diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.non_root b/docker/Dockerfile.non_root
index 5451bff808..e916167609 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.non_root
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.non_root
@@ -15,29 +15,21 @@ COPY --from=uvbin /uv /usr/local/bin/uv
 COPY --from=uvbin /uvx /usr/local/bin/uvx
 
 RUN for i in 1 2 3; do \
-    apk add --no-cache \
-      python3 \
-      python3-dev \
-      clang \
-      llvm \
-      lld \
-      gcc \
-      linux-headers \
-      build-base \
-      bash \
-      coreutils \
-      curl \
-      openssl \
-      openssl-dev \
-      nodejs \
-      npm \
-      libsndfile && break || sleep 5; \
+      apk add --no-cache \
+        python3 \
+        python3-dev \
+        gcc \
+        bash \
+        coreutils \
+        curl \
+        openssl \
+        libsndfile \
+        nodejs && break || sleep 5; \
     done
 
 ENV UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=/app/.venv \
     UV_LINK_MODE=copy \
-    NVM_DIR=/root/.nvm \
-    PATH="/root/.nvm/versions/node/v20.20.2/bin:/app/.venv/bin:${PATH}" \
+    PATH="/app/.venv/bin:${PATH}" \
     LITELLM_NON_ROOT=true \
     PRISMA_BINARY_CACHE_DIR=/app/.cache/prisma-python/binaries \
     PRISMA_CLI_BINARY_TARGETS="debian-openssl-3.0.x" \
@@ -49,7 +41,8 @@ COPY enterprise/pyproject.toml enterprise/
 COPY litellm-proxy-extras/pyproject.toml litellm-proxy-extras/
 
 # Install third-party dependencies (cached unless pyproject.toml/uv.lock change)
-RUN uv sync --frozen --no-install-project --no-install-workspace --no-default-groups --no-editable \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/app/.cache/uv,id=litellm-uv-cache \
+    uv sync --frozen --no-install-project --no-install-workspace --no-default-groups --no-editable \
     --extra proxy \
     --extra proxy-runtime \
     --extra extra_proxy \
@@ -62,38 +55,12 @@ COPY . .
 # Set non-root flag for build time consistency
 ENV LITELLM_NON_ROOT=true
 
-# Build Admin UI once and stage the static output for the runtime image.
-# NOTE: .npmrc files (which may set ignore-scripts=true and min-release-age=3d)
-# are temporarily renamed during npm install/ci so they don't block lifecycle
-# scripts needed by the build. This is safe because npm ci installs from
-# package-lock.json with pinned versions + integrity hashes.
+# Stage the pre-built Admin UI from the checked-in Next.js static export.
+# _experimental/out/ is regenerated as part of the release runbook.
+# Restructure extensionless routes (foo.html -> foo/index.html) to match the layout
+# proxy_server.py expects, and drop a readiness marker.
 RUN mkdir -p /var/lib/litellm/ui /var/lib/litellm/assets && \
-    ([ -f /app/.npmrc ] && mv /app/.npmrc /app/.npmrc.bak || true) && \
-    NVM_VERSION="v0.40.4" && \
-    NVM_CHECKSUM="4b7412c49960c7d31e8df72da90c1fb5b8cccb419ac99537b737028d497aba4f" && \
-    NODE_VERSION="v20.20.2" && \
-    NVM_SCRIPT="/tmp/install-nvm.sh" && \
-    curl -fsSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/${NVM_VERSION}/install.sh" -o "$NVM_SCRIPT" && \
-    echo "${NVM_CHECKSUM}  ${NVM_SCRIPT}" | sha256sum -c - && \
-    bash "$NVM_SCRIPT" && \
-    export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm" && \
-    . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" && \
-    nvm install "${NODE_VERSION}" && \
-    nvm use "${NODE_VERSION}" && \
-    npm install -g npm@11.12.1 && \
-    npm install -g node-gyp@12.2.0 && \
-    ln -sf "$(npm root -g)/node-gyp" "$(npm root -g)/npm/node_modules/node-gyp" && \
-    npm cache clean --force && \
-    cd /app/ui/litellm-dashboard && \
-    if [ -f "/app/enterprise/enterprise_ui/enterprise_colors.json" ]; then \
-      cp /app/enterprise/enterprise_ui/enterprise_colors.json ./ui_colors.json; \
-    fi && \
-    ([ -f .npmrc ] && mv .npmrc .npmrc.bak || true) && \
-    npm ci --no-audit --no-fund && \
-    ([ -f .npmrc.bak ] && mv .npmrc.bak .npmrc || true) && \
-    ([ -f /app/.npmrc.bak ] && mv /app/.npmrc.bak /app/.npmrc || true) && \
-    npm run build && \
-    cp -r /app/ui/litellm-dashboard/out/* /var/lib/litellm/ui/ && \
+    cp -r /app/litellm/proxy/_experimental/out/. /var/lib/litellm/ui/ && \
     cp /app/litellm/proxy/logo.jpg /var/lib/litellm/assets/logo.jpg && \
     ( cd /var/lib/litellm/ui && \
       for html_file in *.html; do \
@@ -103,10 +70,10 @@ RUN mkdir -p /var/lib/litellm/ui /var/lib/litellm/assets && \
           mv "$html_file" "$folder_name/index.html"; \
         fi; \
       done && \
-      touch .litellm_ui_ready ) && \
-    cd /app/ui/litellm-dashboard && rm -rf ./out
+      touch .litellm_ui_ready )
 
-RUN if [ "$PROXY_EXTRAS_SOURCE" = "published" ]; then \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/app/.cache/uv,id=litellm-uv-cache \
+    if [ "$PROXY_EXTRAS_SOURCE" = "published" ]; then \
       uv sync --frozen --no-default-groups --no-editable \
         --extra proxy \
         --extra proxy-runtime \
@@ -123,10 +90,7 @@ RUN if [ "$PROXY_EXTRAS_SOURCE" = "published" ]; then \
         --python python3; \
     fi
 
-RUN mkdir -p /app/.cache/npm && \
-    prisma generate --schema=./schema.prisma && \
-    prisma --version && \
-    prisma migrate diff --from-empty --to-schema-datamodel ./schema.prisma --script > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
+RUN prisma generate --schema=./schema.prisma
 
 RUN sed -i 's/\r$//' docker/entrypoint.sh && chmod +x docker/entrypoint.sh && \
     sed -i 's/\r$//' docker/prod_entrypoint.sh && chmod +x docker/prod_entrypoint.sh
@@ -137,33 +101,11 @@ WORKDIR /app
 USER root
 
 RUN for i in 1 2 3; do \
-    apk upgrade --no-cache && break || sleep 5; \
+      apk upgrade --no-cache && break || sleep 5; \
     done && \
     for i in 1 2 3; do \
-      apk add --no-cache python3 bash openssl tzdata nodejs npm supervisor libsndfile && break || sleep 5; \
-    done && \
-    apk upgrade --no-cache nodejs && \
-    npm install -g npm@11.12.1 tar@7.5.11 glob@11.1.0 @isaacs/brace-expansion@5.0.1 minimatch@10.2.4 diff@8.0.3 && \
-    GLOBAL="$(npm root -g)" && \
-    find "$GLOBAL/npm" -type d -name "tar" -path "*/node_modules/tar" | while read d; do \
-      rm -rf "$d" && cp -rL "$GLOBAL/tar" "$d"; \
-    done && \
-    find "$GLOBAL/npm" -type d -name "glob" -path "*/node_modules/glob" | while read d; do \
-      rm -rf "$d" && cp -rL "$GLOBAL/glob" "$d"; \
-    done && \
-    find "$GLOBAL/npm" -type d -name "brace-expansion" -path "*/node_modules/@isaacs/brace-expansion" | while read d; do \
-      rm -rf "$d" && cp -rL "$GLOBAL/@isaacs/brace-expansion" "$d"; \
-    done && \
-    find "$GLOBAL/npm" -type d -name "minimatch" -path "*/node_modules/minimatch" | while read d; do \
-      rm -rf "$d" && cp -rL "$GLOBAL/minimatch" "$d"; \
-    done && \
-    find "$GLOBAL/npm" -type d -name "diff" -path "*/node_modules/diff" | while read d; do \
-      rm -rf "$d" && cp -rL "$GLOBAL/diff" "$d"; \
-    done && \
-    find /usr/local/lib /usr/lib -path "*/node_modules/npm/package.json" -exec \
-      sed -i 's/"tar": "\^7\.5\.[0-9]*"/"tar": "^7.5.10"/g; s/"minimatch": "\^10\.[0-9.]*"/"minimatch": "^10.2.4"/g' {} + 2>/dev/null && \
-    npm cache clean --force && \
-    { apk del --no-cache npm 2>/dev/null || true; }
+      apk add --no-cache python3 bash openssl tzdata supervisor libsndfile nodejs && break || sleep 5; \
+    done
 
 COPY --from=builder /app /app
 COPY --from=builder /var/lib/litellm/ui /var/lib/litellm/ui
@@ -179,15 +121,10 @@ ENV PATH="/app/.venv/bin:${PATH}" \
     PRISMA_SKIP_POSTINSTALL_GENERATE=1 \
     PRISMA_HIDE_UPDATE_MESSAGE=1 \
     PRISMA_ENGINES_CHECKSUM_IGNORE_MISSING=1 \
-    NPM_CONFIG_CACHE=/app/.cache/npm \
-    NPM_CONFIG_PREFER_OFFLINE=true \
     PRISMA_OFFLINE_MODE=true
 
-RUN sed -i 's/\r$//' docker/entrypoint.sh && \
-    sed -i 's/\r$//' docker/prod_entrypoint.sh && \
-    chmod +x docker/entrypoint.sh docker/prod_entrypoint.sh && \
-    mkdir -p /nonexistent /.npm /var/lib/litellm/assets /var/lib/litellm/ui /tmp/.npm && \
-    chown -R nobody:nogroup /app /var/lib/litellm/ui /var/lib/litellm/assets /nonexistent /.npm /tmp/.npm && \
+RUN mkdir -p /nonexistent /var/lib/litellm/assets /var/lib/litellm/ui && \
+    chown -R nobody:nogroup /app /var/lib/litellm/ui /var/lib/litellm/assets /nonexistent && \
     PRISMA_PATH=$(python -c "import os, prisma; print(os.path.dirname(prisma.__file__))") && \
     chown -R nobody:nogroup "$PRISMA_PATH" && \
     LITELLM_PKG_MIGRATIONS_PATH="$(python -c 'import os, litellm_proxy_extras; print(os.path.dirname(litellm_proxy_extras.__file__))' 2>/dev/null || echo '')/migrations" && \