diff --git a/bitnami/express/Dockerfile b/bitnami/express/Dockerfile
index 6e1c0ff595eb..81d721a49b38 100644
--- a/bitnami/express/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/express/Dockerfile
@@ -30,24 +30,17 @@ ENV PATH=/opt/bitnami/node/bin:/opt/bitnami/python/bin:$PATH \
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME=express
 ENV BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION=4.14.0-r14
 
-RUN npm install -g express-generator@4 &&\
-    npm install -g bower@1.8.0
+RUN bitnami-pkg install express-generator-4.13.4-1 --checksum 937c865650282fa55c0e543166b95b0aab9e4cf891782cee056037697b2b64e3
+RUN bitnami-pkg install express-4.14.0-1 --checksum f98a7f8e85d038bb895d1105f6a0d995810b004f78b4fc0a0299237dc5070795
+RUN npm install -g bower@1.8.0
 
 COPY rootfs/ /
 
 # The extra files that we bundle should use the Bitnami User
 # so the entrypoint does not have any permission issues
-RUN chown -R bitnami:bitnami /app_template
-
-RUN mkdir /app && chown bitnami: /app
+RUN chown -R bitnami: /app /app_template
 
 USER bitnami
-# This will add an specific version of Express that will validate the package.json requirement
-# so we will not download any other version
-# It also generates the cache in ~/.npm
-RUN mkdir ~/test_app && cd ~/test_app &&\
- npm install express@4.14.0 &&\
- express -f . && npm install && sudo rm -rf /tmp/npm* ~/test_app
 
 WORKDIR /app
 EXPOSE 3000