diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d586b18a4aabe43edb145724da0c4208da9e0fb8..e7e5a7b5da6fe0ce6a1514cd9f340db11a765721 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ stages:
 
 variables:
   GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive
+  JAVA_HOME: /usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-amd64
 
 before_script:
   - set -e