diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.deepep b/docker/Dockerfile.deepep
index b27e102b9..b88353466 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.deepep
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.deepep
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ RUN dpkg -i gdrcopy_*.deb
 ENV GDRCOPY_HOME=/usr/src/gdrdrv-2.4.4/
 
 # IBGDA dependency
-RUN ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmlx5.so.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmlx5.so
+RUN ln -sf /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmlx5.so.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmlx5.so
 RUN apt-get install -y libfabric-dev
 
 # DeepEP