diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 52a087202..c21d9f4f6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,11 +13,9 @@ RUN npm ci && \
     rm -rf dist/node_modules && \
     mv dist/* \
       start-docker.sh \
-      package-lock.json \
       /usr/src/app/ && \
     rm -rf /usr/src/app/build
 
-#TODO: move package-lock copying into copy-dist
 #TODO: improve node_modules handling in copy-dist/Dockerfile -> remove duplicated work
 #      currently copy-dist will copy certain node_module folders, but in the Dockerfile we delete them again (to keep image size down),
 #      as we install necessary dependencies in runtime buildstage anyways
diff --git a/Dockerfile.alpine b/Dockerfile.alpine
index 3d2198bf0..09efe2529 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.alpine
+++ b/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -13,11 +13,9 @@ RUN npm ci && \
     rm -rf dist/node_modules && \
     mv dist/* \
       start-docker.sh \
-      package-lock.json \
       /usr/src/app/ && \
     rm -rf /usr/src/app/build
 
-#TODO: move package-lock copying into copy-dist
 #TODO: improve node_modules handling in copy-dist/Dockerfile -> remove duplicated work
 #      currently copy-dist will copy certain node_module folders, but in the Dockerfile we delete them again (to keep image size down),
 #      as we install necessary dependencies in runtime buildstage anyways
diff --git a/bin/copy-dist.ts b/bin/copy-dist.ts
index c8911022a..289334321 100644
--- a/bin/copy-dist.ts
+++ b/bin/copy-dist.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ try {
         "./translations",
         "./db",
         "./config-sample.ini",
+        "./package-lock.json",
+        "./package.json",
         "./src/views/",
         "./src/etapi/etapi.openapi.yaml",
         "./src/routes/api/openapi.json",