diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c8b14f1..c9717f7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ RUN /opt/jupyter/bin/pip install \
   'jupyterhub==5.2.1' \
   'notebook==7.2.2'
 
+# install additional python modules
+RUN /opt/jupyter/bin/pip install \
+    numpy \
+    pandas \
+    matplotlib \
+    pyarrow \
+    pyyaml
+
 # create a user, since we don't want to run as root
 RUN useradd -m jupyter
 ENV HOME=/home/jupyter