diff --git a/ci/docker/sparc64-unknown-linux-gnu/Dockerfile b/ci/docker/sparc64-unknown-linux-gnu/Dockerfile
index 2c551f91faedab6bf3c80064ae6888b498132822..90b5ea9bdaa0d42b741b057683befe50e7a6d192 100644
--- a/ci/docker/sparc64-unknown-linux-gnu/Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/sparc64-unknown-linux-gnu/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-# link fails on 17.10
-FROM ubuntu:17.04
+FROM debian:stretch
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         curl ca-certificates \