diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 80cf7eac3487ef51c800b092b202f377acdcc21b..2c93f8a1fab6ddd392cf8ff03049744e24528288 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ build_and_push_release_image:
 
 mend:
   stage: mend
-  image: eclipse-temurin:17-jre-alpine
+  image: openjdk:17-jdk-slim
   only:
     - /^release/
   variables:
@@ -76,5 +76,7 @@ mend:
     - |
       export PRODUCT_VERSION=$(echo $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH | cut -c 9-)
       export PROJECT_VERSION=$PRODUCT_VERSION
+      apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl
+      chmod +x ./gradlew
       curl -LJO https://github.com/whitesource/unified-agent-distribution/releases/latest/download/wss-unified-agent.jar
-      java -jar wss-unified-agent.jar -userKey ${MEND_USER_KEY} -apiKey ${MEND_API_KEY} -projectVersion ${PROJECT_VERSION} -project ${PROJECT_NAME} -productVersion ${PRODUCT_VERSION} -product ${PRODUCT_NAME} -c ws.config -d ../
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+      java -jar wss-unified-agent.jar -userKey ${MEND_USER_KEY} -apiKey ${MEND_API_KEY} -projectVersion ${PROJECT_VERSION} -project ${PROJECT_NAME} -productVersion ${PRODUCT_VERSION} -product ${PRODUCT_NAME} -c ./ws/ws.config -d ./
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