diff --git a/.buildkite/basic/react-native-android-pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/basic/react-native-android-pipeline.yml
index af2fdd83b7..f65847bd07 100644
--- a/.buildkite/basic/react-native-android-pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/basic/react-native-android-pipeline.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ steps:
           - "android-builder-image"
         timeout_in_minutes: 60
         env:
+          JAVA_VERSION: "17"
           REACT_NATIVE_VERSION: "rn0.73"
           RN_NEW_ARCH: "false"
           ARTEFACT_NAME: "rn0.73-old-arch"
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ steps:
           - "android-builder-image"
         timeout_in_minutes: 60
         env:
+          JAVA_VERSION: "17"
           REACT_NATIVE_VERSION: "rn0.73"
           RN_NEW_ARCH: "true"
           ARTEFACT_NAME: "rn0.73-new-arch"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e9cdb0ce0a..9badea1b81 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ services:
       - NOTIFIER_VERSION
       - ARTEFACT_NAME
       - JS_SOURCE_DIR
+      - JAVA_VERSION: "${JAVA_VERSION:-11}"
     networks:
       default:
         aliases:
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.react-native-android-builder b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.react-native-android-builder
index f1558c5758..a8eb3e1298 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.react-native-android-builder
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.react-native-android-builder
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ COPY lerna.json .
 COPY scripts/common.js scripts/react-native-helper.js scripts/
 
 # Do a full build by running the container
-CMD run-func scripts/react-native-helper.js buildAndroid "/app/test/react-native/features/fixtures" "/app/features/fixtures"
+CMD JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/openjdk-${JAVA_VERSION} run-func scripts/react-native-helper.js buildAndroid "/app/test/react-native/features/fixtures" "/app/features/fixtures"