diff --git a/packages/playwright-common/Dockerfile b/packages/playwright-common/Dockerfile
index 6480d62602..94294e79e6 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-common/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/playwright-common/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-ARG PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v${PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION}-noble
 # Expose the argument to this build stage
 ARG PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v${PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION}-noble
 
 WORKDIR /work
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-common/project.json b/packages/playwright-common/project.json
index bf6ef190c2..bf175aa1fd 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-common/project.json
+++ b/packages/playwright-common/project.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
                 "platforms": ["linux/amd64", "linux/arm64"],
                 "provenance": "true",
                 "sbom": true,
+                "env-file": ["{projectRoot}/.env.docker:build"],
                 "build-args": ["PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION=$PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION"],
                 "context": "{projectRoot}",
                 "metadata": {