diff --git a/.docker/Dockerfile b/.docker/Dockerfile
index ceccf9d513045bc7f802a7297b360a09b9d12707..28968135a6da9605be7a1f677f95fe77b18ff3cf 100644
--- a/.docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/.docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 FROM debian:bookworm
 
 # change to bash default for gitlab runner
-RUN echo "dash dash/sh boolean false" | debconf-set-selections
-RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive dpkg-reconfigure dash
+RUN unlink /bin/sh
+RUN ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh
 
 RUN apt-get update
 RUN apt-get install -y cmake