diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f27ab28f..fe26ccf1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -46,16 +46,16 @@ build apk:
     - cp bin/browser-$BUILD_VERSION-release__arm64.apk /dev/null
     
 deploy build.lbry.io:
-  image: python:latest
+  image: python:buster
   stage: deploy
   dependencies:
     - build apk
   before_script:
+    - apt-get -y update && apt-get -y install openjdk-8-jdk
     - pip install awscli
     - chmod u+x $CI_PROJECT_DIR/gradlew
     - $CI_PROJECT_DIR/gradlew -q printVersionName --console=plain
     - export BUILD_VERSION=$($CI_PROJECT_DIR/gradlew -q printVersionName --console=plain | tail -1)
-    - echo "BuildVersion=$BUILD_VERSION"
     - export BUILD_APK_FILENAME__32=browser-$BUILD_VERSION-release__arm.apk
     - export BUILD_APK_FILENAME__64=browser-$BUILD_VERSION-release__arm64.apk
   script:
@@ -64,13 +64,14 @@ deploy build.lbry.io:
     - aws s3 cp bin/$BUILD_APK_FILENAME__64 s3://build.lbry.io/android/push.apk
 
 release apk:
-  image: python:latest
+  image: python:buster
   stage: release
   only:
     - tags
   dependencies:
     - build apk
   before_script:
+    - apt-get -y update && apt-get -y install openjdk-8-jdk
     - pip install awscli githubrelease
     - chmod u+x $CI_PROJECT_DIR/gradlew
     - export BUILD_VERSION=$($CI_PROJECT_DIR/gradlew -q printVersionName --console=plain | tail -1)