diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fc7c7ad8f4b1bb23fad47a076fd4272f5df62525..cc99ae4178457f7791dd662e85d532787615c174 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ variables:
 # for verifying and deploying images
 # Maven 3.8.x REQUIRES HTTPS repositories.
 # See https://maven.apache.org/docs/3.8.1/release-notes.html#how-to-fix-when-i-get-a-http-repository-blocked for more.
-image: maven:3-openjdk-17
+image: maven:3.9.5-eclipse-temurin-17
 
 # Cache downloaded dependencies and plugins between builds.
 # To keep cache across branches add 'key: "$CI_JOB_NAME"'
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ build-job:       # This job runs in the build stage, which runs first.
     # - rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
     # - apt update
     # - apt-cache gencaches
-    # - apt install -y zip unzip
-    # - zip --help
+    - apt install -y zip unzip
+    - zip --help
     - echo "Compiling the code..."
     - echo "BUILD_JOB_ID=$CI_JOB_ID" >> build.env
     - cat build.env
@@ -237,9 +237,9 @@ pages:
   script:
     # Get the previous GitLab Pages content (otherwise other beta/stable branch gets removed..)
     # - rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-    - apk update
-    #- apt-cache gencaches
-    - apt add zip
+    # - apt update
+    # - apt-cache gencaches
+    - apt install -y zip unzip
     - zip --help
     - set +e
     - curl --fail "$CI_PAGES_URL/content.zip" -o "content.zip"