diff --git a/ci/docker/install/ubuntu_publish.sh b/ci/docker/install/ubuntu_publish.sh
index 5b13e1306fbd..4690a2c3dfad 100755
--- a/ci/docker/install/ubuntu_publish.sh
+++ b/ci/docker/install/ubuntu_publish.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 # Build on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for LINUX CPU/GPU
 set -ex
 
+# replace https with http to force apt-get update to use http
+# nvidia-docker no longer supports ubuntu 14.04
+# refer https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/18005
+sudo sed -i 's/https/http/g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list
 apt-get update
 apt-get install -y software-properties-common
 add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test -y