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+FROM apache/airflow:3.1.8-python3.12
+
+ARG AIRFLOW_VERSION=3.1.8
+
+USER root
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git openssl && \
+    apt-get upgrade -y openssl && \
+    openssl version -a && \
+    apt-get clean && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+
+COPY cheetah-airflow/${AIRFLOW_VERSION}/requirements.txt /opt/setup/requirements.txt
+RUN chown -R airflow:root /opt/setup
+
+
+USER airflow
+WORKDIR /opt/setup
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r /opt/setup/requirements.txt
+
+COPY --chown=airflow:root cheetah-airflow/${AIRFLOW_VERSION}/plugins /opt/airflow/plugins
+
+RUN echo "Cheetah Airflow custom image build complete (Airflow ${AIRFLOW_VERSION})"