diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/Dockerfile b/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/Dockerfile
index 421639cf2880..683e6a76c6e5 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/Dockerfile
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/Dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-ARG java_image_tag=21-jre
+ARG java_image_tag=21
 
 FROM azul/zulu-openjdk:${java_image_tag}