diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8b90bebfbc..ff02394e0b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ stages:
 
 validate:
   stage: ssa-validate
-  image: chrsep/alpine-java-python
+  image: docker-hub.repo.splunkdev.net/alpine:3.7
   before_script:
+    - apk add --update python3 python3-dev py-pip build-base openjdk8-jre && pip install virtualenv && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
     - pip3 install -r requirements.txt
   script:
     - python3 bin/validate_ssa.py --skip-error tests/*/*