diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 555643b6f..a3d4fcc6e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Basic notes: builds firejail on 5 different systems for 2 package systems:
 # 1. Debian-based systems. Use debian:jessie to ensure reasonable backwards
-# compat and ubuntu:latest for new setups
+# compat and ubuntu:rolling for new setups
 # 2. Redhat-based systems. Use centos:latest for reasonable backwards compat
 # and fedora:latest for new setups
 # 3. Alpine for installing directly from source
 build_ubuntu_package:
-    image: ubuntu:latest
+    image: ubuntu:rolling
     script:
     - apt-get update -qq
     - apt-get install -y -qq build-essential lintian