diff --git a/.github/container/Dockerfile.jax b/.github/container/Dockerfile.jax
index bcae62890..5e028998c 100644
--- a/.github/container/Dockerfile.jax
+++ b/.github/container/Dockerfile.jax
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ ARG BUILD_DATE
 ## Build JAX
 ###############################################################################
 
-FROM ${BASE_IMAGE} as builder
+FROM ${BASE_IMAGE} AS builder
 ARG URLREF_JAX
+ARG URLREF_TRANSFORMER_ENGINE
 ARG URLREF_XLA
 ARG SRC_PATH_JAX
+ARG SRC_PATH_TRANSFORMER_ENGINE
 ARG SRC_PATH_XLA
 ARG BAZEL_CACHE
 ARG BUILD_PATH_JAXLIB
@@ -54,14 +56,24 @@ RUN build-jax.sh \
     --xla-arm64-patch /opt/xla-arm64-neon.patch \ 
     --clean
 
+## Transformer engine: check out source and build wheel
+RUN <<"EOF" bash -ex -o pipefail
+pip install ninja && rm -rf ~/.cache/pip
+# TransformerEngine now needs JAX at build time
+pip install -e ${SRC_PATH_JAX}
+git-clone.sh ${URLREF_TRANSFORMER_ENGINE} ${SRC_PATH_TRANSFORMER_ENGINE}
+pushd ${SRC_PATH_TRANSFORMER_ENGINE}
+python setup.py bdist_wheel && rm -rf build
+ls "${SRC_PATH_TRANSFORMER_ENGINE}/dist"
+EOF
+
 ###############################################################################
 ## Pack jaxlib wheel and various source dirs into a pre-installation image
 ###############################################################################
 
 ARG BASE_IMAGE
-FROM ${BASE_IMAGE} as mealkit
+FROM ${BASE_IMAGE} AS mealkit
 ARG URLREF_FLAX
-ARG URLREF_TRANSFORMER_ENGINE
 ARG SRC_PATH_JAX
 ARG SRC_PATH_XLA
 ARG SRC_PATH_FLAX
@@ -102,20 +114,18 @@ git-clone.sh ${URLREF_FLAX} ${SRC_PATH_FLAX}
 echo "-e file://${SRC_PATH_FLAX}" >> /opt/pip-tools.d/requirements-flax.in
 EOF
 
-## Transformer engine: check out source and build wheel
+# Copy TransformerEngine wheel from the builder stage
 ENV NVTE_FRAMEWORK=jax
 ENV SRC_PATH_TRANSFORMER_ENGINE=${SRC_PATH_TRANSFORMER_ENGINE}
-RUN <<"EOF" bash -ex -o pipefail
-pip install ninja && rm -rf ~/.cache/pip
-git-clone.sh ${URLREF_TRANSFORMER_ENGINE} ${SRC_PATH_TRANSFORMER_ENGINE}
-pushd ${SRC_PATH_TRANSFORMER_ENGINE}
-python setup.py bdist_wheel && rm -rf build
-echo "transformer-engine @ file://$(ls ${SRC_PATH_TRANSFORMER_ENGINE}/dist/*.whl)" >> /opt/pip-tools.d/requirements-te.in
+COPY --from=builder ${SRC_PATH_TRANSFORMER_ENGINE} ${SRC_PATH_TRANSFORMER_ENGINE}
+RUN <<"EOF" bash -ex
+ls ${SRC_PATH_TRANSFORMER_ENGINE}/dist/*.whl
+echo "transformer-engine @ file://$(ls ${SRC_PATH_TRANSFORMER_ENGINE}/dist/*.whl)" > /opt/pip-tools.d/requirements-te.in
 EOF
 
 ###############################################################################
 ## Install primary packages and transitive dependencies
 ###############################################################################
 
-FROM mealkit as final
+FROM mealkit AS final
 RUN pip-finalize.sh