diff --git a/concourse/tasks/prepare-theia-docker-image.sh b/concourse/tasks/prepare-theia-docker-image.sh
index cf1c434a5..95ce9605b 100755
--- a/concourse/tasks/prepare-theia-docker-image.sh
+++ b/concourse/tasks/prepare-theia-docker-image.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 workdir=$(pwd)
+vscode-java-url="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/publishers/redhat/vsextensions/java/0.53.1/vspackage"
 
 echo "workdir=${workdir}"
 
@@ -10,5 +11,8 @@ for i in ${workdir}/*-vsix-*/*.vsix ; do
     cp "$i" ${workdir}/output/plugins/
 done
 
+# Download vscode-java 0.53.1. Higher versions require vscode-client 0.40 or higher not available in Theia
+curl ${vscode-java-url} > ${workdir}/output/plugins/vscode-java.vsix
+
 ls -Rl ${workdir}/output