diff --git a/plugins/common/functions b/plugins/common/functions
index 64e53cb79..c53c68c04 100755
--- a/plugins/common/functions
+++ b/plugins/common/functions
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ docker_cleanup() {
     "$DOCKER_BIN" rmi $("$DOCKER_BIN" images -f 'dangling=true' -f "label=com.dokku.app-name=$APP" -q) &>/dev/null || true
 
     # delete unused images
-    "$DOCKER_BIN" image prune --all --filter "label=com.dokku.app-name=$APP" &>/dev/null || true
+    "$DOCKER_BIN" image prune --all --filter "label=com.dokku.app-name=$APP" --force &>/dev/null || true
   else
     # delete all non-running containers
     # shellcheck disable=SC2046
diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-docker-cleanup b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-docker-cleanup
index d68338237..7d9325bc5 100755
--- a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-docker-cleanup
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-docker-cleanup
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ scheduler-docker-local-scheduler-docker-cleanup() {
     "$DOCKER_BIN" rmi $("$DOCKER_BIN" images -f 'dangling=true' -f "label=com.dokku.app-name=$APP" -q) &>/dev/null || true
 
     # delete unused images
-    "$DOCKER_BIN" image prune --all --filter "label=com.dokku.app-name=$APP" &>/dev/null || true
+    "$DOCKER_BIN" image prune --all --filter "label=com.dokku.app-name=$APP" --force &>/dev/null || true
   else
     # delete all non-running containers
     # shellcheck disable=SC2046