diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 430697d..791b256 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 - Fix uniqueness constraint with `mlflow.server.auth.db.models.SqlUser.username`.
 
+- Fix OCI build re. `psutil` package
+
 ## 2023-11-01 v2.7.1
 - Fix uniqueness constraint with `SqlRegisteredModel.name`. Thanks, @andnig.
 - Downgrade to Python 3.10. A few packages like PyCaret are not ready for
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 43e4c9e..798bb84 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ release = [
   "twine<5",
 ]
 test = [
-  "psutil<6",
+  "psutil==5.9.2",  # This version has binary wheels for Python 3.10.
   "pytest<8",
   "pytest-cov<5",
 ]
diff --git a/release/oci-runtime/Dockerfile b/release/oci-runtime/Dockerfile
index e935ee1..3e62844 100644
--- a/release/oci-runtime/Dockerfile
+++ b/release/oci-runtime/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ RUN \
     --mount=type=cache,id=apt,sharing=locked,target=/var/lib/apt \
     true \
     && apt-get update \
-    && apt-get install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests --yes git openjdk-11-jre
+    && apt-get install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests --yes gcc git openjdk-11-jre python3-dev
 
 # Copy sources
 COPY . /src
diff --git a/release/oci-server/Dockerfile b/release/oci-server/Dockerfile
index be073e7..ef218fb 100644
--- a/release/oci-server/Dockerfile
+++ b/release/oci-server/Dockerfile
@@ -13,12 +13,17 @@ ENV TERM linux
 RUN rm -f /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/docker-clean; echo 'Binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages "true";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/keep-cache
 
 # Install distribution packages, with caching.
+# NB: installing gcc is required in order to build a wheel file
+# for psutil, which is a dependency of mlflow.
+# The binaries for psutil do not support Python 3.10, requiring
+# a build from source. psutil has a large amount of cython within
+# its code base, necessitating gcc being present in the image.
 RUN \
     --mount=type=cache,id=apt,sharing=locked,target=/var/cache/apt \
     --mount=type=cache,id=apt,sharing=locked,target=/var/lib/apt \
     true \
     && apt-get update \
-    && apt-get install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests --yes git
+    && apt-get install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests --yes gcc git python3-dev
 
 # Copy sources
 COPY . /src