diff --git a/asset-transfer-basic/chaincode-java/Dockerfile b/asset-transfer-basic/chaincode-java/Dockerfile
index ca543d67..dba568af 100755
--- a/asset-transfer-basic/chaincode-java/Dockerfile
+++ b/asset-transfer-basic/chaincode-java/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # the first stage 
-FROM gradle:jdk11 AS GRADLE_BUILD
+FROM gradle:jdk11-alpine AS GRADLE_BUILD
 
 # copy the build.gradle and src code to the container
 COPY src/ src/