diff --git a/python/packages/autogen-ext/pyproject.toml b/python/packages/autogen-ext/pyproject.toml
index f2e889c16..e20c0dae9 100644
--- a/python/packages/autogen-ext/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/packages/autogen-ext/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ azure = [
     "azure-core",
     "azure-identity",
 ]
-docker = ["docker~=7.0"]
+docker = ["docker~=7.0", "asyncio_atexit>=1.0.1"]
 openai = ["openai>=1.52.2", "tiktoken>=0.8.0", "aiofiles"]
 file-surfer = [
     "autogen-agentchat==0.4.5",
diff --git a/python/uv.lock b/python/uv.lock
index 04c6a7c5d..89943fee4 100644
--- a/python/uv.lock
+++ b/python/uv.lock
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ diskcache = [
     { name = "diskcache" },
 ]
 docker = [
+    { name = "asyncio-atexit" },
     { name = "docker" },
 ]
 file-surfer = [
@@ -679,6 +680,7 @@ dev = [
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
     { name = "aiofiles", marker = "extra == 'openai'" },
+    { name = "asyncio-atexit", marker = "extra == 'docker'", specifier = ">=1.0.1" },
     { name = "autogen-agentchat", marker = "extra == 'file-surfer'", editable = "packages/autogen-agentchat" },
     { name = "autogen-agentchat", marker = "extra == 'magentic-one'", editable = "packages/autogen-agentchat" },
     { name = "autogen-agentchat", marker = "extra == 'video-surfer'", editable = "packages/autogen-agentchat" },