diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile
index a8e45a457b6..b1644c06636 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ RUN apt-get -y install \
         sqlite \
         netcat \
         telnet \
-        lsb-release
+        lsb-release \
+        npm
 
 # Gets the MinIO mc client used to add buckets upon initialization
 # If this client should have issues running inside this image, it is also
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ RUN apt-get -y install \
 RUN curl -s -q https://dl.min.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/archive/mc.RELEASE.2022-06-11T21-10-36Z -o /usr/bin/mc && \
     chmod +x /usr/bin/mc
 
+RUN npm install -g nodemon
+
 # Uncomment en_US.UTF-8 locale and generate it
 RUN sed -i -e 's/# en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/' /etc/locale.gen && \
     locale-gen
diff --git a/requirements/docker.txt b/requirements/docker.txt
index 9df7462bc98..fc5708aaabc 100644
--- a/requirements/docker.txt
+++ b/requirements/docker.txt
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ django-redis-cache==3.0.1
 # For resizing images
 pillow==9.1.0
 
-# Local debugging tools
-watchdog==2.1.7
-# watchdog dependency
-argh==0.26.2
-
 # run tests
 tox==3.25.0