diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 83d89c0..4f08233 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ jobs:
       packages: write
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        version: ["1.37-dev"]
+        version: ["1.37"]
     env:
       VERSION: ${{ matrix.version }}
       BUILD_URL: https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 07822e1..896239b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 .Rprofile
 apt-install
 Aptfile
+deps.ts
 environment.txt
 git_credential_helper.py
 git-wrapper.sh
@@ -40,10 +41,13 @@ run.sh
 
 !python/base-gpu/initial-condarc
 
+!deno/packages/deps.ts
+
 !python/base/requirements.in
 !python/datascience/requirements.in
 !python/noteable/requirements.in
 
+!deno/packages/run.sh
 !python/run.sh
 !python/base-gpu/run.sh
 !r/run.sh
diff --git a/Taskfile.deno.yaml b/Taskfile.deno.yaml
index b860974..22514aa 100644
--- a/Taskfile.deno.yaml
+++ b/Taskfile.deno.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: 3
 
 vars:
-  NBL_DENO_VERSION: 1.37-dev
+  NBL_DENO_VERSION: 1.37
   IDENTIFIER: base
 
 # NOTE: When using `deps: []`, variables are inherited from the current task, but when calling them
@@ -21,9 +21,20 @@ tasks:
     cmds:
       - task copy-root-files LANGUAGE=deno IDENTIFIER={{.IDENTIFIER}} NBL_LANGUAGE_VERSION={{.NBL_DENO_VERSION}}
       - task copy-language-files LANGUAGE=deno IDENTIFIER={{.IDENTIFIER}} NBL_LANGUAGE_VERSION={{.NBL_DENO_VERSION}}
+      - cp deno/packages/deps.ts deno/packages/{{.NBL_DENO_VERSION}}/deps.ts
 
   base:build:
     desc: Build the Deno base image after copying required files
     cmds:
       - task deno:base:copy-files IDENTIFIER=base NBL_LANGUAGE_VERSION={{.NBL_DENO_VERSION}}
       - task deno:core:build IDENTIFIER=base NBL_DENO_VERSION={{.NBL_DENO_VERSION}}
+
+  packages:build:
+    desc: Build the Deno 1.3x image with commonly-installed packages
+    cmds:
+      # ensure the base image is built first
+      - task deno:base:build IDENTIFIER=packages NBL_DENO_VERSION={{.NBL_DENO_VERSION}}
+      # copy adjusted lockfile
+      - cp deno/packages/deps.ts deno/packages/{{.NBL_DENO_VERSION}}/deps.ts
+      # build the packages image off of the base image
+      - task build LANGUAGE=deno NBL_LANGUAGE_VERSION={{.NBL_DENO_VERSION}} IDENTIFIER=packages BUILD_TARGET=main -- --build-context base=docker-image://local/kernel-deno-{{.NBL_DENO_VERSION}}-base:dev
diff --git a/deno/base/1.37-dev/Dockerfile b/deno/base/1.37/Dockerfile
similarity index 100%
rename from deno/base/1.37-dev/Dockerfile
rename to deno/base/1.37/Dockerfile
diff --git a/deno/packages/1.37/Dockerfile b/deno/packages/1.37/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb423c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deno/packages/1.37/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# syntax = docker/dockerfile:1.5
+# Packages build: imports/caches commonly-installed packages to ease load time
+# hadolint ignore=DL3006
+FROM base as main
+
+USER noteable
+
+# Copy and cache our desired imports
+COPY ./deps.ts /tmp/deps.ts
+RUN deno cache /tmp/deps.ts
diff --git a/deno/packages/deps.ts b/deno/packages/deps.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb78711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deno/packages/deps.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import "https://deno.land/std/assert/mod.ts";
+import "https://deno.land/x/canvas@v1.4.1/mod.ts";
+import "https://deno.land/x/deno_dom/deno-dom-wasm-noinit.ts";
+import "https://deno.land/x/display/mod.ts";
+import "https://deno.land/x/skia_canvas/mod.ts";
+
+import "https://esm.sh/jsdom";
+import "https://esm.sh/twind";
+
+import "npm:apache-arrow";
+import "npm:d3";
+import "npm:express";
+import "npm:nodejs-polars";
+import "npm:react";
+import "npm:vega-lite-api";
diff --git a/docker-bake.hcl b/docker-bake.hcl
index 6c3e7ac..489c8bc 100644
--- a/docker-bake.hcl
+++ b/docker-bake.hcl
@@ -30,14 +30,15 @@ variable "TIMESTAMP" {
 # Group of Deno targets
 group "deno" {
   targets = [
-    "deno_1_37-dev",
+    "deno_1_37",
   ]
 }
 
 # Group of Deno 1.37 targets
-group "deno_1_37-dev" {
+group "deno_1_37" {
   targets = [
-    "deno_base_1_37-dev",
+    "deno_base_1_37",
+    "deno_packages_1_37",
   ]
 }
 
@@ -399,12 +400,25 @@ target "rust_base_1_70_0" {
   ]
 }
 
-# Base Deno 1.37-dev image
-target "deno_base_1_37-dev" {
+# Base Deno 1.37 image
+target "deno_base_1_37" {
   inherits = ["base"]
-  context = "deno/base/1.37-dev"
+  context = "deno/base/1.37"
   tags = [
     "ghcr.io/noteable-io/kernel-deno-1.37-base:${TAG}",
     notequal("", HANDLE) ? "ghcr.io/noteable-io/kernel-deno-1.37-base:${HANDLE}" : ""
   ]
 }
+
+# Deno 1.37 packages variant
+target "deno_packages_1_37" {
+  context = "deno/packages/1.37"
+  contexts = {
+    base = "target:deno_base_1_37"
+  }
+  target = "main"
+  tags = [
+    "ghcr.io/noteable-io/kernel-deno-1.37-packages:${TAG}",
+    notequal("", HANDLE) ? "ghcr.io/noteable-io/kernel-deno-1.37-packages:${HANDLE}" : ""
+  ]
+}