diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a7b43f377..f7e67f6a9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-image: alpine
+# use Eclipse's JDK
+image: gradle:eclipse-temurin
 
 # all stages need to be defined here
 stages: