diff --git a/vagrant-scripts/bootstrap_vm.sh b/vagrant-scripts/bootstrap_vm.sh
index 5515e80dc16..bc1d0150207 100755
--- a/vagrant-scripts/bootstrap_vm.sh
+++ b/vagrant-scripts/bootstrap_vm.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ apt-get install -y make \
                    pkg-config \
                    bison \
                    curl \
-                   openjdk-7-jre \
+                   openjdk-7-jdk \
+                   ant \
                    zip \
                    unzip
 
diff --git a/vagrant-scripts/vitess/build.sh b/vagrant-scripts/vitess/build.sh
index 893b1061397..100b2f202c3 100755
--- a/vagrant-scripts/vitess/build.sh
+++ b/vagrant-scripts/vitess/build.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ printf "\nBuilding Vitess...\n"
 sudo chown "$(whoami)":"$(whoami)" /vagrant
 sudo chown "$(whoami)":"$(whoami)" /vagrant/src
 cd "$VITESS_WORKSPACE"
+
+# open-jdk version that we are using in the VM needs this flag, otherwise we will fail to build ZK
+export JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS="-Dhttps.protocols=TLSv1.2"
+
 ./bootstrap.sh
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
 source dev.env