diff --git a/build-tools/docker/Dockerfile b/build-tools/docker/Dockerfile
index a5f3e537aa..3c0f1c1274 100644
--- a/build-tools/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/build-tools/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #
 ###############
 
-FROM ubuntu:focal AS tezbase
+FROM ubuntu:jammy AS tezbase
 
 WORKDIR /root
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ ENV DEBCONF_TERSE true
 RUN apt-get -q update && apt-get -q install --no-install-recommends -y \
     apt-transport-https \
     apt-utils \
+    bzip2 \
     ca-certificates \
     curl \
     dirmngr \
diff --git a/tez-ui/pom.xml b/tez-ui/pom.xml
index 5b90d6d0fb..a9f1e19862 100644
--- a/tez-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-ui/pom.xml
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@
                   <argument>run</argument>
                   <argument>test:mvn</argument>
                 </arguments>
+                <environmentVariables>
+                  <!-- workaround for systems using a newer OpenSSL (3+) which is incompatible with PhantomJS -->
+                  <OPENSSL_CONF>/dev/null</OPENSSL_CONF>
+                </environmentVariables>
               </configuration>
             </execution>
           </executions>
@@ -147,6 +151,10 @@
                   <argument>run</argument>
                   <argument>test:mvn</argument>
                 </arguments>
+                <environmentVariables>
+                  <!-- workaround for systems using a newer OpenSSL (3+) which is incompatible with PhantomJS -->
+                  <OPENSSL_CONF>/dev/null</OPENSSL_CONF>
+                </environmentVariables>
               </configuration>
             </execution>
           </executions>