diff --git a/.pkgr.yml b/.pkgr.yml
index 014e23e2bb1..7f7947a1976 100644
--- a/.pkgr.yml
+++ b/.pkgr.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ targets:
       - NODE_ENV=production
       - NPM_CONFIG_PRODUCTION=false
       - SECRET_KEY_BASE=1
+      - OPENPROJECT_DISABLE__SECRET_KEY_BASE__CHECK=true
     dependencies:
       - epel-release
       - ImageMagick
diff --git a/docker/prod/setup/precompile-assets.sh b/docker/prod/setup/precompile-assets.sh
index 1ab0388486f..b75b9b4de45 100755
--- a/docker/prod/setup/precompile-assets.sh
+++ b/docker/prod/setup/precompile-assets.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ else
   echo "Assets need to be compiled"
   JOBS=8 npm install
 
-  SECRET_KEY_BASE=1 RAILS_ENV=production DATABASE_URL=nulldb://db \
+  SECRET_KEY_BASE="$(openssl rand -hex 64)" RAILS_ENV=production DATABASE_URL=nulldb://db \
     bin/rails openproject:plugins:register_frontend assets:precompile
 
   if [ "$DOCKER" = "1" ]; then