diff --git a/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/Dockerfile b/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/Dockerfile
index f88cc5a4bc90..374a1c6a82fb 100644
--- a/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/Dockerfile
+++ b/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/Dockerfile
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
 FROM gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/java11
-
+ARG BRANCH=main
 ENV JDBC_DOCKER_ENV=true
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y zip && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-RUN mkdir /tst
-COPY ./pom.xml /src/pom.xml
-COPY ./java.header /src/java.header
-COPY ./license-checks.xml /src/license-checks.xml
-COPY ./google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml /src/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml
 
-COPY ./google-cloud-bigquery /src/google-cloud-bigquery
-COPY ./google-cloud-bigquery-bom /src/google-cloud-bigquery-bom
+# Changes to `pom.xml` will trigger re-sync
+COPY pom.xml /src/pom.xml
 
+# Doing it via single command, so layer contains only installed moduled vs full repo
+# Copy from local repo is taking forever. Doing via git clone will keep dependencies ~up to date.
+# It will fail on old branches forcing to sync to latest main branch.
+RUN bash -c " \
+    mkdir /git \
+    && cd /git \ 
+    && git clone -b ${BRANCH} --depth 1 --single-branch https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java.git \
+    && cd /git/google-cloud-java \
+    && source .kokoro/common.sh \
+    && install_modules java-bigquery \
+    && rm -rf /git"
 
+# This will ensure all deps are present
 WORKDIR /src
-RUN mvn install -DskipTests
-
-WORKDIR /src/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc
+RUN mvn install
 
 ENTRYPOINT []
diff --git a/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/Makefile b/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/Makefile
index db3a62e4637f..46ddae268aeb 100644
--- a/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/Makefile
+++ b/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+SHELL := /bin/bash # Default 'sh' doesn't support 'source'
+BUILD_BRANCH=main
 CONTAINER_NAME=jdbc
 PACKAGE_DESTINATION=$(PWD)/drivers
-SRC="$(PWD)/.."
+SRC="$(PWD)"
 skipSurefire ?= true
 
 # no indendation for ifndef\endif due to their evaluation before execution
@@ -10,7 +12,9 @@ ifndef GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS
 endif
 
 install:
-	mvn clean install
+	cd "$(PWD)/../.." && \
+	source ".kokoro/common.sh" && \
+	install_modules java-bigquery
 
 clean:
 	mvn clean
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@ generate-dependency-list:
 		$(CONTAINER_NAME) $(args)
 
 docker-build:
-	docker build -t $(CONTAINER_NAME) -f Dockerfile ..
+	docker build -t $(CONTAINER_NAME) -f Dockerfile --build-arg BRANCH=${BUILD_BRANCH} $(SRC)
 
 docker-session:
 	$(MAKE) .docker-run args="bash"
diff --git a/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml b/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml
index 79c67ef38f6b..0c12456e7712 100644
--- a/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -366,6 +366,10 @@
         <!-- Ensure it doesn't conflict with local build directories -->
         <directory>/mvn/test-target</directory>
       </build>
+      <properties>
+        <!-- Disable to avoid bringing license-checks to docker env -->
+        <checkstyle.skip>true</checkstyle.skip>
+      </properties>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 </project>
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