diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6f58232c646c5f5c700151e2b895e06acf6d9e64..f93418da17f3d9b297ae4b37f683761ac7edeb5d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 variables:
   EXLIBRIS_SDK_DIR: "/exlibris"
   ROSETTASDK: "${EXLIBRIS_SDK_DIR}/7.3/dps-sdk-projects/dps-sdk-deposit/lib/" # base: https://github.com/ExLibrisGroup/Rosetta.dps-sdk-projects
+  JAVARELEASE: "17"
   DOCKERFILE_DEB: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/gitlab-ci/Dockerfile_DEB"
   IMAGE_TARGET_DEB: "${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}/debian12_${CI_PROJECT_NAME}"
   IMAGE_BASE_DEB: "sdvharbor.slub-dresden.de/replication/debian:bookworm-slim"
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ default:
 
 before_script:    # These steps are run before EACH job.
   - export ROSETTASDK="${ROSETTASDK}"
+  - export JAVARELEASE=${JAVARELEASE}
 
 .build-env-job:
   stage: build-env
diff --git a/gitlab-ci/xml_plugin4rosetta.control b/gitlab-ci/xml_plugin4rosetta.control
index b3f60a310c806330c26c1091fd6d3af9145adc7a..ab6370cb3415ed8c2714ee4c1506d51414545964 100644
--- a/gitlab-ci/xml_plugin4rosetta.control
+++ b/gitlab-ci/xml_plugin4rosetta.control
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ Description: This is a Java-based XML format validator plugin (for AIS Rosetta)
 Homepage: https://git.slub-dresden.de/digital-preservation/xml_plugin4rosetta
 Section: main
 Priority: optional
-Depends: default-jre, libcommons-cli-java
+Depends: openjdk-17-jre, libcommons-cli-java
 Recommends: slubarchiv-xml-catalog