diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bf5d54d..3777f0d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ WORKDIR /root/hackingtool
 COPY requirements.txt ./
 
 # Bug 21 fix: boxes/lolcat/flask are NOT pip packages — removed
-RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+# --break-system-packages needed on Kali (PEP 668 externally-managed env)
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir --break-system-packages -r requirements.txt
 
 COPY . .
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5fd2515..fd89c76 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-boxes
-flask
-lolcat
-requests
-rich
\ No newline at end of file
+# Python dependencies for hackingtool
+# boxes and lolcat are system CLI tools, not pip packages — install via apt/brew
+# flask is unused — removed
+# requests is unused at runtime — removed
+rich>=13.0.0