diff --git a/container/ffmpeg-tf2.containerfile b/container/ffmpeg-tf2.containerfile
index 428c590..698e7c2 100644
--- a/container/ffmpeg-tf2.containerfile
+++ b/container/ffmpeg-tf2.containerfile
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ FROM ghcr.io/clamsproject/clams-python-ffmpeg:$clams_version
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.description="clams-python-ffmpeg-tf2 image is shipped with clams-python, ffmpeg, and tensorflow2"
 
 RUN apt-get install -y build-essential libhdf5-dev
+RUN pip install "cython<3.0.0" pyyaml==5.4.1 --no-build-isolation
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir tensorflow==2.*
-
diff --git a/container/opencv4-tf2.containerfile b/container/opencv4-tf2.containerfile
index 45c2cc6..c8b32cd 100644
--- a/container/opencv4-tf2.containerfile
+++ b/container/opencv4-tf2.containerfile
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ FROM ghcr.io/clamsproject/clams-python-opencv4:$clams_version
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.description="clams-python-opencv4-tf2 image is shipped with clams-python, opencv4 (ffmpeg backend), and tensorflow2"
 
 RUN apt-get install -y build-essential libhdf5-dev
+RUN pip install "cython<3.0.0" pyyaml==5.4.1 --no-build-isolation
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir tensorflow==2.*
-
diff --git a/container/tf2.containerfile b/container/tf2.containerfile
index 1a8f4b1..402575e 100644
--- a/container/tf2.containerfile
+++ b/container/tf2.containerfile
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ FROM ghcr.io/clamsproject/clams-python:$clams_version
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.description="clams-python-tf2 image is shipped with clams-python and tensorflow2"
 
 RUN apt-get install -y build-essential libhdf5-dev
+RUN pip install "cython<3.0.0" pyyaml==5.4.1 --no-build-isolation
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir tensorflow==2.*
-