diff --git a/Dockerfile.gitlab-vscode-build b/Dockerfile.gitlab-vscode-build
index 3fe4572..af7d085 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.gitlab-vscode-build
+++ b/Dockerfile.gitlab-vscode-build
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@
 # environment prerequisites for Linux. You can read them in the following
 # documentation https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/How-to-Contribute#prerequisites
 
-FROM node:18.19-bullseye
+FROM node:18.19-buster
 MAINTAINER GitLab IDE Team
 
+# Since python-is-python3 is not available in buster, we directly create the symlink
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y g++ python3 make git bash curl perl pkg-config \
-    build-essential libx11-dev libxkbfile-dev libsecret-1-dev libkrb5-dev python-is-python3
+    build-essential libx11-dev libxkbfile-dev libsecret-1-dev libkrb5-dev \
+    && ln -sf /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
 RUN mkdir -p /root/vscode
 WORKDIR /root/vscode