diff --git a/docs/admin/install/docker.rst b/docs/admin/install/docker.rst
index ad1104a17845..4e1ae36b5d10 100644
--- a/docs/admin/install/docker.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/install/docker.rst
@@ -2014,7 +2014,7 @@ To override settings at the Docker image level instead of from the data volume:
        USER root
 
        COPY weblate_customization /usr/src/weblate_customization
-       RUN /app/venv/bin/uv pip install --no-cache-dir /usr/src/weblate_customization
+       RUN source /app/venv/bin/activate && uv pip install --no-cache-dir /usr/src/weblate_customization
        ENV DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=weblate_customization.settings
 
        USER 1000