diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_playground_backend.yml b/.github/workflows/build_playground_backend.yml
index 48eab26b2a9e..44ae4eaf1765 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_playground_backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_playground_backend.yml
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Set up JDK 1.8
-        uses: joschi/setup-jdk@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
         with:
+            distribution: 'zulu'
             java-version: '8'
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_playground_frontend.yml b/.github/workflows/build_playground_frontend.yml
index 4f5d3e190fa4..bd8515bfbae3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_playground_frontend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_playground_frontend.yml
@@ -30,17 +30,23 @@ jobs:
       GO_VERSION: 1.17.0
       BEAM_VERSION: 2.33.0
       TERRAFORM_VERSION: 1.0.9
+      FLUTTER_VERSION: 2.5.2-stable
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Set up JDK 1.8
-        uses: joschi/setup-jdk@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
         with:
+            distribution: 'zulu'
             java-version: '8'
       - name: install flutter
-        uses: subosito/flutter-action@v1
-        with:
-            channel: 'stable'
+        run: |
+             wget https://storage.googleapis.com/flutter_infra_release/releases/stable/linux/flutter_linux_$FLUTTER_VERSION.tar.xz &&\
+             tar -xf flutter_linux_$FLUTTER_VERSION.tar.xz &&\
+             mv flutter /opt/ &&\
+             ln -s /opt/flutter/bin/flutter /usr/bin/flutter &&\
+             ln -s /opt/flutter/bin/dart /usr/bin/dart &&\
+             dart pub global activate protoc_plugin &&\
+             ln -s /root/.pub-cache/bin/protoc-gen-dart /usr/bin/
       - name: Remove default github maven configuration
         # This step is a workaround to avoid a decryption issue
         run: rm ~/.m2/settings.xml