diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build-java.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/build-java.yaml
index 5abe524..4a5ebfe 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build-java.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build-java.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Build java distribution
-    runs-on: nodejs-ubuntu
+    runs-on: docker-ubuntu-nonroot
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
            distribution: 'zulu'
            java-version: '21'
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
       - name: Run gradle build process
-        run: |          
-          ./gradlew build
+        run: |
+          ./gradlew build          
       - name: Upload build artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with: