, docs and other dev files
 COPY . .
 
-RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel \
-    && pip install --no-cache-dir .
+RUN uv pip install --system --no-cache .
 
 EXPOSE 8000
 
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 186a565..ae24eff 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.9'
-
 services:
   app:
     # Development overrides: mount project root and enable hot reload
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 91c6aee..5bbc86d 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
-version: '3.9'
-
 services:
   app:
     build:
       context: ..
       dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
+      pull: true
     image: fastapi-boilerplate:latest
     env_file:
       - ../.env
     ports:
       - "8000:8000"
+    restart: unless-stopped
     depends_on:
-      - db
-      - redis
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
 
   db:
     image: postgres:15-alpine
@@ -35,6 +37,11 @@ services:
       - "6379:6379"
     volumes:
       - redis_data:/data
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
 
 volumes:
   postgres_data:
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 4cc9407..32f5898 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ run port=PORT:
 @benchmark:
     uv run locust -f tests/locustfile.py
 
+@compose-deploy:
+    docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml up -d --build
+
 # Generate database migration
 @db-migrate message:
     uv run alembic revision --autogenerate -m "{{message}}"