diff --git a/web/Dockerfile b/web/Dockerfile
index 3b9002d24..2fc3b063b 100644
--- a/web/Dockerfile
+++ b/web/Dockerfile
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ ENV NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1
 RUN addgroup --system --gid 1001 nodejs
 RUN adduser --system --uid 1001 nextjs
 
-COPY --from=builder /app/public ./public
+# TEMP: bypass build error due to empty public directory
+# COPY --from=builder /app/public ./public
 
 # Automatically leverage output traces to reduce image size
 # https://nextjs.org/docs/advanced-features/output-file-tracing