diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bec43d699..020bea0c4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
-FROM debian:jessie
+FROM debian:stretch
 
-RUN echo 'deb http://deb.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jessie-backports.list
+RUN echo 'deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/stretch-backports.list
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
 
 RUN apt update -y
 
-RUN apt install --target-release jessie-backports \
+RUN apt install \
           openjdk-8-jdk \
-          ca-certificates-java \
           --assume-yes
 
-RUN apt install -qq --force-yes mesa-utils libgl1-mesa-glx libxcursor1 libxrandr2 libxxf86vm1 x11-xserver-utils xfonts-base xserver-common
+RUN apt install -qq --assume-yes mesa-utils libgl1-mesa-glx libxcursor1 libxrandr2 libxxf86vm1 x11-xserver-utils xfonts-base xserver-common
 
 COPY . /code
 
@@ -21,4 +20,4 @@ WORKDIR /code
 # source: https://github.com/tectonicus/tectonicus/issues/60#issuecomment-154239173
 RUN dpkg -i scripts/xvfb_1.16.4-1_amd64.deb
 
-RUN ./gradlew build
\ No newline at end of file
+RUN ./gradlew build