diff --git a/transcribe/item.yaml b/transcribe/item.yaml
index e68acea93..49435ada9 100644
--- a/transcribe/item.yaml
+++ b/transcribe/item.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ spec:
   handler: transcribe
   image: mlrun/mlrun
   kind: job
+  build:
+    - sudo add-apt-repository universe
+    - sudo apt update
+    - sudo apt install ffmpeg
   requirements:
     - openai-whisper
     - tqdm
diff --git a/transcribe/requirements.txt b/transcribe/requirements.txt
index 3ef1daa8c..9d813cc66 100644
--- a/transcribe/requirements.txt
+++ b/transcribe/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 openai-whisper
 tqdm
-librosa
-ffmpeg-python
\ No newline at end of file
+librosa
\ No newline at end of file